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Anatomical Directions Flashcards

1
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Anatomic Position

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Standing upright with feet parallel and on the floor, head level and facing foward, arms by your side and palm facing foward

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Section

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An actual cut or slice through a structure or a removed piece

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Plane

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Hypothetical plane passing through the body

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Coronal or frontal plane

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The plane splitting the body into a front and back

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5
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The plane splitting the body into a front and back

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Coronal or frontal plane

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Anterior

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Foward of a coronal plane

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Foward of a coronal plane

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Anterior

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Posterior

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Back from a coronal plane

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Back from a coronal plane

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Posterior

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Transverse plane

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A plane splitting the body into a top and bottom

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A plane splitting the body into a top and bottom

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Transverse plane

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Superior

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Up from a transverse plane

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Up from a transverse plane

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Superior

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Inferior

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Down from a transverse plane

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Down from a transverse plane

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Inferior

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Sagittal plane

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A plane splitting the body into a left and right

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A plane splitting the body into a left and right

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Sagittal plane

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Midsagittal or Median Sagittal Plane

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A plane splitting the body into equal left and right halves

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A plane splitting the body into equal left and right halves

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Midsagittal or Median Sagittal Plane

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Medial

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Further towards the midsagittal plane

21
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Further towards the midsagittal plane

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Medial

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Lateral

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Further away from the midsagittal plane

23
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Further away from the midsagittal plane

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Lateral

24
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Proximal

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Towards the trunk of a limb

25
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Towards the trunk of a limb

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Proximal

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Distal

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Away from the trunk of the limb

27
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Away from the trunk of a limb

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Distal

28
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The elbow is [BLANK] to the wrist

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Proximal

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Dorsal

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In the direction of an organisms back/dorsal fin

30
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In the direction of an organisms back/dorsal fin

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Dorsal

31
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Ventral

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In the direction of an organisms belly

32
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In the direction of an organisms belly

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Ventral

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