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49 Cards in this Set
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EPI-
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above
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INTER-
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between
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INTRA-
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within
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PERI-
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around or about
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POST-
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behind or after
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RETRO-
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behind or backward
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SUB-
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under or below
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SUPRA-
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above
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TRANS-
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through or across
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SAGITTAL PLANE
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vertical (or median) plane; runs lengthwise from front to back and divides the body or any of its parts into right and left portions (prtns don't have to be equal)
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FRONTAL PLANE
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a.k.a. the coronal plane; divides the body into front and back; a vertical lengthwise plane running from side to side
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TRANSVERSE PLANE
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a.k.a. horizontal plane; a crosswise plane that runs parallel to the ground; divides body into upper and lower portions.
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SUPERIOR/ CEPHALIC
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toward the head; above another structure
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INFERIOR/ CAUDAL
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toward the feet or tail; below another structure
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ANTERIOR/ VENTRAL
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toward front/ belly-side of the body
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MEDIAL
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refers to the middle or near the middle of the body or the structure
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LATERAL
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refers to the side
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APEX
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tip or summit of an organ
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BASE
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bottom or lower part of an organ
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PROXIMAL
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located nearer to the point of attachment to the body
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DISTAL
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located farther away from the point of attachment on the body
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SUPERFICIAL
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toward the surface of the body
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DEEP
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further away from the surface of the body
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SUPINE
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body lying horizontally facing upward
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PRONE
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body lying face down
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ABDOMIN/O- AL
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pertaining to the abdomen
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ANTER/0- IOR
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pertaining to the front
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CAUD/O- AL
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pertaining to the tail
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CEPHAL/0- IC
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pertaining to the head
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CERVIC/0- AL
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pertaining to the neck
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CRANI/O- AL
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pertaining to the skull
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DIST/O- AL
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pertaining to away
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DORS/O- AL
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pertaining to the spinal cord side
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EPITHELI/O- AL
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pertaining to the epithelium
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INFER/O- IOR
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pertaining to below
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LATER/O- AL
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pertaining to the side
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MEDI/O- AL
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pertaining to the middle
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MUSCUL/O- AR
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pertaining to muscles
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NEUR/O- AL
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pertaining to nerves
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PELV/O- IC
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pertaining to the pelvis
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POSTER/O- IOR
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pertaining to the back
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PROXIM/O- AL
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pertaining to near
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SOMAT/O- IC
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pertaining to the body
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SPIN/O- AL
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pertaining to the spine
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SUPER/O- IOR
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pertaining to above
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SYSTEM/O- IC
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pertaining to systems
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THORAC/O- IC
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pertaining to the chest
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VENTR/O- AL
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pertaining to the belly side
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VISCER/O- AL
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pertaining to internal organs
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