Body Directions

Body Directions

by Richard Call

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another word for cranial

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cut that sections the body into equal right and left portions

• middle

• median

• left

• right

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farther from the body surface

• deep

• shallow

• superficial

• medial

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away from the midsagittal plane

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posterior

• left

• posterior

• front

• back

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cut that sections the body into superior and inferior portions

• superficial

• middle

• transverse

• traverse

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toward and attached base 

• proximal

• deep 

• superficial

• distal

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toward midsagittal plane

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away from an attached base 

• superficial

• proximal

• distal

• distant

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cut that sections the body into unequal right and left portions

• sagittal

• coronal

• parasagittal

• suture

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cut that sections the body into anterior and posterior portions

• frontal

• sagittal

• coronal

• posterior

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superior

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inferior