This position is termed the anatomic reference position.

This standard position is called the anatomic position.

Used as a reference posture in anatomical description.

The instrument can direct a guide wire to an anatomic position on the femur.

The bones were displaced from their anatomic position.

This structure is complex from an anatomic standpoint and has multiple embryologic origins.

This position is termed the anatomic reference position.

Fig 1 The standard anatomic position used in western medicine.

Ideally, the belly button is placed in its natural anatomic position.

Closure is achieved by returning the tissues to their anatomic positions.

This provides the wrist with the proper support in the proper anatomical position.

In the anatomical position, the forearm is in the supine position.

Note that in the tailed child, the tail is in the anatomically correct position.

The anatomical position employed in western medicine is depicted in the drawing below:

The upper side (3) has a depression (8) for holding the foot (2) in an ideal anatomic position.