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34 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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anterior/ventral
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Toward the front of the belly of the body
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Posterior dorsal
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Toward the back of the body
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Medial adduction
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Toward the midline of the body
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lateral/abduction
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toward the side of the body
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proximal
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nearer to the point of attachment, or reference pt
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distal
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farther from the point of attachment, or reference part
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superior
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above
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cephalad/cranial
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toward the head
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inferior
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below
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caudal
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toward the lower end of the spine
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superficial/external
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close to the surface of the body
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deep/internal
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close to the center of the body
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prone
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lying face down
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supine
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lying face up
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chest cavity
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thoracic
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space below thoracic cavity
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abdominal
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space below the abdominal cavity
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pelvic
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space in the vertebra column
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spinal
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space within the head
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cranial
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circum, peri
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around
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epi
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on, over
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extra
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outside
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infra
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below
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inter
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between
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intra
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in, within
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juxta, para
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near, beside
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retro
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behind, backward
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sub
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below, under
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supra
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above
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mediastinum
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cavity between the lungs
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diaphragm
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separates the thoracic and abdominal cavities
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frontal, coronal
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Divide front and back
anterior/posterior |
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sagittal, lateral
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Divides the body besides
sinister & dextr |
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transverse, axial
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Divides the body into superior and inferior
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