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15 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
Superior |
Towards the top of the head. Superior doesn't mean up. |
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Inferior |
Away from the top of the head. Inferior doesn't mean down |
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Anterior (Ventral) |
Towards the front of the body |
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Posterior (Dorsal) |
Towards the back of the body. On a sharks back you see a dorsal fin |
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Medial |
Towards the midline (center) of the body. Imagine a line down the center of the body. |
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Lateral |
Away from the midline of the body |
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Deep |
Away from the surface of the body |
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Superficial |
Toward the surface of the body |
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Proximal |
Toward the beginning or attached end |
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Distal |
Away from the beginning or attached end |
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Transverse/Horizontal plane |
Separates structures into superior and inferior halves. |
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Frontal/coronal plane |
Separates structures into anterior and posterior halves |
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Sagittal plane |
Separates structures into left and right halves. |
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Midsagittal |
Equal halves |
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Parasagittal |
Unequal halves |