lDefinition of terms

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toward the head, or the upper part of structure

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Superior

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Away from the head, or the lower part of structure

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inferior

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nearer to or at the front of the body

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Anterior

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nearer or at the back of the body

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posterior

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Nearer to the middle, an imaginary vertical line that divides the body into equal left and right slides.

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medial

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farther from the midline or midsagittal plane

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Lateral

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between two structures

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Intermediate

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on the same side of the body as another structure

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ipsilateral

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on the oppsite side of the body as another structure

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Contralateral

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Nearer to the attachment of the limb to the trunk: nearer to the original structure

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proximal

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farther from the attachement of a limb to the trunk: farther from the original structure

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distal

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towards or on the surface of the body

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superficial

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away from the surface of the body

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deep

Question 15

example of use

The heart is _____ to the liver

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superior

Question 16

example ofnuse:
the sternum (breast bone) is \_\_\_\_\_ to the heart

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anterior

Question 17

example of use:
The Esophagus (food tube) is \_\_\_\_ to the tranchea (windpipe)

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Posterior

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example of use:

the ulna is____ to the radius

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medial

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example of use:

the lungs are ___ to the heart

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lateral

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example of use:

the transverse colon is _____ to the ascending and descending colons

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intermidiate

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example of use :

the gallbladder and ascending are ____

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ipsilateral

Question 22

example of use:

the ascending and descending colons are ___

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Contralateral

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example of use:
The humerus (arm bone) is \_\_\_\_  to the radius

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proximal

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example of use:
the phalanges ( finger bones) are \_\_\_\_ to the carpls ( wrist bone)

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distal

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example of use :

the ribs are ___ to the lungs

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superficial

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example of use

the stomach is _____ to the lungs

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inferior

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example of use:

the ribs are ___ to the skin of the chest and back

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deep

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means “away from the center.” It refers to areas away from the center of the body or a body part

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peripheral

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At or near the center. In anatomy and medicine (as elsewhere), is the opposite of “peripheral” which means away from the center.

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central

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Referring to the viscera, the internal organs of the body, specifically those within the chest (as the heart or lungs) or abdomen (as the liver, pancreas or intestines). In a figurative sense, something “” is felt “deep down.” It is a “gut feeling

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visceral

Question 31

meaning “belonging to the wall” that the ancient anatomists used to designate the wall, as of a body cavity. For examples, there are the: Parietal bone – the main side bone of the skull. Parietal lobe – the main side lobe of the brain (it is beneath the parietal bone).29 Mar 2021

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parietal