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13 Cards in this Set
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anterior (ventral) |
toward the front of the body |
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posterior (dorsal) |
toward the back of the body |
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medial |
toward the middle of the body |
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lateral |
toward the side of the body |
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proximal |
nearer to the point of attachment or to a given reference point |
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distal |
farther from the point of attachment or from a given reference point |
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superior (cranial) |
above; toward the head |
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inferior (caudal) |
below; toward the lower end of the spine |
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superficial (external) |
closer to the surface of the body |
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deep (internal) |
closer to the center of the body |
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sagitttal |
cuts through the midline of the body from front to back and divides the body into left and right sections |
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frontal (coronal) |
cuts at a right angle to the midline cut, from side to side, and divides the body into front (anterior) and back (posterior) sections |
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transverse (horizontal) (axial) |
cuts horizontally through the body and separates the body into upper (superior) and lower (inferior) sections |
