A GLOSSARY 



OF THE 



INTERNATIONAL (B.N.A.) 

 ANATOMICAL TERMINOLOGY 



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. 

 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. 

 Referring to position nearer the head 



or the tail end of the long axis. 



Used only in reference to parts of 



the head, neck, or body. 

 Used in reference to the head, neck, 



and body. Equivalent to cranial 



and caudal respectively. 

 Used only in reference to the limbs. 



Proximal nearer the attached end. 



Distal nearer the free end. 

 Used in reference to planes parallel 



with the sagittal suture of the 



skull, i.e. vertical antero-posterior 



planes. 



Used in reference to planes parallel 

 Frontalis Frontal \ with the coronal suture of the skull, 



i.e. transverse vertical planes. 

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