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n. (context anatomy English) 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.
Usage examples of "anatomical position".
The similar positions of the two bodies, on their sides instead of in the anatomical position, revealed that they had been butchered almost identically, the sirloin and loin removed with neatness and economy along with the small filets that lie beneath the spine.
One by one I arranged the bones, placing each in its correct anatomical position.
I want to look at the tongue in its anatomical position before getting at it through the posterior pharynx.
The foot caught beneath the clutch and twisted a hundred and eighty degrees from anatomical position.
I basically molded the fragments with my fingers into the best anatomical position and wired his jaws together.
The boy's right knee was bent backward, the lower leg pushing up at about a twenty-degree angle from anatomical position.