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37 Cards in this Set
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Superior
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cephalic, cranial
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Superior (cephalic, cranial)
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Toward the head or upper part of the structure
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Inferior (caudal)
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Towards the lower part of a structure away from the head
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Caudal=
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Inferior
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Ventral
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Anterior (Ventral)
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Nearer to the front of the body,
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Ventral
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Towards the front
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Dorsal
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Towards the back
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Dorsal=
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posterior
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posterior
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towards the back
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PRONE
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anterior side down aka ventral side down
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supine
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ventral or anterior side up
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medial
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Nearer to the midline of the body or structure
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lateral
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farther from the midline of the body or structure
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intermediate
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between 2 structures
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proximal
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nearer to the attachment of an extremity (limb) to the trunk or a structure
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Proximal
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nearer to the point of origin
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distal
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farther from the attachment of an extremity (limb)) to the trunk or structure, FAR FROM THE POINT OF ORIGIN
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Superficial
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on the surface of the body
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deep
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away from the surface of the body
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Sagital Plane
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Divides body into right and left
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Midsgittal plane
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vertical plane that passes thru midline and divideds body into equal right and left halfs
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Parasagittal plane
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vertical plane that divides body nto unequal right and left halves
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frontal (coronal) plane
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vertical plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior portions
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horizontal (transverse) plane
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divides the body into superior and inferior portions
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Abduction
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moves away from midline of body
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adduction
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moves towards midline of body
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flexion
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a folding movement in which there is a decrease in the angle between 2 bones
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extension
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an increase in the angle between 2 bones. RETURNING TO NATURAL ANATOMICAL POSITION
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Rotation
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movement around a vertical axis.
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Pantarflexion
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movement of the foot at the ankle joint extension
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dorsiflexion
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movement of foot at ankle joing flexion
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inversion
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turning foot so sole faces medially
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eversion
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turning sole of foot so sole faces laterally
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Superficial Fascia
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subcutanius tissue that unites dermis of the skin with deep fascie (loose CT/fat)
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Deep fascia
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membranous layer of tissue that invests muscle and other deep structures
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Facia aponeurosis
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strong sheet of fiborous tissues sometimes attaching muscles to each other and to another structure
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