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medial

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closer to midline of body

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lateral

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away from midline of body

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anterior

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toward front

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posterior

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toward back

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superior

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upward

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inferior

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downward

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ventral

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belly-side of body

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dorsal

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back/spine-side of body

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rostral/cranial

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toward snout/head

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caudal

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toward tail/away from head

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proximal

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closer to body

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distal

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away from body

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abduction

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limb moving away from midline

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adduction

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limb moving toward midline

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tympanic bone

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supports eardrum, tube or ring shaped

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post-orbital bar

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body arch or bridge on side of skill behind eye connecting frontal bone to zygomatic bone

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post-orbital plate

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bony structure that fully encloses the eye socket (orbit) from the back, separating the eye from the temporal muscles (used in chewing)

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prognathic

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projecting snout

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orthognathic

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flat face with reduced snout

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cervical

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7

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thoracic

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12

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lumbar

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5

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sacrum

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coccyx

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incisors
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canines
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premolars
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molars
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deciduous teeth
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mandible
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maxilla
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nasal
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orbits
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frontal
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supraorbital tori
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parietals
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zygomatics
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zygomatic arch
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temporals
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occipital
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occipital condyles
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foramen magnum
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sternum
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clavicle
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scapula
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humerus
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radius
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ulna
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carpal bones
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metacarpal
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phalanges
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os coxa
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femur
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patella
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tibia
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fibula
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tarsal bones
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metatarsals
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forward-facing orbits and post-orbital bar?
yes: primate, no: not a primate
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post-orbital plate?
yes: anthropoid, partial/large orbits: tarsier, no/tooth comb: strepsirrhine
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dental formula?
2.1.2.3: catarrhine, 2.1.3.3: platyrrhine
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what kind of molars?
Y5: hominoid, bilophodont: cercopithecoid

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