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40 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
- 3rd side (hint)
Superior (not with limbs) |
Above |
The nose is superior to the mouth |
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Inferior (not with limbs |
Below |
The foot is inferior to the knee |
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Anterior |
Toward the front |
The premolars are anterior to the molars |
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Posterior |
Toward the back |
You are sitting on the posterior surface |
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Dorsal |
Backside or topside |
Shark....where is the dorsal fin located |
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Ventral |
Belly or underneath |
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Proximal (with limbs) |
• Nearest • Nearest to the point of attachment |
Upper arm is the proximal part of the arm |
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Distal (with limbs) |
•Farther away •Remote from the point of attachment |
Your foot is the distal part of your leg |
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Medial |
•Middle •Surfaces of structures that are closet to the median line |
The medial surface of the arm is the surface next to the body when an anatomical position |
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Lateral |
•Side •surface farthest away from the median line |
•The lateral surface of the arm is the outer surface • the sides of the head are said to be the lateral surface |
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Superficial |
Towards the surface |
Your skin is superficial to the muscles and connective tissue below |
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Deep |
Far from the surface |
Your lungs are deep to the rib cage |
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Sagittal section |
Divides the body into right and left sides; if the sagittal section divides the body into equal halves, it is a midsagittal section |
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Transverse section |
Cuts to the body and interaction which is perpendicular to the long axis. This section is parallel to the ground and cuts the body into top and bottom portions |
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Frontal section or coronal section |
Divides the body into front and back portions |
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Head |
Cephalic |
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Big toe |
Hallux |
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Neck |
Cervical |
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Palm of hand |
Metacarpal |
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Eye |
Ocular |
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Fingers |
Digital |
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Elbow (ventral side) |
Antecubital |
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Knee (ventral side) |
Patellar |
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Wrist |
Carpal |
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Thumb |
Pollex |
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Butt |
Gluteal |
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Knee (dorsal side) |
Popliteal |
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Whole foot |
Pedal |
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Shoulder |
Acromial |
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Hip |
Coxal |
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Upper arm |
Brachial |
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Lower arm |
Antebrachial |
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Upper leg |
Femoral |
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Lower leg |
Crural |
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Sole of foot |
Plantar |
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Palm of hand |
Palm |
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Lower back |
Lumbar |
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Toes |
Digital |
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Ear |
Otic |
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Lower jaw |
Mental |
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