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Anatomy Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Anter(o) | Front |
Caud(o) | Tail, downward |
Cephal(o) | Head, Upward |
Dist(o) | Away from |
Dors(o) | Back |
Infer(o) | Below |
Later(o) | side |
Medi(o) | Middle |
Poster(o) | Back, behind |
Proxim(o) | Near (proximate) |
Super(o) | Above |
Ventro | front, belly |
Anterior and ventral | Refers to the front of the body. |
Posterior and Dorsal | Refers to the back of the body |
Cephalad and superior | above the waistline |
Caudal and inferior | below the waistline |
Lateral | sides of the body |
Medial | Middle of the body |
Ipsilateral | on the same side of the body |
Contralateral | Opposite side of the body |
Proximal | Center of the body, or point of attatchment |
Distal | Outer part of the body, away from point of origin |
Superficial | On the surface |
Intermediate | Refers to a structure being or occurring at the middle |
Deep | Farther away from the service |
Unilateral | on only one side of the body |
Bilateral | On both sides of the body |
Nose | Nasal cavity |
Mouth | Oral cavity |
Eyes | Orbital cavaties |
joint cavity | synovial cavaties |
Aurcular reigon | Region around the ears |
Axillary | armpit region |
clavicular | region on either side of two slender bones |
Infraorbital | below the eyes |
infrascapular | between shoulder blades |
Inguinal | region of the groin |
Lumbar | Lower back between ribs |
Mammary | breast area |
mental | chin area |
Occipital | lower posterior region of head |
orbital | around the eyes |
Pectoral | chest area |
Perineal | between anus and external reproductive |
Popliteal | behind |
Pubic | area above pubis |
Sacral | area above the sacrum between the hipbones |
sternal | area above sternum |
submental | area below the chin |
Supraclavicular | above the clavicles |