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50 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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Anatomical Position: Basic
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Body erect, feet parallel, arms at sides w/ palms facing forward.
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Abdominal
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anterior body trunk inferior to ribs
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acromial
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ant point of shoulder
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axillary
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armpit
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brachial
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arm
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buccal
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cheek area
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carpal
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wrist
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coxal
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hip
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crural
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leg
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digital
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fingers, toes
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femoral
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thigh
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fibular
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lateral part of leg
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inguinal
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area where thigh meets body trunk: groin
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nasal
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nose area
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oral
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mouth
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orbital
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eye area
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patellar
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anterior knee
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pelvic
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area overlying the pelvis anteriorly
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pubic
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genital reegion
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sternal
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breastbone area
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tarsal
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ankle region
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thoracic
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chest
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umbilical
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navel
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calcaneal
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heel of foot
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cephalic
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head
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deltoid
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curve of shoulder formed by deltoid muscle
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femoral
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thigh
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gluteal
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buttock
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lumbar
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area of back between ribs and hips
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occipital
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posterior surface of head
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olecranal
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posterior knee area
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sacral
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area between hips
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scapular
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shoulder blade region
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sural
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posterior surface of lower leg:
the calf |
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vertebral
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area of spine
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plantar region
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inferior body surface, sole of foot
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superior
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Cranial or cephalad above, towards the head
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inferior
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caudal below, away from head end
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anterior
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ventral, toward or at the front
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posterior
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dorsal
behind |
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medial
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toward or at the midline of the body, on the inner side of
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lateral
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away from the midline, on the outer side of
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intermediate
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between a more medial and a more lateral structure
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proximal
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close to the origin of the body part or the point of attachment of a limb to the body trunk
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distal
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farther from the origin of a body part or the point of a limb to the body trunk
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superficial
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external
toward or at a body surface |
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deep
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internal
away from the body surface, more internal |
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sagittal plane
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cut made along the lengthwise or longitudinal plane of the body dividing it into right and left halves.
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frontal plane
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cut made along a lengthwise plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior parts
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transverse
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cut made along a horizontal plane, divides the body into superior and inferior parts
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