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Anatomical Position
anatomical position vocab
Term | Definition |
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superior | toward head; up |
inferior | toward feet; down |
anterior | toward front |
posterior | toward back |
ventral | belly side |
dorsal | backbone side |
medial | toward the middle of the body |
lateral | away from middle; toward the side |
midline | an imaginary, vertical line through the middle of the body. |
deep | farther from the surface of the skin |
superficial | closer to the surface of the skin |
proximal | closer to the base of an extremity |
distal | farther from the base of an extremity |
sagittal | a plane that separates the body into left/right halves |
coronal (frontal) | a plane that separates the body into front/back (anterior/posterior) halves |
transverse | a plane that separates the body into top and bottom (superior/inferior) halves |