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14 Cards in this Set
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Dorsal, Posterior |
Toward or at the back of the body |
The heart is posterior to the brestbone |
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Ventral, Anterior |
Toward the front of the body |
The brestbone is anterior to the heart |
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Lateral |
Away from the midline of the body; on the outer side of |
The arms are lateral to the chest |
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Medial |
Towards or at the midline of the body; on the inner side |
The heart is medial to the arms |
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Distal |
Farther from the origin of a body part or the point of attachment of a limb to the body trunk |
The knee is distal to the thigh |
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Proximal |
Closer to the origin of the body part or the point of attachment of a limb to the body trunk |
The elbow is proximal to the wrist |
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Anterior, cephalic, cranial, superior |
Toward the head end or upper part of a structure or the body |
The head is superior to the abdomen |
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Posterior, caudal, inferior |
Away from the head end o toward the lower part of a structure or body; below |
The naval is inferior to the chin |
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Deep, central |
Away from the body surface, more internal |
The lungs are deep to the skin |
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Superficial (external) |
Toward or at the body surface |
The skin is superficial to the skeletal muscles |
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Saggital |
Saggital divides a plane into right and left |
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Midsaggital |
Midsaggital line divides a plane into right and left at the median or midline |
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Frontal/Coronal |
Divides the body into anterior and posterior parts |
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Transverse |
Runs horizontally from right to left, creating superior and inferior parts |
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