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Planes

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Transverse Plane   plane dividing the body horizontally into upper and lower sections  
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Frontal Plane   plane dividing the body verically into anterior and posterior sections  
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Coronal Plane   plane dividing the head into anterior and posterior sections  
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Midsagittal Plane   lengthwise plane dividing the body into two equal halves  
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Drectional Orientation   refers to the particular new you see of a person,face or the back of the head  
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Directional Plane   descrbes the way the body can be divided into parts for newing surface features or internale structures  
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Medial   nearest to the middle of the body  
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Lateral   furthest from the middle of the body  
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Superior (cranial) (cephalic)   nearest to the head  
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Inferior (caudal)   any part that is below another  
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Posterior (dorsal)   towards the back  
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Anterior (ventral)   looking directly at a persons face  
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Proximal   any body part located near an attachment point  
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Distal   specifically means any body part located far from an attachment point, hand is distal to shoulder  
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Sagittal Plane   lengthwise plane dividing the body into right and left  
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