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Body Terminology
Question | Answer |
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head | cephalic |
neck | cervical |
armpit | axillary |
arm | brachial |
front of elbow | antecubital |
forearm | antebrachial |
wrist | carpal |
palm | palmar |
fingers | digital/ phalangeal |
thigh | femoral |
forehead | frontal |
eye | orbital |
ear | otic |
cheek | buccal |
nose | nasal |
mouth | oral |
chin | mental |
breastbone | sternal |
breast | mammary |
navel | umbilical |
hip | coxal |
groin | inguinal |
hand | manual |
pubis | pubic |
anterior | near front of the body |
posterior | near back of the body |
superior | toward the head |
inferior | away from the head |
proximal | closer to the attachment of the limb to the trunk |
distal | farther from the attachment of the limb from the trunk |
lateral | farther from the midline |
medial | nearer to the midline |