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What is anatomical position? A person standing upright, facing forward, arms at sides, palms facing forward, and feet forward.

What does anterior mean? Toward the front of the body.

What does posterior mean? Toward the back of the body.

What does superior mean? Toward the head or above.

What does inferior mean? Toward the feet or below.

What does medial mean? Toward the body's midline.

What does lateral mean? Away from the body's midline.

What does proximal mean? Closer to the point of attachment or the trunk.

What does distal mean? Farther from the point of attachment or the trunk.

What does superficial mean? Closer to the surface of the body.

What does deep mean? Farther from the surface of the body.

What does ipsilateral mean? On the same side of the body.

What does contralateral mean? On the opposite side of the body.

What does bilateral mean? Affecting or involving both sides.

What does unilateral mean? Affecting or involving one side.

What does supine mean? Lying on the back, face upward.

What does prone mean? Lying on the stomach, face downward.

What is the sagittal plane? A plane that divides the body into left and right portions.

What is the coronal plane? A plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior portions.

What is the transverse plane? A plane that divides the body into superior and inferior portions.

What is the axial skeleton? The skull, vertebral column, ribs, and sternum.

What is the appendicular skeleton? The bones of the limbs and the shoulder and pelvic girdles.

What is the largest bone in the human body? The femur.

What is the smallest bone in the human body? The stapes in the middle ear.

What is the vertebral column? The series of vertebrae forming the spine.