Exercise 1 - Language of Anatomy - Body Landmarks and Body Orientations from Mar
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- Axial
- relating to head, neck, and trunk
- Appendicular
- relating to limbs and their attachments to the axis
- Abdominal
- anterior body trunk region inferior to ribs
- Acromial
- point of the shoulder
- Antebrachial
- forearm
- Antecubital
- anterior surface of elbow
- Axillary
- armpit
- Brachial
- arm
- Buccal
- cheek
- Carpal
- wrist
- Cervical
- neck region
- Coxal
- hip
- Crural
- leg
- Digital
- fingers or toes
- Femoral
- thigh
- Frontal
- forehead
- Hallux
- big toe
- Inguinal
- groin
- Mammary
- breast
- Mental
- chin
- Nasal
- nose
- Oral
- mouth
- Orbital
- bony eye socket
- Palmar
- palm of the hand
- Patellar
- kneecap
- Pedal
- foot
- Pelvic
- pelvis region
- Fibular (peroneal)
- side of the leg
- Pollex
- thumb
- Pubic
- genital region
- Sternal
- breastbone
- Tarsal
- ankle
- Thoracic
- chest
- Umbilical
- navel
- Calcaneal
- heel of foot
- Cephalic
- head
- Dorsum
- back
- Gluteal
- buttocks
- Lumbar
- lower back
- Manus
- hand
- Occipital
- back of head
- Olecranal
- posterior elbow
- Otic
- ear
- Perineal
- between anus and external genitalia
- Plantar
- sole of foot
- Popliteal
- back of knee
- Sacral
- between the hips
- Scapular
- shoulder blade
- Sural
- calf
- Vertebral
- spinal column
- Superior
- above
- Inferior
- below
- Anterior
- front
- Posterior
- back
- Medial
- toward the midline or median plane
- Lateral
- away from the midline or median plane
- Cephalad (cranial)
- toward the head
- Caudal
- toward the tail
- Dorsal
- backside
- Ventral
- belly side
- Proximal
- nearer the trunk or attached end
- Distal
- farther from trunk or point of attachment
- Superficial (external)
- toward or at the body surface
- Deep (internal)
- away from the body surface