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Medical Terms
Fundamentals of the medical language
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| sagittal SA=jin-tal | divides the body in slices right to left |
| coronal kah=ROH-nal | divides the body into slices from front to back |
| prone PROHN | lying down on belly |
| supine SOO-pain | lying down on back |
| contralateral KON-trah-LAter-al | opposite side |
| ipsilateral IP-sih-LA-ter-al | same side |
| transverse trans-VERS | divides the body from top to bottom |
| proximal PRAWK-sih-mal | closer to the center |
| distal DIH-stal | farther away from the center |
| caudal KOW-dal | toward the bottom |