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AHS
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| anterior | front or in front of |
| posterior | back or in back of |
| cranial | refers to the head of the body |
| caudal | means tail end |
| superior | upper or above something |
| inferior | lower or below something |
| medial | toward the middle |
| lateral | toward the side of the body |
| proximal | toward the point of attachment to the body or the truck of the body |
| distal | away from the point of attachment to the body |
| superficial | near the surface or outside of the body |
| deep | inside the body |
| planes | immaginary anatomical dividing planes |
| section | cut made throught the body and the direction of a certain plane |
| saggital plane | divides the body in to right and left parts |
| coronal plane | vertical cut at right angles to saggital planes divides the body into anterior and posterior portions |
| transverse plane | cross section a horizontal cut that divides the body into upper and lower portions |