Language of Ana

• Homeostatic


  The system's response is to make the positive deviation from normal greater
• Massive blood loss


  Decreases heart rate, decreases blood pressure and volume
• Childbirth or normal vaginal delivery

  Uterine contraction expels fetus
• Anatomical position


  Person standing erect with face directed forward, upper limbs hanging to sides and palms facing forward
• Supine


  Person lying face upward
• Prone


  Person lying face downward
• Directional terms


  • Right
  • Left
  • Inferior
  • Superior
  • Anterior
  • Posterior
  • Dorsal
  • Ventral
  • Proximal
  • Distal
  • Lateral
  • Medial
  • Superficial
  • Deep
• Right


  Toward the body's right side
• Left


  Toward the body's left side
• Inferior


  Below
• Superior


  Above
• Anterior


  Toward the front
• Posterior


  Toward the back
• Dorsal


  Toward the back (posterior)
• Ventral


  Toward the front (anterior)
• Proximal


  Closer to a point of attachment
• Distal


  Farther from a point of attachment
• Lateral


  Away from the body's midline
• Medial


  Toward the body's midline
• Superficial


  Toward or on the surface
• Deep


  Away from the surface
• Body parts and regions

  • Cephalic (head)
  • Frontal (forehead)
  • Orbital (eye)
  • Nasal (nose)
  • Oral (mouth)
  • Cervical (neck)
  • Thoracic (thorax)
  • Pectoral (chest)
  • Sternal (breastbone)
  • Mammary (breast)
  • Abdominal (abdomen)
  • Umbilical (navel)
• In Turkish, the pronoun "benim" can be translated as "my" or "mine".