For the purpose of universal comparison, there is a standard position - the anatomical position - that the patient or cadaver theoretically has assumed. This allows consistent description of body parts in relation to each other.
This entails:
The body must always be visualised in, and relationships described from, this pose, even when lying on its back - supine - or front - prone.
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