anatomical position

English

Noun

anatomical position (uncountable)

1. (anatomy) The position of the human body, standing erect, with the face directed anteriorly, the upper limbs at the sides and the palms turned anteriorly (supinated), and the feet pointed anteriorly; used as the position of reference in description of site or direction of various structures or parts as established in official anatomical nomenclature. Note: The palms are toward our view and we cannot see the back of the hands.

Translations

anatomy: standard position of the body used as reference when describing the body

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 人體解剖學姿勢／人体解剖学姿势 (réntǐ jiěpōuxué zīshì)

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• Finnish: anatominen asento
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• Galician: posición anatómica f
• Portuguese: posição anatómica f (Portugal), posição anatômica f (Brazil)
• Romanian: poziție anatomică f