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Body Regions

External body region names

TermDefinition
Cranial Top of the head
Nuchal Back of the neck
Medial the midline of the body
Lateral the side of the body
Anterior/ventral the front of the body
Posterior/dorsal the back of the body
Superficial the surface
Deep the core
Proximal closer to the trunk of the body
Distal towards the ends of the extremities
Transverse/cross section horizontal cut
Coronal/frontal section cut that divides into anterior and posterior
Sagittal section left and right parts
Midsagittal section cut directly down middle
Median section organ divided in half
Scapular shoulder blade
Facial face
Cervical neck
Deltoid shoulder
Pectoral chest
Sternal center of chest
Brachial arm
Antebrachial forearm
Manual hand
Digital fingers
Abdominal belly
Inguinal groin
Coxal hip
Femoral thigh
Genicular knee
Crural leg
Pedal foot
Cephalic head
Cubital elbow
Vertebral backbone
Lumbar love handles
Gluteal buttocks
Popliteal back of the knee
Sural calf
Calcaneal heel
Created by: hdean
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