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Superior![cranial or cephalad]
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Toward the head end or updder part of a structure or the body; above.
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Interior![caudal]
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Away from the head end or toward the lower part of a structure or the body; below.
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Anterior![ventral]
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Toward or at the front of the body; in front of.
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Posterior! [dorsal]
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Toward or at the backside of the body; behind.
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Medial!
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Toward or at the midline of the body; on the inner side of.
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Lateral!
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Away from the midline of the body; on the outer side of.
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Intermediate!
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Between a more medial and a more lateral structure.
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Proximal!
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Close to the origin of the body part or the point of attachment of a limb to the body trunk.
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Distal!
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Farther from the origin of a body part or the point of the attachment of a limb to the body trunk.
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Superficial!
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Toward or at the body surface!
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Deep!
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Away from the body surface; more internal.
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Abdominal!
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Anterior body trunk inferior to ribs.
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Acromial!
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Point of shoulder.
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Antecubital!
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Anterior surface of elbow.
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Axillary!
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Armpit.
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Brachial!
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Arm.
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Buccal!
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Cheek area.
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Carpal! [TUNNEL! :P]
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Wrist.
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Cervical! [CANCER?!]
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Neck region.
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Coxal!
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Hip.
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Crural!
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Leg.
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Digital! [gimme yo digits.]
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Fingers, toes.
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Femoral!
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Thigh.
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Fibular!
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Lateral part of the leg.
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Inguinal!
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Area where thigh meets body trunk; GROIN.
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Nasal! [CONGESTION. :/]
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Nose area.
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Oral!
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Mouth.
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Orbital!
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Eye area.
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Patellar! [PATELLA.]
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Anterior knee.
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Pelvic!
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Area overlying the pelvis anteriorly.
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Pubic!
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Genital region.
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Sternal! [STERNUM.]
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Breastbone area.
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Tarsal!
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Ankle region.
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Thoracic!
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Chest.
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Umbilical! [CORD.]
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Navel.
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Cephalic!
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Head.
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Deltoid!
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Curve of shoulder formed by large deltoid muscle.
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Gluteal! [GLUTES.]
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Buttock.
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Lumbar!
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Area of back between ribs & hips.
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Occipital!
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Posterior surface of head.
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Popliteal!
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Posterior knee area.
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Sacral!
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Area between hips.
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Scapular! [SCAPULA.]
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Shoulder blade region.
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Sural!
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The posterior surface of lower leg; the calf. [baby cow?!]
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Vertebral! [VERTEBRE.]
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Area of spine.
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Section!
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Cut.
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Plane! [heyy geometry.]
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Imaginary line.
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Sagittal section!
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A cut made along the lengthwise plane of the body. [Liiiike | this.]
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Midsagittal!
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When ze body is cut in equal right and left sections.
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Frontal section!
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Cut made along the lengthwise plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior parts. [Liiiike | this; sorta. Or maybe \ this.]
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Coronal section!
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ALSO CALLED FRONTAL SECTION!?!??!?!?!?
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Cross section!
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lsdajfljdslfjsd NO, transverse.
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Transverse section!
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Cut made along the horizontal line. [Liiiiike ----- this.]
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Dorsal body cavity!
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Has TWO subdivisions which are continuous with each other. [Like brothers. or something.]
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Cranial cavity! [HEYY IT'S muhhhh BRAIN.]
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Bony skull. [Agenty Skully.]
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Spinal cavity! [IT'S muhhh SPINE.]
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Extends from the cranial cavity nearly to the end of the vertebral column.
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Ventral body cavity!
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Much larger than the dorsal bc.
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Thoracic cavity!
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SEP A RAT Ed from the rest of the ventral cavity.
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Diaphragm!
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Dome shaped muscle.
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Abdominopelvic!
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Contains the abdominal organs. [DURH.]
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Pevlic cavity!
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Inferior to yurrr abdominopelvic thing and contains reproduction organs. [Those make BABIES.]
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Umbilical region!
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Centermost.
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Epigastric region!
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Right above umbilical.
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Hypogastric region!
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[PUBIC] Riiiiight below yuurrr belly button.
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Right y left iliac!
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Lowest ones.
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Right y left lumbar regions!
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Miiiiidle ones.
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Right y left hypochonriac regions.
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Upper most ones.
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