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24 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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Superior/cranial
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Towards the top
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Inferior/caudal
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Towards the bottom
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Medial
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towards midline
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Lateral
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away from midline
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Anterior/ventral
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towards the front
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Posterior/dorsal
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towards the back
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Proximal
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nearest to the trunk
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Distal
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furthest from the trunk
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Axial
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vertebral column and ribcage
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Appendicular
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bones of arms, legs, shoulders and palms
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Cranial
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skull and mandible
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Postcranial
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all bones below skull
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Cranium
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skull w/o mandible
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Skull
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22 bones, 8 paired (ex.occipital), 6 single (parietal)
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Callotte
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upper portion of cranium; the portion cut off during autopsy
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Frankfort plane
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aligns lower border of eye to ear opening
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Sagittal Plane
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cuts body into left and right
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Coronal plane
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cuts body into front and back
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Transverse Plane
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cuts body into upper and lower
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Osteometric board
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measures long bones
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Spreading calipers
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specifically for cranium
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Sliding calipers
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measuring face and mandible
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Mandibulometer
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specifically for mandible
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Osteometric points
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standardized landmarks on skull. 2 types: 1. unpaired (falls on midsaggital plane) 2 paired (either side of midsaggital plane equidistant to midsaggital plane)
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