A GLOSSARY 



OF THE 



INTERNATIONAL (B.N.A.) 

 ANATOMICAL TERMINOLOGY 



Frontalis 



GENERAL TERMS. 

 TERMS INDICATING SITUATION AND DIRECTION. 



Referring to the long axis of the body. 

 /Referring to the position of the long 

 ^ axis of the body in the erect posture. 

 f Referring to the front and back of the 

 ^ body or of the limbs. 

 ^Referring to the anterior and posterior 



aspects, respectively, of the body, 



and to the flexor and extensor 

 ^ aspects of the limbs, respectively. 

 f Referring to position nearer the head 

 I or the tail end of the long axis. 

 ~\ Used only in reference to parts of 

 V. the head, neck, or trunk. 

 Used in reference to the head, neck, 



and trunk. Equivalent to cranial 



and caudal respectively. 

 ( Used only in reference to the limbs. 



Proximal nearer the attached end. 

 I Distal nearer the free end. 

 rUsed in reference to planes parallel 

 | with the sagittal suture of the 

 1 skull, i.e. vertical antero-posterior 

 I planes. 



T Used in reference to planes parallel 

 j with the coronal suture of the skull, 

 I i.e. transverse vertical planes. 



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