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23 Cards in this Set
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REfers to a person standing erect with the face directed forward, the upper limbs hanging to the sides, and the palms of the hands facing forward
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Anatomic Position
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Refers to a person lying face upward
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Supine
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Refers to a person lying face downward
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Prone
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Lower than or toward the tail (two terms)
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Inferior/Caudal
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Higher than or toward the head (two terms)
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Superior/Cephalic
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Toward the front or toward the belly (two terms)
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Anterior/dorsal
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Farther than another structure fron the point of attachment to the trunk
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Distal
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Away from the midline
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Lateral
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Away from the surface
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Deep
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Superior
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A structure above another; eg. the chin is superior to the navel
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Inferior
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A structure below another ; eg. the navel is inferior to the chin
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Cephalic
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Closer to the head than another structure (usually synonymous with superior); eg. the chin is cephalic to the navel
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Caudal
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Closer to the tail than another structure (usually synomous with inferior); eg. the navel is caudal to the chin
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Anterior
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the front of the body; eg.the navel is anterior to the spine
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Posterior
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the back of the body; eg. the spine is posterior to the breastbone
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Ventral
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toward the belly, synomous with anterior; eg. the navel is ventral to the spine
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Dorsal
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toward the back synomous with posterior; eg. the spine is dorsal with the breastbone
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Proximal
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Closer to the point of attachment to the body than another structure eg. the elbow is proximal to the wrist
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Distal
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Farther from the point of attachment to the body than another structure eg.the wrist is distal to the elbow
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Lateral
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Away from the midline of the body; eg.the nipple is lateral to the breastbone
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Medial
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Toward the midline of the body eg. the bridge of the nose is medial to the eye
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Superficial
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Toward or on the surface eg. the skin is superficial to the muscle
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Deep
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Away from the surface, Internal eg. the lungs are deep to the ribs
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