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| Palms Up, feet lay flat down, eyes straight, feet together. Important so you know what you are reffering to. |
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The back, behind
Ex: Butt |
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Back of a structure
Ex: Knuckle side of hands |
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Front of a structure
Ex: palms and abdomen |
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Toward the midline of the body, on inner side off
Ex: The heart is medial to the arm |
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Away from the midline of the body, on the outer side
Ex: The arms are lateral to the chest |
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closer to the orgin of the body part, point of attachment of a limb to the body trunk
Ex: the elbow is proximal to the wrist |
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Farther from the orgin of the body part or point of attachment of a limb to the body trunk
Ex: The knee is distal to the thigh |
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Toward the head of the body, above
Ex: The head is superior to the abdomen |
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Away from the head end, below
Ex: The navel is inferior to the head |
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| Relating to the skull or cranium |
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located close to or on the body surface
Ex: Your skin is superficial to muscle |
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Further beneath the body surface than superficial structures
Ex: Muscles are deep to the skin |
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| Divides body into anterior and posterior parts, lies vertically |
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| Divides body into right and left long sides. Lies excatly in midline |
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| Any plane that lies parallel to the midline or midsagittal plane. Lies verticaly |
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| Divides body into superior and inferior sections. Lies horizontaly |
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| Lateral side of leg / lower leg |
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