pdmci

![*](file:///C:/Users/User/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif) Proximal - close to the point of origin

![*](file:///C:/Users/User/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif) Distal –distant from the point of origin

![*](file:///C:/Users/User/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif) Medial - Toward the midline

![*](file:///C:/Users/User/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif) Contralateral - On the opposite side of the body

![*](file:///C:/Users/User/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif) Ipsilateral - On the same side of the body

![*](file:///C:/Users/User/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif) Coronal plane (or frontal plane) - plane that shows brain structures from the front

![*](file:///C:/Users/User/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif) Sagittal plane- A plane that shows brain structures from the side

![*](file:///C:/Users/User/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif) Horizontal plane (or transverse plane)- A plane that shows brain structures from above

![*](file:///C:/Users/User/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif) spinal cord - communicates with all the sense organs and muscles

![*](file:///C:/Users/User/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif) Sympathetic nervous system - prepare the organs for a burst of vigorous activity,

![*](file:///C:/Users/User/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif) Parasympathetic Nervous system - “rest and digest” -increases digestive activity