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regional and directional terms

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Posterior   back  
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Anterior   front  
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Inferior   below  
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Superior   above  
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Medial   toward/at the middle of the body  
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Lateral   away from the middle of the body  
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Distal   farther from the body or point of attachment  
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Proximal   close to the body or point of attatchment  
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Superficial   toward/at the surface  
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Deep   internal  
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Ventral   front  
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Dorsal   pertaining to the back  
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Abdominal   front of body below ribs  
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Antecubital   front of elbow  
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Axillary   armpit  
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Brachial   arm  
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Buccal   cheeck area  
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Calcaneal   heelbone  
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Carpal   wrist  
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Cephalic   head  
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Cervical   neck region  
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Coxal   hip  
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Digital   fingers/toes  
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Femoral   thigh  
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Gluteal   buttock  
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Inguinal   area where thigh meets body  
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Lumbar   area of back between ribs and hips  
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Nasal   nose area  
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Occipital   back surface of head  
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Olecranal   elbow  
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Oral   mouth  
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Orbital   eye area  
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Patellar   front of knee  
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Pelvic   area overlaying pelvis(front)  
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Popliteal   back of knee  
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Sacral   area between hips  
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Scapular   shoulder blade region  
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Sternal   breastbone area  
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Tarsal   ankle region  
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Thoracic   chest  
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Umbilical   navel  
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Vertebral   area of spine  
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