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Ch3 directional terms, anatomic planes, regions, quadrants
medical terminology
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Undergraduate 1
01/21/2022
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Term
directional terms
 Definition
used to describe the relative position of one part of the body to another
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anatomic planes
 Definition
used to describe the location of internal organs and structures
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abdominopelvic regions
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used to locate an anatomical position to describe pain, incisions, markings and so on
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anatomic position
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standard neutral frontal position of reference
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anter/o
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front
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poster/o
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back, behind
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cephal/o
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head(upward)
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caud/o
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tail(downward)
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proxim/o
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near(the point of attachment
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dist/o
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away(from the point of attachment
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later/o
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side
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medi/o
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middle
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super/o
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above
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infer/o
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below
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ventr/o
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belly(front)
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dors/o
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