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Details Title: orientation and directional te Description: terms for describing body parts position Total Flash Cards: 5 Created: 09/28/2005 03:48:30	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term ANTERIOR (ventral) * POSTERIOR (dorsal) * Definition Toward or at the front of the body:In Front Of * Toward or at the backside of the body: Behind * Term MEDIAL * LATERAL * INTERMEDIATE Definition Toward or at the midline of the body: INSIDE OF * Away from the midline of the body;OUTSIDE OF * In between a more mediate and more lateral stucture * Term SUPERIOR (cranial or cephalad) * INFERIOR (caudal) * Definition Towards the head end or upper part of a stucture or body. Above * Away from the head end or toward the lower part of a structure or body * Below. Term PROXIMAL * DISTAL * Definition Nearer to the origin of the body part or the point of attachment of a limb to the body trunk * Farther from the origin of a body part or the point of attachment of a limb to the body trunk * Term SUPERFICIAL * DEEP * Definition Toward or at the body surface * Away from the body surface; More Internal *