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Body Positions
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Anatomy
Graduate
01/09/2013

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Superior
Definition
Toward the head, or the upper part of a structure.
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Inferior
Definition
Away from head or lower part of a structure
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Anterior
Definition
Nearer to or at the front of the body
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Posterior
Definition
Nearer to or at the back of the body
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Medial
Definition
Nearer to the midline
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Lateral
Definition
Farther from the midline
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Intermediate
Definition
Between two structures
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Ipsilateral 
Definition
On the same side of the body as another structure
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Contralateral
Definition
On the opposite side of the body from another structure
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Proximal
Definition
Nearer to the attachment of a limb to the trunk; farther from the origination of a structure
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Distal
Definition
Farther from the attachment of a limb to the trunkl farther from the origination of a sturcture
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Superficial
Definition
Toward or on the surface of the body
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Deep
Definition
Away from the surface of the body
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