Directional Terms, Planes, Regions, & Quadrants
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| anter | front
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| caud | tail (downward)
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| cephal | head (upward)
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| dist | away (from the point of attachment of a body part)
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| dors | back
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| infer | below
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| later | side
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| medi | middle
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| poster | back; behind
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| proxim | near (the point of attachment of a body part)
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| super | above
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| ventr | belly (front)
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| -ad | toward
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| -ic | pertaining to
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| -ior | pertaining to
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| frontal or coronal plane | vertical field passing through the body from side to side, dividing the body into anterior & posterior portions
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| sagittal plane | vertical field passing through the body from front to back, dividing the body into right & left sides
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| transverse plane | horizontal field dividing the body into upper & lower portions
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| umbilical region (1) | around the navel (umbilicus)
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| epigastric region (1) | directly above the umbilical region
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| hypogastric region (1) | directly below the umbilical region
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| hypochondriac regions (2) | to the right & left of the epigastric region
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| lumbar regions (2) | to the right & left of the umbilical region
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| iliac regions (2) | to the right & left of the hypogastric region
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| abbreviation for anterior | ant
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| abbreviation for anteroposterior | AP
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| abbreviation for inferior | inf
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| abbreviation for lateral | lat
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| abbreviation for medial | med
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| abbreviation for posterior | post
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| abbreviation for posteroanterior | PA
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| abbreviation for superior | sup
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| abbreviation for right lower quadrant | RLQ
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| abbreviation for left lower quadrant | LLQ
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| abbreviation for right upper quadrant | RUQ
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| abbreviation for left upper quadrant | LUQ
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