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chapter 2
terms and abbreviations
Term | Definition |
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anatomic position. | describing the directions on the human body |
proximal | closer into the center |
distal | farther away from the center |
lateral | out to the side |
medial | toward the middle |
ventral/antral/anterior | the front |
dorsal/posterior | the back |
cranial | toward the top |
caudal | toward the bottom |
SOAP | a acronym for the four different types of info documented by health care providers |