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Directional Terms to Describe Position of Anatomical Structures Flashcards

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Bipeds

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Two-footed animals

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Quadrupeds

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Four-footed animals

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4 major directional terms for bipeds

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  1. Superior
  2. Inferior
  3. Anterior
  4. Posterior
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Superior (bipeds)

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Upper region of body

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Inferior (bipeds)

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Lower region of body

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Anterior (bipeds)

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Front or leading area of the animal

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Posterior (bipeds)

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Back or trailing area of the animal

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4 major directional terms for quadrupeds

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  1. Cranial
  2. Caudal
  3. Dorsal
  4. Ventral
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Cranial (quadrupeds)

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Towards the head

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Caudal (quadrupeds)

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Towards the tail

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Dorsal (quadrupeds)

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Toward or beyond the backbone

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Ventral (quadrupeds)

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Away from backbone or toward the belly

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Rostral (quadrupeds)

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Toward the nose (structures within the animals head)

  • use caudal for towards the tail
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4 Planes

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  1. Median
  2. Sagittal
  3. Transverse
  4. Frontal
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Median (midsagittal) Plane

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Divides body into equal right and left hemispheres

- plane through body craniocaudally

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Sagittal Plane

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Any plane that is parallel to the median plane

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Transverse Plane

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Plane that divides body into cranial and caudal segments

- cross section

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Frontal (horizontal) Plane

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Plane that divides body into dorsal and ventral segments (upper and lower)

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Medial

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Close or near the median plane

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Lateral

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Away form median plane

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Proximal

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Area nearest to point of origin/attachment of body part (limb)

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Distal

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Area furthest from point of origin/attachment of body part (limb)

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Deep

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Farther from surface

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Superficial

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Closer to surface

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Palmar

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Caudal surface of forelimb distal to the knee (or wrist)

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Plantar

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Caudal surface of hindlimb distal to the hock (or ankles)

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Dorsal (limbs)

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When referring to limbs, the cranial surface below the level of the knee or hock

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