ABDOMINAL
ABDOMINAL STATION
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Superficial
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Lateral
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Superior
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Deep
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Detailed explanation-1: -Superior or cranial-toward the head end of the body; upper (example, the hand is part of the superior extremity). Inferior or caudal-away from the head; lower (example, the foot is part of the inferior extremity).
Detailed explanation-2: -Superior and inferior For example, in the anatomical position, the most superior part of the human body is the head and the most inferior is the feet. As a second example, in humans, the neck is superior to the chest but inferior to the head.
Detailed explanation-3: -Superior (or cranial) describes a position above or higher than another part of the body proper.
Detailed explanation-4: -Superior: above (ex: head is superior to feet). Inferior: below (ex: feet are inferior to the head). Cephalic: relative term meaning nearer to the head (ex: collar bone is cephalic to the sternum).
Detailed explanation-5: -Cephalic; pertaining to the head also means above another structure.