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anatomical position
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anatomical position
body standing upright with feet & shoulder width & parallel, toes forward, palms of hand face forward.
Image: anatomical position
anterior view or ventral
front of the body (front view)
Image: anterior view or ventral
posterior view
back of the body (dorsal)
Image: posterior view
Superior or cranial
toward the head end of the body
Image: Superior or cranial
inferior or caudal
away from the head
Image: inferior or caudal
Lateral
Away from the midline of the body
Image: Lateral
Medial
Toward the midline of the body
Image: Medial
Proximal
closer to point of attachment to trunk
Image: Proximal
sagittal, frontal, and transverse
three planes commonly referred to in anatomy and medicine
Cranium
top of head
Frons (frontal)foreheadnasusnoseoculuseye (orbital or ocular)buccacheekMentischinCervicalneckaxillaarmpitabdomenabdominalbrachiumupper armAntecubitisfront of elbowAntebrachiumforearmpelvispelviccarpuswrist (carpal)PollexthumbPalmarpalmFemurthigh bonehalluxbig toePatellakneecapcruslower legTarsusankle (tarsal)pedalfootThorcischestmammabreastCephalonheadauris or oticearCervicisneckdorsumbackolecranonelbowlumbuslower backSacrumabove buttplantabottom of feetcalcaneusheel of footabdominal regionsright hypochondriac, epigastric, left hypochondriac, right lumbar, umbilical, left lumbar, right iliac, hypogastric, left iliac

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