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Anatomical Position Standing erect Arms at side of body Palms facing forward Eyes straight forward Legs are parallel Feet and toes pointing forward
Assume person is in anatomical position even if body or parts of the body are in other positions.
Palms facing forward. Eyes straight forward. Legs are parallel. Feet and toes pointing forward.
Bonnie F. Fremgen and Suzanne S. Frucht. Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. Figure 2.4 – The planes of the body: sagittal plane, frontal plane, and transverse plane.
Medical Terminology: A Living Language, Fourth Edition. Bonnie F. Fremgen and Suzanne S. Frucht. Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. Figure 2.6 – The dorsal (yellow) and ventral (red) body cavities.
More towards head. Inferior or caudal. More towards feet. Anterior or ventral. More towards front or belly-side of body. Posterior or dorsal. More towards back or spinal cord side of body.
More towards side. Proximal. Nearer to the point of attachment to body. Distal. Farther away from point of attachment to body.
Bottom or lower part of an organ. Superficial. More towards surface of body. Deep. Further away from surface of body.
Supine – lying horizontally facing upward. Figure 2.8A – The supine position.
Prone – lying horizontally facing downward. Figure 2.8B – The prone position.

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