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Biology
Graduate
05/18/2013

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Movement away from the midsagittal plane of the body
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Abduction
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Movement towards the midsagittal plane of the body
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Adduction
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Pertaining to the midline of the body
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Medial
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Pertaining to the side of the body (like side to side)
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Lateral
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Toward the head
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Superior (cephalad)
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Away from the head (toward the lower portion of the body)
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Inferior
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Nearer to the center (trunk of body)
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Proximal
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Further away from the center of the body
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Distal
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Front of the body
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Anterior
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Back of the body
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Posterior
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Pertaining to the outer wall of the body or cavity
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Visceral
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Lying of the stomach face down
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Prone
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Lying of the back face up
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Supine
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Turning inward
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inversion
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Turning outward
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Eversion
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Pertaining the to palm of the hand
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Palmer
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Pertaining to the sole of the foot
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Plantar
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Torward the suface fo the body
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Superficial
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Away from the surface of the body
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Deep
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Vertical field passing through the body from side to side divinding the body into anterior and posterior regions
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Frontal or Coronal
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Vertical field running through the body front to back divinding the body into right and left portions
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Sagittal
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Horizontal field ivinding the body into upper and lwer regions
Definition
Transverse
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