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    Standard anatomical terms of location are used to unambiguously describe the anatomy of animals, including humans. The terms, typically derived from Latin...
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    process of movement, is described using specific anatomical terms. Motion includes movement of organs, joints, limbs, and specific sections of the body...
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    towards the back. For a full discussion of those terms, see anatomical terms of location. For many purposes of anatomical description, positions and directions...
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  • Recession / Recessed - the action of receding; away from an observer; concave. Six degrees of freedom Anatomical terms of location Anatomical plane...
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    Occiput - back of head Collum - neck Dorsum - back Lumbus - loin Natis - buttock Calx - heel Anatomical terms of location Human anatomical terms Human anatomy...
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    Anatomical terminology is used to uniquely describe aspects of skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle, and smooth muscle such as their actions, structure, size...
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    standard anatomical position, or standard anatomical model, is the scientifically agreed upon reference position for anatomical location terms. Standard...
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    Many anatomical terms descriptive of bone are defined in anatomical terminology, and are often derived from Greek and Latin. Bone in the human body is...
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  • example, anatomical terms of location (such as "anterior and posterior", "dorsal and ventral", or "proximal and distal") or geometric terms of location (such...
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    the person lies flat with the chest down and the back up. In anatomical terms of location, the dorsal side is up, and the ventral side is down. The supine...
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    An anatomical plane is a hypothetical plane used to transect the body, in order to describe the location of structures or the direction of movements....
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  • oral cavity, much as anatomical terms of location provide orientation throughout the body. Anterior The direction toward the front of the head or the lips...
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    pericardial regions; as well as the head, neck and extremities. Using anatomical terms of location, the dorsal side is down, and the ventral side is up, when supine...
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    and pharmacists. Anatomical terminology uses many unique terms, suffixes, and prefixes deriving from Ancient Greek and Latin. These terms can be confusing...
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    Anatomical terminology is used to describe microanatomical (or histological) structures. This helps describe precisely the structure, layout and position...
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  • relative location of an anatomical structure lying between two other structures: see Anatomical terms of location Intermediate Edison Screw, a system of light...
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  • their direction of travel Longitudinal/longitudinally are also anatomical terms of location. Latitudinal Longitude Longitudinal axis (disambiguation) Transversality...
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    lit in the same way. Anatomical terms of location, another example of terms of directionality that do not depend on the location of the observer for things...
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  • left, right, forward, backwards, up, and down Anatomical terms of location for those used in anatomy List of ship directions Cardinal direction Direction...
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    German) Wing and body of a moth (from South Moths of the British Isles) Figure 4 Noctuidae Wings Figure 5 Anatomical terms of location Butterfly Caterpillar...
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    Anal canal Anatomical terms of location Buttock cleavage Rectum Thong – Garment worn as underwear or as part of a swimsuit Whale tail – Part of a thong or...
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    (skeleton). Look up rib in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Anatomical terms of location Bone terminology Rib fracture Rib removal Gillen, Glen (2016-01-01)...
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    body List of skeletal muscles of the human body Anatomical terms of location Anatomical terminology List of diseases Medical College Admission Test "Aarskog-Scott...
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    Superior view and lateral view. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cranial fossae. Anatomical terms of location § Cranial and caudal Fossa (anatomy)...
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  • occurring on both sides of an organism (Anatomical terms of location § Medial and lateral) Bilateral symmetry, symmetry between two sides of an organism Bilateral...
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  • Rydygier. The surgical procedure is called a gastroduodenostomy. Anatomical terms of location Billroth II Roux-en-Y anastomosis "Gastroduodenostomy - procedure...
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    the index finger. Anatomical terms of location Anatomical terms of motion The muscles of the left hand. Palmar surface. "Muscles of the thumb". Eaton...
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    Ethmoid artery, Greater palatine artery, Sphenopalatine artery). Anatomical terms of location Moore, Keith L. et al. (2014) Clinically Oriented Anatomy, 7th...
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  • to: In anatomy, going from head to tail; see Anatomical terms of location § Axes In aviation, nose to tail of a plane; see Aircraft principal axes § Longitudinal...
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    systematically investigating and correcting the anatomical knowledge of the Greek physician Galen. He noticed that many of Galen's observations were not even based...
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