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lateral
towards the SIDE, away from the imaginary midline
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Ipsilateral
STRUCTURES ON THE SAME SIDE
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superior
a body part is ABOVE ANOTHER PART
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posterior
or DORSAL, TOWARDS THE BACK
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bilateral
PAIRED STRUCTURES, one of which is on each side
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distal
OPPOSITE OF PROXIMAL. a particular body part is FARTHER FROM A POINT OF ATTACHMENT
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superficial
situated NEAR THE SURFACE
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deep
parts that are MORE INTERNAL THAN SUPERFICIAL parts
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sagittal
a LENGTHWISE PLANE that DIVIDES the BODY INTO RIGHT AND LEFT PORTIONS
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transverse
or HORIZONTAL refers to a PLANE that DIVIDES THE BODY INTO SUPERIOR AND INFERIOR PORTIONS
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frontal
or CORONAL, PLANE that DIVIDES the BODY INTO ANTERIOR OR POSTERIOR PORTIONS
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oblique section
angular cut
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longitudinal section
cut lengthwise
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inferior
a body part is BELOW ANOTHER BODY PART
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anterior
or VENTRAL, TOWARDS THE FRONT
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medial
an imaginary MIDLINE DIVIDING the BODY into EQUAL RIGHT AND LEFT HALVES
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contralateral
STRUCTURES ON the OPPOSITE SIDE
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proximal
a body part that is CLOSER TO A POINT ATTACHMENT TO the trunk than another body part
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perpheral
also means outward or near the surface (superficial)
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