lateral

nouns

a pass to a receiver upfield from the passer
lateral, lateral pass

adjectives

situated at or extending to the side
"the lateral branches of a tree"; "shot out sidelong boughs"- Tennyson
lateral, sidelong
lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body
"lateral lemniscus"
lateral
is similar to
directed away from the midline or mesial plane of the body
distal