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Anatomical Directional Terms and Body Planes

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Anterior: In front of, front Posterior: After, behind, following, toward the rear Distal: Away from, farther from the origin Proximal: Near, closer to the origin Dorsal: Near the upper surface, toward the back Ventral: Toward the bottom, toward the belly Superior: …

Anatomical Position and Directional Terms - EZmed

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Anatomical Directional Terms: Medial, lateral, superior, inferior, anterior, posterior, proximal, distal, superficial, deep, unilateral, bilateral, ipsilateral, and …

Body Planes and Directional Terms – Anatomy

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Dorsal means toward the back and ventral means toward the belly; so dorsal and posterior are the same direction, and ventral and anterior are the same direction for a human in …

Anatomical Directional Terminology for Limbs, Hands, …

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The dorsal side of the hand is the top of the hand or the back of the hand. Dorsal also refers to things on the top of the foot. What is palmar anatomy? Within …

Anatomical Terminology | Anatomy and Physiology I

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Dorsal and Ventral: What Are They, …

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Dorsal and ventral are terms that refer, respectively, to the back and front portions of the human body in the anatomical position. These terms can also be referred to …

Anatomical Position and Directional Terms

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Here are the directional terms that I’ll be covering: Superior (cranial) and inferior (caudal) Anterior (ventral) and Posterior (dorsal) Distal and proximal Superficial and deep Medial, …

1.4B: Directional Terms - Medicine LibreTexts

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Key Points Descriptions of directional terms include: a) superior (head) and inferior (caudal), b) anterior and posterior, c) lateral and medial, d) deep and …

Directional Terms - Medical Terminology

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Make incisions in a superior, inferior, medial, or lateral direction. Use forceps and retractors to move tissue in a cephalad or caudal direction. Utilize sutures and …

Anatomical Terminology | SEER Training

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Dorsal cavity. The smaller of the two main cavities is called the dorsal cavity. As its name implies, it contains organs lying more posterior in the body. The dorsal cavity, …