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7 Σεπ 2024 · Medial and Lateral. Imagine a line in the sagittal plane, splitting the right and left halves evenly. This is the midline. Medial means towards the midline, lateral means away from the midline. Examples: The eye is lateral to the nose. The nose is medial to the ears. The brachial artery lies medial to the biceps tendon.
Lateral (from Latin lateralis 'to the side') describes something to the sides of an animal, as in "left lateral" and "right lateral". Medial (from Latin medius 'middle') describes structures close to the midline, [ 2 ] or closer to the midline than another structure.
Lateral and medial are terms used to describe the relative positions or directions of body parts. Lateral refers to the side or outer part of the body, away from the midline. It is the opposite of medial, which refers to the middle or inner part of the body, closer to the midline.
7 Σεπ 2024 · Medial and lateral rotation describe movement of the limbs around their long axis: Medial rotation is a rotational movement towards the midline. It is sometimes referred to as internal rotation.
30 Οκτ 2023 · The term lateral is a directional term that is used to describe the position of a structure relative to the median plane and the sides of the body. More specifically, it describes how further away a structure is from the median plane of the body.
Medial and lateral refer to position relative to the midline, which is a vertical line drawn through the center of the forehead, down through the belly button to the floor. Medial indicates a feature is closer to this line, while lateral indicates features further from this line.
Lateral describes the side or direction toward the side of the body. The thumb (pollex) is lateral to the digits. Medial describes the middle or direction toward the middle of the body. The hallux is the medial toe. Proximal describes a position in a limb that is nearer to the point of attachment or the trunk of the body. The brachium is ...
