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15 Cards in this Set
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ventr/o |
belly (front) |
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dist/o |
away (from the point of attachment of a body part) |
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caud/o |
tail ( downward) |
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-ad |
toward |
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posteroanterior |
pretaining to the back and to the front |
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proximal |
pretaining to near ( to the point of attachment of a body part ) |
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cephalad |
toward the head (upward) |
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lateral |
pretaining to a side |
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coronal plane |
vertical plane passing through the body side to side, dividing the body into anterior and posterior portains |
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transveres plane |
horizontal plane dividing the body into superior and inferior portions |
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epigastric region |
superior to the umbilical region |
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hypogastric region |
inferior to the umbilical region |
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iliac region |
to the right and left of the hypogastric region, near the groin (also called inquinal regions) |
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umbilical region |
around the navel (umbilicus) |
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lumbar region |
to the right and left of the umbilical region near the waist |
