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1
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The head end

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Cranial/Cephalic

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2
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The tail end

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Caudal

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3
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The belly side

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Ventral

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4
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The back side

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Dorsal

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The upper portion, or that which is above

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Superior

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The lower portion, or that which is below

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Inferior

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7
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Descriptive prefix meaning above

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Supra

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8
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Descriptive prefix meaning below

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Infra

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9
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The forward surface or towards the front

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Anterior

Used synonymously with cranial and quadrupeds, and with ventral in bipeds

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The rear surface or towards the rear

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Posterior

Used synonymously with caudal in quadrupeds, and with dorsal in bipeds

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11
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Refers to a location nearer the midline than another location

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Medial

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Refers to a location farther from the midline than another location

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Lateral

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13
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Nearer the main axis of the body, or nearer the point of attachment

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Proximal

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14
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Away from the main axis of the body, or away from the point of attachment

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Distal

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15
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At or near the surface

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Superficial

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16
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Away from the surface

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Deep

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17
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A plane that extends from left to right and from dorsal to ventral, giving cranial and caudal portions

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Transverse/Horizontal

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18
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A plane that extends from cranial to caudal, giving right and left portions

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Sagittal

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19
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A plane that extends from cranial to caudal passing through the midline to divide the body or an organ into right and left halves

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Midsagittal

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20
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A plane that extends from left to right and cranial to caudal, giving dorsal and ventral portions

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Frontal/Coronal

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21
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A deep pit or socket in the maxillae or mandible

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Alveolus

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22
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The junction of two bones

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Articulation

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23
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Ear-shaped

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Auricular

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24
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Cleft into two parts or branches

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Bifid

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25
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A little head

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Capitulum

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26
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A spiral structure like a seashell

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Concha

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27
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A large, smooth, rounded articulating oval structure

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Condyle

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28
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Describing a projection shaped like a crow’s beak

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Coracoid

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29
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Describing a triangular projection ending in a sharp point

30
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Associated with or a part of the ribs

31
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A narrow, prominent ridge-like projection

32
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Perforated like a sieve

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Cribriform

33
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Wedge-shaped

34
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Half of a facet, part of an articular surface shared by two adjacent bones

35
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The middle portion of a long bone, the shaft

36
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An elevation or projection, especially on a bone

37
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A projection adjacent to a condyle

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Epicondyle

38
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The end of a long bone

39
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A small, flat, shallow articulating surface

40
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A narrow, slit-like opening through a bone

41
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A rounded passageway through a bone

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A flattened or shallow depression

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a small pit of depression

44
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Shaped like a shallow socket

45
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A prominent, rounded epiphysis

46
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A gap

47
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A thin, flat plate

48
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A low ridge, less prominent than a crest

49
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A club-shaped or hammer-shaped process

50
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Breast-shaped

51
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A passageway through a bone

52
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A constricted portion adjacent to a head

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An indentation or v-shaped depression

54
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Associated with the nape of the neck

55
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A supporting column or stalk

56
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Like a rock

57
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A projection; a bony prominence

58
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A high place

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Promontory

59
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Winglike

60
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An angular extension of a bone relative to the rest of the structure; a branch

61
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A partition

62
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A cavity or hollow space in a bone

63
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A pointed, slender process

64
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Flat, scalelike

65
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Pointed, pen-like

66
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A narrow groove

67
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The line of union in an immovable articulation

68
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A massive, rough projection found only on the femur

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Trochanter

69
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A smooth, grooved pulley-like articular process

70
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A small, round projection

71
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A large, rough projection

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Tuberosity

72
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Shaped like a sword

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