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Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Superior | Above or Higher |
| Inferior | Below or Lower |
| Anterior | Toward the Front |
| Posterior | Toward the Back |
| Ventral | Toward the Front |
| Dorsal | Toward the Back |
| Medial | Toward the Midline |
| Lateral | Away from the Midline |
| Proximal | closet to the body's core |
| Distal | farthest from body's core |
| Superfical | Toward the surface |
| Deep | within or interior to |
| internal | within or interior to |
| External | outside or exterior to |
| Adduction | movement toward the midline in the frontal plane |
| abduction | movement away from the midline in the frontal plane |
| Origin | less moveable attachment point |
| Insertion | more moveable attachment point |
| Flexion | decrease the angle of a joint |
| Extension | increase the angle of a joint |