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15 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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Posterior
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back or in back of
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Medial
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toward the midline of the body
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Midsagittal plane
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divides the body into two equal halves
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deep
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farther away from the body surface
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superficial
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nearer the surface
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Distal
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away from or farthest from the trunk or the point of origin of a body part
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Homeostasis
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is what physiologist call the relative constancy of the bodies internal enviroment
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Dorsal body cavity
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includes the cranial and spinal cavities
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pleural cavities
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a subdivision of the thorax
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abdominal cavity
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the cavity containing the abdominal organs
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pelvic cavity
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the lower portion of the ventral cavity; the distal portion of the abdominalpelvic cavity
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thoracic cavity
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pertaining to the chest area of the body ( upper trunk)
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mediastinum
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a subdivision in the midportion of the thoracic cavity
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sagittal
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sagittal cut or section is a lengthwise plane running from front to back
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atrophy
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wasting away of tissue; decrease is size of a part; sometimes referred to as disuse atrophy
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