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Medical Terminology Quiz 1.2
Directional terms
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Pharmacology
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08/24/2010
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Superior/Cephalic
 Definition
More towards head
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Inferior/Caudal
 Definition
More towards feet
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Anterior/Ventral
 Definition
More towards front or belly-side of body
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Posterior/Dorsal
 Definition
More towards back or spinal cord side of body
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Medial
 Definition
More towards middle
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Lateral
 Definition
More towards side
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Proximal
 Definition
Nearer to the point of attachment to body
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Distal
 Definition
Farther away from point of attachment to body
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Apex
 Definition
Tip or summit of organ
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Base
 Definition
Bottom or lower part of an organ
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Superficial
 Definition
More towards surface of body
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Deep
 Definition
Further away from surface of body
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Supine
 Definition
Lying horizontally facing upward
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Prone
 Definition
Lying horizontally facing downward
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