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Nursing
Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ANTEBRACHIAL | FOREARM |
| ANTECUBITAL | INNER ELBOW |
| AUXILLARY | ARMPIT |
| BRACHIAL | UPPER ARM |
| BUCCHAL | CHEEK |
| CARPAL | WRIST |
| CEPHALIC | HEAD |
| CERVICAL | NECK |
| COXAL | HIP |
| CRURAL | SHIN |
| CUBITAL | ELBOW |
| DORSUM | BACK |
| FEMORAL | THIGH |
| FRONTAL | FOREHEAD |
| GENICULAR | KNEE |
| INGUINAL | GROIN/ INNER THIGH |
| LUMBAR | LOWER BACK |
| MENTAL | CHIN |
| ORBITAL | EYE |
| OTIC | EAR |
| PECTORAL | CHEST |
| PEDAL | FOOT |
| PLANTAR | SOLE/BOTTOM OF FOOT |
| POPLITEAL | BACK OF KNEE |
| SURAL | CALF |
| TARSAL | ANKLE |
| VERTEBRAL | BACKBONE |
| Cranial | Skull |
| Occipital | Base of the skull |
| Temporal | Temple |
| Nasal | Nose |
| Steral | Breastbone |
| Thoracic | Chest |
| Mammary | Breast |
| Acromial | Shoulder |
| Scapular | Shoulder blade |
| Vertebral | Spine column |
| Palmer | Palm |
| Pollex | Thumb |
| Manual | Hand |
| Digital/phalangeal | Fingers |
| Umbilical | Naval |
| Sacral | Between the hips |
| Coccygeal | Tailbone |
| Gluteal | Buttock |
| Perineal | Area between anus and external gentital |
| Patella | Front of the knee |
| Digital of phalangeal | Toe |
| Calcaneal | Heel |
| Hallux | The great toe |
| Anterior | Toward the front |
| Posterior | Toward the back |
| Superior | Toward the head |
| Inferior | Toward the feet |
| Medial | Toward the midline |
| Lateral | Away from the midline |
| Proximal | Closer to the truck of body |
| Distal | Further from the trunk of the body |
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