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| The body is standing erect, face forward, with the upper limbs at the sides and the palms forward |
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| The body part is above another part - The thoracic cavity is superior to the abdominopelvic cavity |
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| The body part is below another body part - The neck is inferior to the head |
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| Anterior Position (Ventral) |
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| Towards the front - The eyes are anterior to the brain |
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| Posterior Position (Dorsal) |
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| Towards the back - The pharynx is posterior to the oral cavity |
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| Midline dividing the body into equal right and left halves. A body part is medial if it is closer to the midline - The nose is medial to the eyes |
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| Towards the side, away from the midline - The ears are lateral to the eyes |
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| Paired structures, one of which is one each side - lungs are bilateral |
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| Structures on the same side - The right lung and the right kidney are ipsilateral |
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| Structures on the opposite side - A patient with a broken right leg would have to put his weight on the contralateral(left leg) |
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| The body part that is closer to the trunk of the body - The elbow is proximal to the wrist |
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| The body part further from the trunk of the body - The digitals are distal to the wrist |
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| Situated near the surface - The epidermis is the superficial layer of the skin |
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| Parts that are more internal than superfical parts - The dermis is the deep layer of the skin |
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| Divides the body into left and right portions |
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| Divides the body into superior and inferior portions |
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| Divides the body into anterior and posterior portions |
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| Right and Left Hypochondriac Region |
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| To the left/right of the epigastric region |
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| Left/right lumbar regions |
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| Left/right portion of the Umbilical region |
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| left/right portion beside the hypogastric region |
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