BIOL 240- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 24 pages long!)
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Body planes- division of bodies into different halves and sections. Coronal plane: frontal and dorsal aka front and back. Transverse plane: dividing into suferior and inferior halves, upper and lower. Sagittal/parasagittal: divides body into right and left halves, when directly in the middle of the body, known as midsagittal, although it can be off the midline. Prone position = body is on its stomach. Superior- up, inferior- down: for the trunk. Medial- close to midline, lateral- away from midline. Proximal- closer to the trunk, distal- away from the trunk: upper and lower limbs, ex. Deep- closer to the core of the body, superficial- closer to exit of body/outer. Ipsilateral- things on the same side of the body, contralateral- on opposite sides of body: ex. The sweat gland is suferior to the fat tissue. Appendicular skeleton- all the other bones, not within the axial skeleton. Superior and inferior usually refer to parts of the body within the head, neck, and trunk.
