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13 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
- 3rd side (hint)
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Anterior (ventral) |
Twords the front of the body |
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Posterior (dorsal) |
toward the back of the body |
Fin |
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Medial |
Towards the mideline |
Middle |
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Lateral |
toward the side |
Lat muscle (latissimus dorsi) |
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Distal |
Farther from the point of atachment or from a given reference point |
Distant |
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Proximal |
nearer to the point of attachment or given refernce point |
Approximately |
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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 |
The cut is superficial |
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Deep (internal) |
Closer to the center of the body |
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Sagittal |
cuts through the midline of the body from front to back, dividing the body into right and left sections. |
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Frontal (coronal) |
Cuts at a right angle to the midline, from side to side, dividing the body into front (anterior) and back (posterior) sections. |
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Transverse (horizontal) (axial) |
cuts horizontally through the body, seperating the body into upper (superior) and lower (inferior) sections. |
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