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| back area; also back of hand and top of foot |
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| the part(s) which meet the environment when moving forward. This is teh cranial end in the cat, or the face-belly-front of the leg region (i.e. ventral) in man |
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| the part(s) which meet the environment when moving backwards. This is caudal in the cat, or the back of the head-back-back of leg region (i.e. dorsal) in man |
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| upper. This is the head end in man but the back area in an animal such as a cat |
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| lower. This is the foot end in man but the belly area in the cat |
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| the part of a structure closest to the trunk or to the main point of reference. For example, the [this] end of the cat's tail is at it's base |
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| the part of the structure furthest away from the trunk or from a main point of reference. For example, the tip of the cat's tail is its [this] end |
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| a location away from the midline |
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| directly along the midline |
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| a longitudinal plane which divides the organism into right and left halves which are essentially mirror images of each other |
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| a longitudinal plane which is parallel to the midsagittal plane |
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| a longitudinal plane which divides the organism into dorsal and ventral parts |
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| transverse or cross or horizontal |
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| a plane which divides the organism into cranial and caudal portions |
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| breast. In man this is one portion of the chest. In the cat this is a portion of the chest and a large portion of the abdomen |
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| area where two hip bones meet on ventral aspect of body |
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| area between the scrotum or urethral opening and the anus |
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| lumbar region of the back |
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| region of back just caudal to the lumbar region |
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| fat filled area just dorsal to the knee area |
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| epigastric (abdominal cavity) |
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| upper median region of abdomen |
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| umbilical (abdominal cavity) |
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| middle median region of abdomen; contains ubilicus or navel |
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| hypogastric (abdominal cavity) |
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| lower median region of the abdomen |
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| hypochondriacs (abdominal cavity) |
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| on either side of the epigastric region |
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| lumbars (abdominal cavity) |
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| on either side of the umbilical region |
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| iliacs or inguinals (abdominal cavity) |
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| on either side of the hypogastric region |
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