Front | Back |
Anatomic position
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The body is erect the feet are slightly apart the head is held high and palms of hands ar facing forward
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Superior
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Above
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Inferior
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Below
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Anterior
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Facing forward
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Posterior
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Toward the back
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Medial
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Toward the medline
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Lateral
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Away from the midlineor towards the sides
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Proximal and distal
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Are terms of direction usually used in reference to limbs
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Proximal
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Means closer to the point of attachment
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Distal
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Refers to further away from the point of attachment
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Dorsal cavity
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Includes th crainal and spinal cavities
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Ventral cavities
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Includes the orbits and the nasal oral thoracic and abdominopelvic cavitites
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Median plane or saggital section
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Down the hair line cut down the middle
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Coronal plane or frontal plane
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Cut dow the side of the body ear to ear
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Transverse plane
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Cross section
cut the belly button |