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Lab Manual Excerise One Part B. and C.
Labratory Manual for Anatomy and Physiology 4th edition by Connie Allen and Valerie Harper
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
01/30/2012

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Superior
Definition
Closer to the head
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Inferior
Definition
Farther from the head
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Anterior
Definition
Closer to the front of the body
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Posterior
Definition
Closer to the back of the body
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Medial
Definition
Closer to the midline of the body
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Lateral
Definition
Father from the midline of the body
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Intermediate
Definition
Between two structures
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Ipsilateral
Definition
On the same side of the body
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Contralateral
Definition
On the opposite side of the body
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Proximal
Definition
Nearer to where the limb meets the trunk
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Distal
Definition
Farther from where the limb meets the trunk
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Superficial
Definition
Closer to the surface of the body
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Deep
Definition
Farther from the surface of the body
Term
Sections
Definition
The exposed surface produced by planes
Term
Sagittal Plane(s)
Definition
Pass vertically through the body or organs and divide them into left and right sections
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Midsagittal Plane
Definition
Divide the left and right sections evenly
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Prarsagittal Plane
Definition
Divide the left and right sections unevenly
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Frontal Plane
Definition
Passes vertically through the body or organs to produce an anterior and posterior sections
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Transverse Plan
Definition
Passes horizontally through the body and produces superior and inferior sections
Term
Oblique Plane
Definition
Passes through the body at an angle
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Longitudinal Sections
Definition
Produced by a a plane running along the long axis of a long narrow structure
Term
Cross-sections
Definition
Produced by a plane running perpendicular to the long axis
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