A GLOSSARY 



OF THE 



INTERNATIONAL (B.N.A.) 

 ANATOMICAL TERMINOLOGY 



GENERAL TERMS. 

 TERMS INDICATING SITUATION AND DIRECTION. 



Longitudinalis 

 Verticalis 



Anterior 

 Posterior 

 Ventral 



Dorsal 

 Cranial 



Sagittal is 



Frontalis 



Longitudinal 

 Vertical 



Anterior ~i 

 Posterior / 

 Ventral ^ 



Dorsal 

 Cranial 



Sagittal 



Frontal 



Referring to the long axis of the body. 

 f Referring to the position of the long 

 \^ axis of the body in the erect posture. 

 j Referring to the front and back of the 

 ^ body or the limbs. 



{Referring to the anterior and posterior 

 aspects, respectively, of the body, 

 and to the flexor and extensor 

 aspects of the limbs, respectively, 

 r Referring to position nearer the head 

 | or the tail end of the long axis. 

 "j Used only in reference to parts of 

 I the head, neck, or body, 

 f Used in reference to the head, neck, 

 and body. Equivalent to cranial 

 I and caudal respectively, 

 f Used only in reference to the limbs. 

 Proximal nearer the attached end. 

 I Distal nearer the free end. 

 rUsed in reference to planes parallel 

 I with the sagittal suture of the 

 | skull, i.e. vertical antero-posterior 

 I planes. 



(Used in reference to planes parallel 

 with the coronal suture of the skull, 

 I i.e. transverse vertical planes, 

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