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25 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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Anterior
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The Front
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Anteroposterior
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From front to back
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Caudad
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Toward the feet
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Cranial
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Toward the head
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Deep
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Further into the body
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Distal
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Further from the beginning...the spot you choose as the beginning.
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Dorsal
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The back of you...I sleep on my dorsal side.
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Horizontal
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Parallel to the floor. A plane passing through the body thats parallel to the floor.
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Inferior
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Below something.
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Inferolateral
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Below and to one side.
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Lateral
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Toward the left or right side of the body. you cut straight through to have your head not attatched to your feet at all.
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Medial
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In the middle or inside.
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Posterior
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The back or behind.
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Posteroanterior
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From back to front
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Pronation
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Rotation of the forarm and hand so that the palm is down...same with the foot so that the sole is down.
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Prone
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With the front or ventral surface downward (lying face down)
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Proximal
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Toward the beggining of the starting point. You choose the starting point.
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Sagittal
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A vertical plane passing through the standing body from front to back. The mid-sagittal, or median plane, splits the body into left and right halves.
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Superficial
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On the surface or shallow.
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Superior
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Above something
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Supination
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Rotation of the forearm and hand so that the palm is upward (and the corresponding movement of the foot and leg).
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Supine
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With the back or dorsal surface downward (lying face up).
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Transverse
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A horizontal plane passing through the standing body parallel to the ground.
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Ventral
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Pertaining to the abdomen.
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Vertical
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Upright, as opposed to horizontal.
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