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21 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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Proximal
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On a limb, closer to the trunk of the animal. On the upper side of the transverse plane (on the limb)
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Distal
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On a limb, farther from the trunk of the animal. On the lower side of the transverse plane.
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Cranial limb
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Upper half of the limb, towards the head.
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Dorsal limb
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Lower half of the limb, towards the head
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Palmar
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Lower half of forelimb, towards the tail
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Plantar
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Lower half of hindlimb, toward the tail
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Ventral limb
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Upper half of limb, towards the tail
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Ventral
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Tummy/under side (including underside of tail)
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Dorsal
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Upper side, from nose to tail tip
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Cranial
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Towards the head or front
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Caudal
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Toward the tail or rear
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Rostral
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Toward the nose
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Oblique
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Radiograph beam taken at a tangent (or non-perpendicular) angle.
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Anterioposterior
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Simplified radiographic terminology for front to back image.
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Median plane
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Divides the body into equal right and left halves.
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Midsagittal plane
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Median plane.
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Sagittal plane
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Any plane lying to the right or the left of and is parallel to the median plane
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Lateral
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To the side of the median plane (closer to the side of the animal than to the middle or medial)
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Dorsal plane
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Plane that divides the animal into ventral and dorsal portions.
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Transverse plane
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Cuts the animal into cranial and caudal regions.
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Transverse limb
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Plane dividing the limb into distal and proximal portions
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