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popliteal -------------the seat bone
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How do you tell the right patella from the left patella?
Type your answer here... Usually, the posterior medial articular surface is smaller than the lateral one. For those not taking A&P when you set the flatter side down on the table with the point away from you, the side it falls to is usually to the outside.
What is the plane that divide anterior and posterior?
It is dorsiventral plane. The dorsal side is called posterior and ventral side anterior.
What is the opposite of dorsal?
The dorsal side of an organism is it's back and can also be called the posterior. The anterior or ventral side is the front. For example on a human the back would be the dorsal side and the chest would be the ventral side.
What is the anatomical name for the bone in the front of the leg below the knee?
The area around the posterior of the knee is known as the popliteal region.
What is posterior to the bladder in males?
a small opaciaty in the middle posterior in the bladder would be consistent with aphlebolith and small speck of calcification are seen on the right side of the prostate
How can you identify the right and left sides of the heart?
AnswerThere is a groove on the ventral side of the heart separating the left and right ventrical (where the sternum would be but on the outside). The left ventrical is the larger one.
Where are the extensor carpi muscles found on the anterior or posterior side of the forearm?
Posterior
What is the insertion tendon of patella?
The patella is the round bone on the anterior of the knee. You can palpate the surface of the knee and you can gently shift the patella bone side to side. The insertion of the patella bone is quadricep ligament which attaches to the proximal end of the tibia. The origin of the patella is the quadricep tendon. The quadriceps consist of four muscles: rectus femoris, vastus intermedius, vastus medialis, and the vastus lateralis.
What is the opposite medical term of posterior?
Posterior simply means the back side or behind, which is the opposite of anterior, which is the front side.
What prevents lateral displacement of the patella?
The lateral femoral condyle discourages lateral displacement of the patella. This condyle is the knob of the thighbone on the lateral side.
What form the sides of the vertebral arch?
That structure is called as pair of pedicles. They go to posterior side from the body of vertebra.
Is the navel on the posterior side of the body?
No.
