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surface anatomy.txt

  1. body laying face down/body laying face up
    prone/supine
  2. head
    1.cephalic
  3. neck region
    2.cervical
  4. chest
    3.thoracic
  5. anterior body trunk region inferior(below) to the ribs
    4.abdominal
  6. pelvis region
    5.pelvic
  7. genital region
    6.pubic
  8. bone eye socket
    7.orbital
  9. mouth
    8.oral
  10. nose
    9.nasal
  11. forehead
    10.frontal
  12. chin
    11.mental
  13. cheek
    12.buccal
  14. region of the breast bone
    13.sternal
  15. breast
    14.mammary
  16. armpit
    15.axillary
  17. navel
    16.umbilical
  18. groin
    17.inguinal
  19. arm
    18.brachial
  20. forearm
    19.antebrachial
  21. wrist
    20.carpal
  22. fingers or toes
    21.digital
  23. thumb
    22.pollex
  24. palm of hand
    23.palmar
  25. posterior part of elbow
    24.olecranal
  26. anterior part of elbow
    25.antecubital
  27. point of the shoulder
    26.acromial
  28. ear
    27.otic
  29. posterior part of head or base of skull
    28.occipital
  30. back
    29.dorsum
  31. spinal column
    30.vertebral
  32. buttocks
    31.gluteal
  33. between anus and external genitalia (runway)
    32.perineal
  34. shoulder blade area
    33.scapular
  35. between the hips
    34.sacral
  36. between the hips and the ribs (loin area)
    35.lumbar
  37. hip
    36.coxal
  38. thigh
    37.femoral
  39. anterior knee region
    38.patellar
  40. posterior knee (back of knee region)
    39.popiteal
  41. leg
    40.crural
  42. calf or posterior surface of leg
    41.sural
  43. side of the leg
    42.fibular or peroneal
  44. ankle
    43.tarsal
  45. heel of foot
    44.calcaneal
  46. sole of foot
    45.plantar
  47. great toe (big toe)
    46.hallux
  48. above and below
    47.superior/inferior
  49. in front of and in back of
    48.anterior/posterior
  50. middle or away from the midline or median plane
    49.medial/lateral
  51. backside and belly side
    50.dorsal/ventral
  52. near the trunk or attached end or farther from trunk or point of attachment
    51.proximal/distal
  53. near or at the surface of body or away from the body surface
    52.superficial/deep
  54. towards the head or towards the tail
    53.cephalad(cranial)/caudal
Author
rincrocci
ID
31860
Card Set
surface anatomy.txt
Description
anatomy
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