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18 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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Anatomical Position |
Body Erect, face forward, feet together, palms face forward |
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Supine |
Lying face upward |
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Prone |
Lying face downward |
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Superior |
Above Ex: Chin is superior to navel. |
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Inferior |
Below Ex: Navel is inferior to chin |
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Anterior (Ventral) |
Forward, before. Structure that is anterior to another one is in FRONT of it. Ex: Navel is anterior to the spine |
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Posterior (Dorsal) |
Toward the back, following. Ex: Spine is posterior to naval |
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Proximal |
Nearest to attachment site. Ex: Elbow is proximal to wrist |
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Distal |
Distant from attachment site Ex: Wrist is distal to elbow |
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Medial |
Closest or toward the midline |
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Lateral |
Farthest away from midline |
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Midline |
Divides the body into right and left halves |
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Median |
through the midline |
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Sagittal Plane |
to the left or right of the median |
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Frontal/Coronal Plane |
Divides body into anterior and posterior sections |
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Transverse/Cross Plane |
Divides the body into superior and inferior sections |
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Longitudinal |
Cut along the length of an organ |
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Transverse/Cross |
Cut |
