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===Other directional terms=== Several other terms are also used to describe location. These terms are not used to form the fixed axes. Terms include: * '''Axial''' ({{ety|la|axis|axle}}): around the central axis of the organism or the extremity.<ref>{{cite web |title=Definition of Axial |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/axial |website=www.merriam-webster.com |access-date=15 March 2025 |language=en |date=15 March 2025}}</ref> Two related terms, "abaxial" and "adaxial", refer to locations away from and toward the central axis of an organism, respectively<ref>{{cite web |title=Definition of Abaxial |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abaxial |website=www.merriam-webster.com |access-date=15 March 2025 |language=en}}</ref> * '''Luminal''' ({{ety|la|lumen|light, opening}}): on the—hollow—inside of an organ's [[Lumen (anatomy)|lumen]] (body cavity or tubular structure);<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.medicinenet.com/lumen/definition.htm |title=Medical Definition of Lumen |author=William C. Shiel |publisher=MedicieNet |access-date=12 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cancer.gov/publications/dictionaries/cancer-terms/def/lumen |title=NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms "lumen" |publisher=[[National Cancer Institute]] |access-date=12 December 2020}}</ref> '''adluminal''' is towards, '''abluminal''' is away from the lumen.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/abluminal |work=[[Merriam-Webster]].com Medical Dictionary |title="abluminal"|access-date=12 December 2020}}</ref> Opposite to '''outermost''' (the [[adventitia]], [[serosa]], or the cavity's wall).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.siumed.edu/~dking2/erg/giguide.htm |title=Study Guide - Histology of the Gastrointestinal System |publisher=Southern Illinois University |author=David King |year=2009 |access-date=12 December 2020}}</ref> * '''Terminal''' ({{ety|la|terminus|boundary or end}}) at the extremity of a usually projecting structure; forming the end of a structure such as an [[axon terminal]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Definition of Terminal |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terminal |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en |date=15 March 2025}}</ref> * '''Visceral''' ({{ety|la|viscera|internal organs}}): associated with the innermost layer of an [[Organ (biology)|organ]] within the body. For example, the [[visceral pleura]] covering the [[lung]]s, contrasted with the [[parietal pleura]] lining the thoracic cavity.<ref name="radiopedia">{{cite web |title=Pleura |url=https://radiopaedia.org/articles/pleura?lang=gb |access-date=10 March 2025}}</ref> * '''Parietal''' ({{ety|la|paries|wall}}): pertaining to the wall of a body cavity as the parietal pleura lining the thoracic cavity, contrasted with visceral pleura.<ref name="radiopedia"/> * '''Aboral''' (away from '''oral''') is used to denote a location in an organism that is further from the mouth.
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