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BIOL 2320 Exam 1 Study GuideProximal - correct answer ✔✔1. near to the center of the body
2. ex. the elbow is proximal to the wrist
3. the proximal part of an artery is the beginning
Distal - correct answer ✔✔1. farther away from the center of the body
2. ex. the fingers are distal to the elbow
Medial - correct answer ✔✔1. toward the middle
2. ex. the 1st digit is on the medial side of the hand
Lateral - correct answer ✔✔1. farther from median plane
2. ex. the 5th digit is on the lateral side of the hand
Anterior - correct answer ✔✔1. near to the front
2. ex. the toes are anterior to the ankle
Posterior - correct answer ✔✔1. toward the back, or dorsal, surface of the body
2. ex. the heel is posterior to the toes
Superior - correct answer ✔✔1. toward the head
2. ex. the heart is superior to the stomach
Inferior - correct answer ✔✔1. near the feet
2. ex. the stomach is inferior to the heart
, Ventral - correct answer ✔✔1. anterior
2. the front surface of the body
3. ex. towards the belly/abdominal
Dorsal - correct answer ✔✔1. posterior
2. the back surface of the body
3. near the back
Coronal Plane - correct answer ✔✔imaginary plane which slices perpendicularly through the head
parallel to the front of the face
Sagittal Plane - correct answer ✔✔imaginary plane which slices parallel to the midline of the body
perpendicular to the anterior surface of the body
Midsagittal - correct answer ✔✔a sagittal section exactly through the midline
Parasagittal - correct answer ✔✔a sagittal section parallel to midsagittal, but not midsagittal
Horizontal/Transverse Plane - correct answer ✔✔at a right angle to the coronal and sagittal planes,
divides the body into superior and inferior portions
Superficial - correct answer ✔✔closer to the surface of the body
Deep - correct answer ✔✔1. under other layers
2. ex. the muscles are deep to the skin
Ipsilateral - correct answer ✔✔1. on the same side of the body
2. ex. the right thumb and right great toe are ipsilateral
Contralateral - correct answer ✔✔1. on the opposite side of the body relative to another structure
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