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Body Directions
Body Regions
Planes
Sections
- axial and appendicular parts
- axial includes main axis of body
- appendicular includes limbs or appendages
- sagittal planes vertically split body into left and right
- midsagittal splits body into identical left and right parts
- frontal splits body in posterior and anterior parts
- transverse planes split body into superior and inferior parts
- directional terms
- location of a body structure in relation to another
- above = superior
- below = inferior
- front = anterior
- behind = posterior
- transverse section is a cross section
- oblique sections split the body diagonally between transverse and vertical planes
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