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25 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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Anterior |
The front, before |
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Posterior |
The back, behind |
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Dorsal |
The back side of the body |
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Ventral |
The abdominal side of the body |
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Superior |
Above,in a higher position,toward the head |
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Inferior |
Below,in the lower position, toward the feet |
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Medial |
Toward the body's longitudinal axis |
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Lateral |
Away from the body's longitudinal axis |
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Proximal |
Closet to the point of attachment |
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Distal |
Farthest away from the trunk,center or midline |
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Superficial |
At, near or relatively close to the body's surface |
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Deep |
Farther away from the body's surface |
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Sagittal |
Seperates right from left |
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Midsagittal |
Plane passing through the midline, dividing right and left halves |
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Parasagittal |
Plane seperating the right and left portions of unequal size |
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Frontal/coronal |
Seperates anterior and posterior |
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Transverse/horizontal |
Seperates superior and inferior |
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RUQ,RLQ,LUQ,LLQ |
Right/left/upper/lower quandrant |
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Parietal |
The wall of a hollow organ or body cavity |
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Visceral |
The inner covering of the surface of an organ or body cavity |
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Cranial/cephalic |
The head |
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Rostral |
The nose |
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Caudal |
Pertaining to any tail or tail-like structure |
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CT |
Computerized tomography |
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MRI |
Magnetic resonance imaging |
