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Adduction
Motion of a limb toward the midline
Abduction
Motion of a limb away from the body line
Supine
Lying face up (or on their back)
Prone
Lying facedown
Proximal
Closer to the trunk
Deep
Farther inside the body and away from the skin
Superficial
Closer to or on the skin
Superior
Above a body part or nearer to the head
Inferior
Below a body part or nearer to the feet
Ventral
The anterior surface of the body
The bottom surface of the foot
Plantar
Fowler position
A body part or condition that appears on both sides of the midline
Bilateral
The anterior region of the hand
Palmar
The main part of a term that contains the primary meaning
Word root
The part of a term that appears before a word root, changing the meaning of the term
Prefix
The straightening of a joint or backward bending of the spine
Extension
Anterior
The front surface of the body
Dorsal
The posterior surface of the body, including the back of the hand
The main part of a term that contains the primary meaning
Word Root
The vowel used to combine two word roots or a word root and suffix
Combining vowel
Quadrants
The sections of the abdominal cavity
Parts of the body that lie closer to the midline
Medial
Lateral
Farther from the trunk or nearer to the free end of the extremity