this position, the body is in an erect (standing) posture with the arms at the side and palms turned forward. The head and feet are also pointing forward.
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ANATOMICAL POSITION
is a reference position that gives meaning to the directional terms used to describe the body parts and regions
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LEFT
to the left of the body (not your left, the subject’s)
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RIGHT
to the right of the body or structure being studied
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LATERAL
toward the side, away from the midsagittal plane
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MEDIAL
toward the midsagittal plane; away from the side
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ANTERIOR
toward the front of the body
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POSTERIOR
toward the back (rear) of the body
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SUPERIOR
toward the top of the body
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INFERIOR
toward the bottom of the body
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DORSAL
along (or toward) the vertebral surface of the body
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VENTRAL
along (toward) the belly surface of the body
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CAUDAD
toward the tail (four legged animals)
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CEPHALAD
toward the head (four legged animals)
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PROXIMAL
toward the trunk (describes relative position in a limb or other appendage)
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DISTAL
away from the trunk or point attachment
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VISCERAL
toward an internal organ; away from the outer wall (describes positions inside a body cavity)
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PARIETAL
toward the wall; away from the internal structures
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DEEP
toward the inside of a part; away from the surfaces
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SUPERFICIAL
toward the surface of a part; away from the inside
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MEDULLARY
refers to an inner region, or medulla
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CORTICAL
refers to an outer region, or cortex
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SUPINE
refers to lying face upward
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PRONE
refers to lying face downward
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SECTION
refers to a part cut along a plane
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PLANE
is a geometrical concept referring to an imagined flat surface
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CROSS-SECTION
refers to a part cut crosswise
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LONGITUDINAL SECTION
is a cut made lengthwise
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SAGITTAL PLANE
extends from anterior to posterior and superior to inferior, dividing (not equal) the body into left and right portions.
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MIDSAGITTAL PLANE
refers to a sagittal plane that divides the body into exactly equal left and right portions
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FRONTAL PLANE
divides the body into anterior and posterior portion
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CORONAL PLANE
frontal plane is also called?
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HORIZONTAL PLANE
divides the body into superior and inferior portions
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TRANSVERSE PLANE
horizontal plane is also called?
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DORSAL CAVITIES
\ VENTRAL CAVITIES
two principal groups of body cavities are?
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CRANIAL CAVITY
within the skull
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BRAIN
what organ can be seen in the cranial cavity?
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SPINAL CAVITY
within the vertebral column
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SPINAL CORD
what organ can be seen in the spinal cavity?
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THORACIC CAVITY
what cavity is within the rib cage?
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PLEURAL CAVITIES
left 1/3 and right 1/3 of the thoracic cavitiy
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LUNG
what organ can be seen in the PLEURAL CAVITIES
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MEDIASTINUM
middle 1/3 of thorax
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* HEART * TRACHEA * ESOPHAGUS
what organs can be seen in the MEDIASTINUMß
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* PLEURAL CAVITIES * MEDIASTINUM
what cavities can be seen in the THORACIC CAVITY?
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ABDOMINOPELVIC CAVITY
form the diaphragm to the bottom of the trunk
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ABDOMINAL CAVITY
from the diaphragm to the rim of the pelvic bones
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* STOMACH * LIVER * MOST OF THE INTESTINES * PANCREAS * SPLEEN * KIDNEYS
what organs can be seen in the ABDOMINAL CAVITY?
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PELVIC CAVITY
from the pelvic rim to the floor of the trunk
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* PORTIONS OF THE INTESTINES * OVARIES * UTERUS * URINARY BLADDER