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  2. Forearm - Wikipedia

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    The forearm is the region of the upper limb between the elbow and the wrist. [1] The term forearm is used in anatomy to distinguish it from the arm, a word which is used to describe the entire appendage of the upper limb, but which in anatomy, technically, means only the region of the upper arm, whereas the lower "arm" is called the forearm.

  3. Anatomical terms of location - Wikipedia

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    Contralateral (from Latin contra 'against'): on the side opposite to another structure. [24] For example, the right arm and leg are controlled by the left, contralateral, side of the brain. Ipsilateral (from Latin ipse 'same'): on the same side as another structure. [25] For example, the left arm is ipsilateral to the left leg.

  4. Upper limb - Wikipedia

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    Most of the large number of muscles in the forearm are divided into the wrist, hand, and finger extensors on the dorsal side (back of hand) and the ditto flexors in the superficial layers on the ventral side (side of palm). These muscles are attached to either the lateral or medial epicondyle of the humerus. They thus act on the elbow, but ...

  5. Anatomical terminology - Wikipedia

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    Examples: The thumb is on the radial side of the hand (the same as saying the lateral side); the ulnar side of the wrist is the side toward the little finger (medial side). Ventral and dorsal, which describe structures derived from the front (ventral) and back (dorsal) of the embryo, before limb rotation.

  6. Fascial compartments of arm - Wikipedia

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    The anterior compartment of the arm is also known as the flexor compartment of the arm as its main action is that of flexion. The anterior compartment is one of the two anatomic compartments of the upper arm, the other being the posterior compartment. The compartment contains three muscles; the biceps brachii, the brachialis and the ...

  7. List of human anatomical regions - Wikipedia

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    the brachial region encompassing the upper arm, the olecranal region encompassing the back of the elbow, the antebrachial region encompasses the forearm, front and back; and the manual or manus region encompassing the back of the hand. The posterior regions of the legs, from superior to inferior, include the gluteal region encompassing the ...

  8. List of anatomical lines - Wikipedia

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    Intercristal line: A transverse line passing across the lumbar spine between the superior aspects of the iliac crests. Mid-dorsal line: The intersection between the dorsal skin and the median plane. Mid-ventral line: The intersection between the ventral skin and the median plane.

  9. Standard anatomical position - Wikipedia

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    It was decided that a plane passing through the inferior margin of the left orbit (the point called the left orbitale) and the superior margin of each ear canal or external auditory meatus, a point called the porion, was most nearly parallel to the surface of the earth at the position the head is normally carried in the living subject. [5]