Directional Terms, Positioning, and Imaging (CH3)

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supine

lying face up

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anter/o

front

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caud/o

tail

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cephal/o

head

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dist/o

away

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dors/o

back

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infer/o

below

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later/o

side

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medi/o

middle

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poster/o

behind

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proxim/o

near

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super/o

above

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ventr/o

belly

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radi/o

x-rays

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son/o

sound

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tom/o

to cut/section

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-graphy

recording

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-graph

instrument used to record

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-logist

someone who studies something

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umbilical region

around the navel

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lumbar regions

to the RT and LT of the umbilical region

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epigastric region

superior (above) to the umbilical

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hypochondriac regions

regions RT and LT of the epigastric region

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hypogastric

area inferior (below) the umbilical

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iliac regions

regions to the RT and LT of the hypogastric region

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axial plane

horizontal line that divides the body into superior and interior portions

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coronal plane

vertical line separating body into anterior (front) and posterior (back) regions

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midsaggital plane

vertical line separating the body into equal RT and LT halves

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parasaggital

vertical line dividing body into unequal RT and LT halves

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fowler position

semi-sitting position with slight knee elevation

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lithotomy position

lying on back with legs raised in stirrups

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trendelenberg position

lying on back with body tilted so head is lower than feet

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prone position

lying on stomach face down

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recumbent

lying down in any position

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lateral recumbent

laying down on side

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semiprone

prone with one knee up to chest

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Fluoroscopy

imaging of moving body structures

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magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

high strength, computer controlled magnetic fields producing sectional images

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nuclear medicine

imaging of internal structures using gamma camera