Body Orientation
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Superior | above/toward head or upper body structure
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Inferior | below/away from head, lower part of structure(LIVER LATERAL TO LUNG)
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Anterior | front/nearer to front of body
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Posterior | back/nearer to or at the back of body
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Medial | nearer to the midline
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Lateral | farther from the midline (LUNG LATERAL TO HEART)
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Cephalad | toward the head
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Caudal | toward the tail
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Dorsal | back (cranial cavity-BRAIN)
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Ventral | belly side
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Proximal | near (elbow is proximal to the wrist)
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distal | away from (elbow is distal to shoulder)
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Sagittal | divides body into (left & right sections)LONGITUDINAL!!!!
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frontal | divides body into anterior and posterior sections)
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transverse/horizontal or cross section | (think of magician cutting assistant in half)
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BODY CAVITIES/spinal/vertebral | spinal cord
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ventral-thoracic | 2-pleual cavities (EACH LUNG)
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pericardial | fluid filled space surrounding heart
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mediastinum | all chest organs EXCEPT LUNGS
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PARIETAL | lines cavity
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VISCERAL PLEURA | LINES ORGAN
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ABDOMINOPELVIC REGIONS | hypochondriac, epigastric, lumbar, umbilical, iliac & hypogastric
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