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Anatomical Terms



Below are some images that indicate some useful terms used by Anatomists and Radiologists


Names associated with relative positions in the body: rostral vs. caudal; anterior vs. posterior; superior vs inferior:

      

 

The PLANES of cross sections are given other names: coronal, sagittal, horizontal:


Below is a series of magnetic resonance images, 'slices', of the living human brain in the coronal plane.

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