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Anatomical planes
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Imaginary slices through animals body. Used to describe positions or view point of a body. |
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Dorsal plane
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Divide body between top (dorsal) and bottom (ventral). |
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Transverse plane |
Divides between cranial (front) and the caudal (rear) |
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Sagittal plane |
Dividing between left and right parts. |
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Median plane or mid sagittal |
Divides between equal left and right halves. |
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Cranial |
Towards the head, also towards the front surface of a limb proximal to the carpus or tarsus.
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Caudal |
Towards the tail, towards back surface of limb proximal to carpus or tarsus. |
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Rostral |
Used only on the head (towards the tip of the nose) |
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Dorsal |
Towards the backbone of the top surface of the body (top front surface of the distal part of the limb). |
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Ventral |
Towards the bottom or the belly (also is the bottom surface distal to the carpus or tarsus). |
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Palmer |
The area on the back part of the front limb including the bottom of the foot. |
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Plantar |
The back of the hind limb including the bottom of the foot. |
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Medial |
Towards the midline |
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Lateral |
Away from the midline |
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Deep |
Towards center of body or body part |
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Superficial |
Towards the surface of the body |
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(describes positions only on the extremities) |
Towards the body (Her definition: Towards the attachment of the appendage to the body) |
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(describes positions only on the extremities) |
Away from the body (Her definition: Away from the attachment) |
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Barrel |
Trunk of the body formed by the rib cage and the abdomen |
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Flank |
Lateral surface of the abdomen between the last rib and the hind legs |
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Withers |
Dorsal to the scapula (shoulder blades) |
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Hock
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Another name for tarsus |
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The first word in body positions tells us...
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the surface the animal is lying on
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Dorsal recumbent |
Lying on the back (belly up) |
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Sternal recumbency |
Lying on the ventral side (belly), back facing up |
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Lateral recumbency |
-left (on the animals left, right side up) -right (on the animals right, left side up) |
