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| Frontal, orbital, nasal, oral, mental |
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| Sternal, axillary, mammory |
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| Aqua Romeo, brachial (arm), antecubital, Olecranal, Antebrachial (forearm), Carpal (wrist) |
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| Pollex, metacarpal, palmar, digital |
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| Coxal (hip), Femoral (thigh), patellar, popliteal, crural (leg), Sural (calf), fibular or peroneal |
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| Tarsal (ankle), calcaneal, metatarsal, Digital, Plantar, Hallux |
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| Otic, Occipital (back of head) |
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| Scapular, vertebral, lumbar, sacral, gluteal, perineal (between anus and external genitalia) |
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| Board to head and or upper part of a structure or the body; above. Example: the head is superior to the abdomen |
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| Away from the head end or toward the lower part of a structure or the body; below. Example: the navel is inferior to the chin |
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| Toward or at the front of the body; in front of. Example: the breast bone is anterior to the spine |
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| Cord or at the back of the body; behind. Example the heart is posterior to the breastbone |
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| Toward or at the midline of the body; or the inner side of. Example: the heart is medial to the arm |
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| Away from the midline of the body on the outer side of. Example Colin the arms are lateral to the chest |
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| Between a more medial and a more lateral structure. Example: the collarbone is intermediate between the breast bone and the shoulder |
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| Closer to the origin of the body part or the point of attachment of a limb to the body trunk. Example: the elbow is proximal to the wrist |
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| Farther from the origin of a body part or the point of attachment of the limb to the body trunk. Example: the knee is distal to the thigh |
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| Toward or at the body surface. Example the skin is superficial to the skeletal muscles |
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| Away from the body surface; more internal. Example: the lungs are deep to the skin |
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| Sagittal, coronal, transverse |
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| contains heart and lungs. Superior mediastinum, pleural cavity, pericardial cavity within the mediastinum |
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| contains digestive system |
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| contains urinary bladder, reproductive organs, and rectum |
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| dorsal body cavity, and the ventral body cavity (thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities) |
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| Nine regions (delineated by four planes) |
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| right hypochondriac region, right lumbar region, right iliac (inguinal) region, epigastric region, umbilical region, hypogastric (pubic) region, left hypochondriac region, left lumbar region, left iliac (inguinal) region |
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| organs in the right hypochondriac region |
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| organs in the right lumbar region |
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| ascending colon of the large instestine |
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| organs in the right iliac (inguinal) region |
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| organs in the epigastric region |
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| organs in theumbilical region |
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| small intestine, transverse colon of large intestine |
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| organs in the hypogastric (pubic) region |
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| organs in the left hypochondriac region |
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| organs in the left lumbar region |
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| descending color of the large intestine |
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| organs in the left iliac (inguinal) region |
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| initial part of sigmoid colon |
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| right upper quadrant (RUQ), Right lower Quadrant (RLQ), left upper quadrant (LUQ), Left lower quadrant (LLQ) |
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