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Anatomy Terms
Anatomry Terms
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Undergraduate 2
06/04/2009
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Term
Longitudinal
 Definition
up and down
lengthwise
vertical
Term
Sagittal
 Definition
up and down
Term
midsagittal (median)
 Definition
directly down the middle, evenly in half
Term
parasagittal
 Definition
vertical through body, dividing into halves
Term
frontal (coronal)
 Definition
vertically, ninety degrees sagittal, divides into anterior and posterior
Term
cross (transverse)
 Definition
cross section, top and bottom
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oblique
 Definition
everything else, diagonal
Term
ventral
 Definition
front or belly
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dorsal
 Definition
back or spine
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anterior
 Definition
front
towards ventral
head
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posterior
 Definition
back
towards dorsal
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superior (supra)
 Definition
above
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inferior (infra)
 Definition
below
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cranial
 Definition
head
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caudal
 Definition
feet
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proximal
 Definition
closer to point of origin, attachment
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distal
 Definition
further from point of origin, attachment
Term
superficial
 Definition
external
closer to surface
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deep
 Definition
internal
below surface
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peripheral
 Definition
around the edges
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sub-
 Definition
below
under surface
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medial
 Definition
toward the middle
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lateral
 Definition
away from the middle, to the side
Term
contra lateral
 Definition
opposite sides
(hands)
Term
ipsilateral
 Definition
same side
(left side)
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