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Directional Terms
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
01/30/2008

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Anterior

 

Definition

 

At the front of the body

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Posterior

Definition

 

 

Nearer to or at the back of the body

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Superior

Definition

 

 

Toward the head or upper part of structure

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Inferior

Definition

 

 

Away from the head or toward

 the lower part of the strcuture

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Medial

Definition

 

 

Nearer to the midline

of the body

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Lateral

Definition

 

 

Away from the midline of the body

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Ipsilateral

Definition

 

 

 

on the same side of the body

Term

 

 

Contralateral

Definition

 

 

On the opposite side of the body

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Proximal

Definition

 

 

 

Closer to the center of the body. 

Extremities nearer to the trunk

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Distal

Definition

 

 

Extremities away from the trunk

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Transverse plane

Definition

 

 

 

cuts you in half at waist

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Definition

 

 

 

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