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anatomical postion
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is human standong erect. face forward,with feet parallel and arms hanging at the side, and palm facing forward
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supine postion
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is laying face upward. on your back laying
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prone
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is laying face downward or on your stomach
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fowlers
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is sitting in bed with head of bed elevated 45 to 60 degrees
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plane
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is an imaginary line drawn through the body od organ to seperate it into specific sections
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transverse plane
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dividing the body into top (superior) and bottom inferior) sections
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sagittal plane
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divides the body into right and left halves
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frontal plane
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divides the body into front and back sections
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superior
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dividing the body into the top
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Inferior
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Dividing the body into the bottom
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cranial
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means toward the head or upper body
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caudal
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means away the the head or towards the lower part of the body
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medial
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refers to bodyparts located in the middle or midline of the body
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lateral
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refers to body parts located away from midline
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anterior
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refers to body parts toward the front of the body
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