Anatomical Terms Padlet by Carson Champion

1. Dorsal

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Relating to the back of a structure

2. Ventral

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the surface to the front or lower side of an organism

3. Superior

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Toward the upward part of the body

4. Inferior

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Towards the bottom half of the body

5. Prone

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the body position in which a person is lying flat on their front, face down.

6. Supine

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lying horizontally with the face and torso facing up

7. Medial

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Being in the middle

8. Lateral

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a position away from the mid line of the body.

9.Anatomical Position

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the description of any region or part of the body in a specific stance.

10. Distal

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sites located away from a specific area, most often the center of the body

11. Proximal

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a part of the body that is closer to the center of the body than another part.

12. transverse plane

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an anatomical plane that divides the body into superior and inferior sections.

13. midsagittal plane

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if you cut the body so that the right and left sides are identical, then you also have a median cut.

14. frontal plane

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Coronal Plane (Frontal Plane) - A vertical plane running from side to side; divides the body or any of its parts into anterior and posterior portions. Sagittal Plane (Lateral Plane) - A vertical plane running from front to back; divides the body or any of its parts into right and left sides.