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medial (directional terms) |
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towards the midline of the body
(i.e. the heart is medial to the arm)
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| laterl (directional terms) |
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toward the outside of the body, away from the midline
(i.e. the arms are lateral to the chest) |
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| intermediate (directional terms) |
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somewhere between a more medial and a more lateral structure
(i.e. the collarbone is intermediate between the breastbone and shoulder) |
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not very deep, toward or at the body surface
(i.e. the skin is superficial to the skeletal muscles) |
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more internal
(i.e. the lungs are deep to the skin) |
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| divides the body into right and left parts and sides |
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| sagittal plane that lies on the midline |
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| frontal or coronal (body plane) |
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| divides the body into anterior and posterior parts |
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