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ANATOMICAL PLANES AND DIRECTIONS (ANIMAL NURSING)
Flashcards do conjunto (23)
- 1ANATOMICAL PLANES AND DIRECTIONS
- 2ROSTRALNearest to the nose
- 3DORSALThe back surface
- 4CRANIAL/ANTERIORThe front end (head)
- 5CAUDAL/POSTERIORThe back end (posterior)
- 6ANTERODORSALThe back surface of the head end
( anterior=the head end & dorsal=the back surface) - 7VENTRALThe abdomen surface (belly)
- 8PROXIMALNearest to the body
- 9MEDIALTowards the midline
- 10DISTALFurtherest from the body
- 11PALMERThe rear surface of the forepaw that bears the foot pads
- 12PLANTERThe rear surface of the hind paw that bears the foot pads
- 13LATERALTowards the side
- 14VENTROLATERALThe side of the belly area
(ventral= belly & laterial=side) - 15SUPERIORAbove view (bird's eye view)
- 16INFERIORBelow view
- 17MIDLINEMiddle of the body
- 18LONGITUDINALLength (parallel to the body axis)
- 19TRANSVERSECrosswise
- 20SUPERFICIALNearest to the surface
- 21DEEPFurtherest from the surface
- 22SAGITTALa longitudinal, dorsoventral, or ventrical plane (dividing the body into left and right)
- 23FRONTALA longitudinal, latromedial or horizontal plane (dividing the body into dorsal and ventral parts)
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- Descrição
- Terms used in veterinary to describe sections of the body
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- Becky Green · nov 2017
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