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Describe the anatomical position
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Standing erect, feet shoulder width apart, looking straight ahead, hands at your side with your palms facing forward
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Anterior
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Front of the body
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Posterior
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Behind the body
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Dorsal
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Behind the body
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Ventral
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Front of the body
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Medial
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Closer to the midline of the body
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Lateral
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Away from the midline of the body
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Distal
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Further away from a reference
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Proximal
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Closer than a reference
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Superior
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Above
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Inferior
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Below
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Sagittal Plane
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Plane the runs through the body, dividing it into left and right portions
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Midsagittal Plane
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Runs through the median plane and divides along the line of symmetry.
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Parasagittal Plane
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Parallel to the midline but does not divide the body into equal left and right portions
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Coronal (frontal) Plane
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Runs perpendicular to the sagittal plane and divides the body into anterior and posterior portions.
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Transverse
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Horizontal plane that divides the body into upper and lower portions.
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Midline
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a line the divides the body down the center into two equal portions
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Supine
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Face up
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Prone
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Face down
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Trendelenburg Position
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Patient placed in the supine position with the feet higher then the head.
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Reverse trendelenburg position
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patient lies supine with feet lower then the head
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Lateral recumbent position (left or right)
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Patient is placed on there side with there knees slightly bent
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Fowlers position
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patient is sitting supine and upright, angled just below 90 degress
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Semi fowlers postion
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patient is sitting supine and the bed is at a 45 degree angle
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