Health Science Guide

Coronal

coronal (or frontal) plane. This is an imaginary, vertical slice that divides the body or brain into front (anterior) and back (posterior) sections

Saggital

Medial

toward the midline of the body (hacia la linea del medio del cuerpo )

Lateral

away from the midline or away from the body (alejado de la linea del cuerpo

Proximal

towards the trunk or near of the attachment of the trunk

Partial and Visteral

types of Epithelia membrane

an incomplete break where a bone bends and cracks on one side without snapping all the way through

greenstick fracture

Lordosis

Medical term for a spine that becomes swayback

what tipe of motion occurs when you turn your head from side to side

Rotation

The double-walled membrane that lines closed body cavities

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