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20 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
- 3rd side (hint)
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Back and pertains to the back surface to the body |
Dorsal |
Touch the bone of your vertebral column on the back surface of the trunk. |
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Belly in pertains to the belly surface of the body. In the case of the hand and foot the blank surface are called the Palmer and the plantar surface. |
Ventral |
Is also related the Anterior, which mean the front side. |
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Back side of the body or one of it part. |
Posterior |
It is in correlation to Dorsal! |
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Referring to the front side of the body. |
Anterior |
Similar to ventral in human anatomy. |
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Meaning above. Can be used, in human anatomy, as a substitute for cranial/cephalic. |
Superior |
Any body parts or nerves that pertains above the wist line. |
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Meaning below. |
Inferior |
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Middle or center. Median or mid sagittal plan. |
Medial |
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Meaning side to side. Side of the structure or body. |
Lateral |
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Landmarks or structures that are branches or appendage of other structures, Meaning nearer the base our point of origin of the structure. |
Proximal |
Limbs, bronchial tree, nerves. |
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Structures that are branches or appendages of other structures, meaning father from the base on point of origin of structure. |
Distal |
The branches between the elbow and wrist or the kneecap and ankle. |
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The skull |
Cranial |
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Meaning the back. Snout end of the body. |
Rostral |
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Meaning tail end of the body. Bottom of the trunk. |
Caudal |
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Latin meaning surface. On the surface or situated near the surface. |
Superficial |
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Being beneath other layers of anatomy. |
Deep/profundus |
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Outside of something or on the exterior of an organ or cavity. |
External |
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Inside or in the interior of an organ or cavity. |
Internal |
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The bone at the tip or end of the shoulder. |
Acromion |
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External genitalia. Latin meaning "which you should be ashame of." |
Pudendal nerve. |
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Latin meaning back muscle |
Latissimus |
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