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Anatomical Potition
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Standing erect, with the palms and feet facing forward. This position is the standard reference point in which all positions, movements, and planes are described.
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Anatomical Planes
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Fixed lines of reference along which the body is often divided or sectioned to facilitate viewing of it's structure. Studing the body from different views allows one to obtain a three-dimensional perspective.
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Sagittal/Mid-sagittal plane
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The plane dividing the body into right and left portions.
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Frontal/Coronal Plane
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The plane dividing the body into front and back portions.
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Transverse/Horizontal Plane
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The plane dividing the body into upper and lower portions.
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a -
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without, absence of
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ab -
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from
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-able -
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capable
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-ac -
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pertaining to
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acr/o -
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extremity
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acou/o -
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hearing
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ad -
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toward, to
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aden/o -
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gland
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adenoid/o
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adenoids
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adren/o
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adrenal gland
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adrenal/o
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adrenal gland
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adip
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fat
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aer
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air
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af
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toward
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-al
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pertaining to or expressing a relationship
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alb
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white
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albumin/o
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albumin
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-algia
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pain
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alges/i
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oversensity to pain
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aliment
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food
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alveol/o
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alveoulus
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amb/i
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both
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ambul
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walking
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amni/o
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aminion
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amnion/o
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amnion
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an
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without, absence of
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ana
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up, back, apart
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andr/o
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male
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angi/o
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vessel
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ankyl/o
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stiff, crooked, bent
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an/o
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anus
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ante
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before
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anti
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against
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antr/o
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antrum
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aort/o
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aorta
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-apheresis
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removal
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aponeur/o
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aponeurosis
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append/o
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to hang from, appendix
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appendic/o
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appendix
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-ar
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pertaining to
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arche/o
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first, begining
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aria
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air
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arteri/o
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artery
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arthur/o
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joint
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-ary
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pertaining to
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ase
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refering to an enzyme
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-asis, -asia
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state or condition of
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-asthenia
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weakness, lack of strength
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astr/o
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star
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at
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to
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atel/o
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imperfect
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ather/o
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fatty plaque
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astria
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absence of normal opening, occlusion or closure
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atri/o
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atrium
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audi/o
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atrium
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audi
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hearing
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aur/i
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ear
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aur/o
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ear
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aut/o
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self
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ax
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axis
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azot/o
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urea, nitrogen
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