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29 Cards in this Set
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medial
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toward the middle of the structure or entire body
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lateral
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towards the side of the structure or entire body
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superior
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towards the top
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horizontal plane or axial plane
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cuts the brain into top (superior)and bottom (inferior) portions
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sagittal plane
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cuts the structure into right and left portions; runs vertically
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coronal (frontal) plane
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cuts the structure into anterior & posterior portions; runs side to side
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oblique plane
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cuts the structure at an angle
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para-
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prefix used when a plane cuts a structure into unequal parts
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mid-
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prefix used when a plane cuts a structure into equal parts
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ventral
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towards the front
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dorsal
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towards the back
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cross sections
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sections cut at right angles to the long axis of a long structure
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anterior (rostral)
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toward the nose end
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posterior (caudal)
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toward the tail end
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ventral
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toward the surface of chest and stomach, or bottom of the head
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medial
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toward the midsagittal plane
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lateral
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away from the midsagittal plane; toward the left or right
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superior
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toward the dorsal surface of the primate head
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inferior
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toward the ventral surface of the primate head
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unilateral
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on one side of the body
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bilateral
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on both sides of the body
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ipsilateral
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from or to the same side of the body
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contralateral
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from or to the opposite side of the body
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parietal (Latin paries "wall")
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pertaining to the wall of a body cavity
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axial (Latin axis from Greek axōn "axle")
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towards the central axis of the organism or an extremity
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proximal (Latin proximus; nearest)
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nearest to; where an appendage joins the body
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distal (Latin distare; to stand away from)
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the point furthest from the point of attachment to the body
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mediolateral
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the "left-right" axis
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dorsoventral axis
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axis formed from dorsal to ventral points
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