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| Situated above another structure or nearer to the head |
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| Situated below another structure or nearer to the foot. |
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| Related to the cranium (head) or toward the head |
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| toward the tail region (coccyx), useful directional term for embryos |
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| in front of; toward the front/belly surface of the body |
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| in back of; toward the back surface of the belly |
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| Rostral used in place of anterior when describing parts of the brain, toward the rostrum (beak) |
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| Nearer the median plane, toward the midline |
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| Farther from the median plane, away from the midline |
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| For a limb, it refers to being nearer to the attachment of the limb to the trunk, for a linear structure it refers to being nearer to the origin of the structure. |
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| for a limb it refers to being farther from the attachment of the limb to the trunk, for a linear structure it refers to being farther from the origin of the structure |
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| nearer the surface of the body |
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| farther from the surface of the body |
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| away from the center of a body cavity or hollow part of an organ-used when describing layers of the body wall or layers of a hollow organ |
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| toward the center of a body cavity or hollow part of an organ-used when describing layers |
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| latin for knuckle. A rounded projection at the end of a bone that faces another bone. |
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| a small projection on or above a condyle |
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| a smooth, flat surface (often where bones meet). |
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| a slit or cleft like passageway. |
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| latin for trench. a depression below the surface of the bone. |
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| enlarged end of a long bone; usually set off from the shaft by a constricted neck. |
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| a thin plate or layer of bone or soft tissue |
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| a low ridge or strip of bone from muscle attachment. |
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| a bony projection or outgrowth |
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| a branch or stem that is thicker than a process |
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| a short sharp projection of a bone |
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| latin for ditch. a long narrow groove in a bone or other organ. |
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| a large, strong, blunt process |
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| a smooth convex projection around which the concave surface of another bone rotates |
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| a rough, rounded prominence |
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| A rounch rough elevation of bone (larger than a tubercle) for muscle attachment. |
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