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Question | Answer |
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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 |