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cephalic
head
buccal
cheek
cranial
skull
facial
face
frontal
forehead
mental
chin
nasal
nose
occipital
back of head
orbital
eye
oral
mouth
otic
ear
thoracic
chest
axillary
armpit
mammary
breast
sternal
sternum
umbilical
naval
inguinal
groin
pubic
genital
sacral
above coccyx
scapular
shoulder blade
acromial
shoulder
antebrachial
forearm
antecubital
front of elbow
brachial
arm
carpal
wrist
digital
fingers/ toes
manus
hand
olecranal
back of elbow
palmar
palm
pollex
thumb
calcaneal
heel
crural
leg
femoral
thight
gluteal
buttock
hallux
great toe
patellar
knee cap
pedal
foot
plantar
sole of foot
popliteal
back of knee
sural
calf
tarsal
ankle
saggital
divides the body into right and left parts
midsaggital
the saggital plane that passes throughout the midline of the body and divides the body into equal right and left sides
parasaggital
any saggital plane that is to the right or left of the midline of the body
transverse (cross section)
divides the body into cephalic (superior) and caudal (inferior) parts
frontal (coronal)
divides the body into ventral (anterior) and dorsal (posterior) parts
cephalad (cranial)
toward the head
caudal
toward the tail (coccyx)
superior
above
inferior
below
ventral
toward the belly side of the body
dorsal
toward the back side of the body
anterior
toward front of the body
posterior
toward the back of the body
medial
toward the midline of the body
lateral
away from the midline of the body
proximal
closer to the origin or attachment of the limb
distal
further from the origin or attachment of the limb
superficial
relatively closer to the body or structure surface
deep
relatively far from the body or structure surface
Author
Morgan_001
ID
257903
Card Set
A&P I
Description
A&P body parts and directions
Updated
2014-01-22T18:17:01Z
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