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| What does anatomical position look like? In what position is the body held? |
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| The human body is erect, with the feet only slightly apart, head and toes pointed forward, and arms hanging at the sides with palms facing foward. |
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Referring to the head, neck, and truck.
The axis of the body. |
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| Relating to limbs and their attachments to the axis. |
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| Pertaining to the anterior body trunk region inferiror to the ribs. |
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| Pertaining to the point of the shoulder. |
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| Pertaining to the forearm. |
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| Pertaining to the anteriror surface of the elbow. |
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| Pertaining to the armpit. |
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| Pertaining to the (facial) cheek. |
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| Pertaining to the neck region. |
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| Pertaining to the fingers or toes. |
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| Pertaining to the side of the leg. |
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| Pertaining to the forehead. |
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| Pertaining to the great toe. |
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| Pertaining to the breast. |
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| Pertaining to the bony eye socket (orbit). |
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| Pertaining to the palm of the hand. |
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| Pertaining to the anterior knee (kneecap) region. |
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| Pertaining to the pelvis region. |
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| Pertaining to the gential region. |
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| Pertaining to the region of the breastbone. |
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| Pertaining to the point of the shoulder. |
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| Pertaining to the heal of the foot. |
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| Pertaining to the buttocks or rump. |
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| Pertaining to the area of the back between the ribs and hips; the loin. |
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| Pertaining to the posterior aspect of the head or base of the skull. |
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| Pertaining to the posterior aspect of the elbow. |
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| Pertaining to the region between the anus and the external genetalia. |
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| Pertaining to the sole of the foot. |
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| Pertaining to the back of the knee. |
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| Pertaining to the region between the hips (overlying the sacrum). |
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| Pertaining to the scapula or shoulder blade area. |
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| Pertaining to the calf or posterior surface of the leg. |
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| Pertaining to the area of the spinal column. |
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| A cut across the body in order to observe internal structures. |
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| An imaginary surface/line created by the section made through the body wall or through an organ. |
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| A plane that runs longitudinally and divides the body into right and left parts. |
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| A plane that runs longitudinally and divides the body into EQUAL right and left parts. |
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| A longitudinal plane that divides the body or an organ into anterior and posterior parts. |
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| A plane that runs horizontally, dividing the body into superior and inferiror parts. Commonly called cross sections. |
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| Above/below. Refers to the placement of a structure along the long axis of the body. Structures which appear above or below other structures. |
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| Toward the midline/away from the midline. |
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| Cranial (cephalad)/caudal |
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| Toward the head/toward the tail. Can be used intercahngeably with superior and inferior. |
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| Backside/belly side. This term primarily refers to comparative anatomy of animals. |
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| Nearer the trunk or attached end/farther from the trunk or point of attachment. Terms used primarily to locate areas of body limbs. |
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| Superficial (external)/deep |
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| Twoard the body surface/away from the body surface. |
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