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DIRECTIONAL TERMS

MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY

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ANTERIOR TOWARD THE FRONT OF THE BODY
CENTRAL AT OR NEAR THE CENTER OF THE BODY OR ORGAN
DISTAL PART OF AN EXTREMITY THAT IS FARTHER FROM THE POINT OF ATTACHMENT TO THE TRUNK
EXTERNAL TOWARD OR ON THE SURFACE OF THE BODY
INFERIOR (CAUDAD) AWAY FROM THE HEAD
INTERNAL AWAY FROM THE SURFACE OF THE BODY
LATERAL AWAY FROM THE MIDLINE OF THE BODY
MEDIAL TOWARD THE MIDLINE
PARIETAL PERTAINING TO THE OUTER BOUNDARY OF BODY CAVITIES
PERIPHERAL EXTERNAL TO OR AWAY FROM THE CENTER OF BODY OR ORGAN
POSTERIOR (DORSAL) TOWARD THE BACK OF THE BODY
PROXIMAL PART OF AN EXTREMITY THAT IS CLOSER TO THE POINT OF ATTACHMENT TO THE TRUNK
SUPERIOR (CEPHALAD) TOWARD THE HEAD
VISCERAL PERTAINING TO THE INTERNAL ORGANS
FRONTAL PLANE (AKA CORONAL PLANE) IMAGINARY LINE THAT DIVIDES THE BODY FROM FRONT TO BACK
MIDSAGITTAL PLANE (AKA SAGITTAL OR LATERAL) DIVIDES THE BODY FROM LEFT TO RIGHT
TRANSVERSE PLANE (CROSS-SECTIONAL) DIVIDES THE BODY INTO TOP AND BOTTOM
ABDOMINPELVIC CAVITY SUBDIVISION OF THE VENTRAL CAVITY WHICH ENCASES THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY AND THE PELVIC CAVITY
DORSAL CAVITY CAVITY WHICH ENCASES THE CRANIAL CAVITY AND VERTEBRAL CANAL
THORACIC CAVITY SUBDIVISION OF THE VENTRAL CAVITY WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE CHEST AND ENCASES THE MEDIASTINUM, PLEURAL CAVITY, AND PERICARDIAL CAVITY
VENTRAL CAVITY ENCASES THE THORACIC CAVITY, THE DIAPHRAGM, AND THE ABDOMINOPELVIC CAVITY
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