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Chapter 2 Review : Naming the positional and directional terms

  1. Front of the body
    Anterior (ventral)
  2. Back of the body
    Posterior (dorsal)
  3. Away from the surface of the body.
    Deep
  4. On the surface of the body.
    superficil
  5. Far from the point of attachment to the trunk or far from the beginning of a structure.
    distal
  6. Near the point of attachment to the trunk or far from the beginning of a structure.
    proxima
  7. Below another structure.
    inferior
  8. Pertaining to the side.
    lateral
  9. Pertaining to the middle.
    midial
  10. Lying on the belly.
    prone
  11. Lying on the back.
    supine
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Chapter 2 Review : Naming the positional and directional terms
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Davi-Ellen Chabner The Language Of Medicine 11th Edition
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