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Unit 1 Study Stack
Medical terminology
Term | Definition |
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Proximal | Closer to the center |
Distal | Further away from the center |
Lateral | Out to the side |
Medial | Toward the middle |
ventral/antral/anterior | To the front |
dorsal/posterior | The back |
Cranial | Toward the top |
Caudal | toward the bottom |
Superior | Above |
Inferior | Below |
Prone | Lying down on belly |
Supine | Lying down on back |
contralateral | Opposite side |
ipsilateral | Same side |
unilateral | One side |
bilaterial | both sides |
dorsal | top of the hand or foot |
plantar | the sole of the feet |
palmer | palm of the hand |
saggital | divides the body into right or left slices |
coronal | divides the body into front or back slices |
transverse | divides the body from top to bottom |