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Anterior

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Situated in front of or in the forward part of

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Anatomical position

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Erect standing position, feet parallel, arms at sides, turned forward

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Posterior

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Situated behind or toward the rear

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Superior

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Over, having a higher situation

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Inferior

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Below

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Dorsal

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Pertaining to the back

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Ventral

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On or toward the belly

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Medial

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Pertaining or toward the midline

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Median

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Situated in the midline

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Lateral

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Pertaining to or toward the side

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Ipsilateral

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Same side

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Contralateral

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Opposite side

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Cranial

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Pertaining to or toward the head

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Caudal

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Pertaining to it toward the tail

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Rostral

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Towards the nose (used when referring to structures of the brain)

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Distal

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Relative position, farther from the point of reference

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Proximal

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Relative position, nearer to point of reference

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Palmar

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Pertaining to the palm of the hand

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Volar

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Pertaining to the palm or sole or flexor surface of forearm wrist or hand

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Arm

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Shoulder to elbow

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Forearm

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Elbow to wrist

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Thigh

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Hip to knee

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Leg

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Knee to ankle

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Coxa

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The hip

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Genu

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Concavity

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Hollow side or inside of a curved surface

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Convexity

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More fixed or central attachment

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Insertion

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Place of attachment of a muscle to the bone which it moves

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Superficial

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Closer to the surface

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Deep

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Towards the center of the body

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Transverse (horizontal) plane

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Divides body into top and bottom

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Coronal (frontal) plane

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Divided body into front and back

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Sagittal plane

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Divides body into right and left parts

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Abduction

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Movement away from the midline of the body

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Adduction

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Movement toward the median line of the body

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Flexion

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Bending joint, decreasing angle between bones

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Extension

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Straightening of a joint

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Hyperextension

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Motion of a joint in the direction of extension beyond a straight line

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Pronation

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Turning downward, palmar surface down

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Supination

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Turning upwards

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Prone

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Lying face down

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Supine

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Lying face up

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Rotation

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Turning of a part on an axis

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Tuberosity or Torchanter

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Large, roughened eminence

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Tubercle

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Nodule, small eminence

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Spine

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Slender, pointed long process

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Condyle

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Rounded eminence or knuckle on a bone for articulation with another bone

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Epicondyle

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Eminence above a condyle

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Head

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Enlarged rounded articulate end

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Facet

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Small plane surface, especially a flat articular surface

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Line

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Small ridge

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Process

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Slender projecting point

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Fovea (depression)

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Shallow out usually large and rounded

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Fossa (depression)

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Deep pit large and rounded

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Sulcus (depression)

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Groove, furrow or trench

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Incisure (depression)

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Foramen (perforation)

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Hole- large or small

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Fenestra (perforations)

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Really large foramen

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Canal (perforations)

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Small tubular passage

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Fissure (perforations)

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Narrow cleft-like groove

Gross Anatomy Muscles (12 decks)

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