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Prone

When talking about the anatomic position of an organism, it is said that the organism is prone when the anterior surface is placed down. So in a human for example, a person lying in their stomach and arrayed in anatomic position is said to be prone.

Also see superior, posterior, ventral, dorsal, cephalic, caudal, proximal, distal, medial, lateral, superficial, deep, supine, plane, and region.

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