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Anatomy |
STRUCTURE and shapes of body and its parts |
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Physiology |
Body and its parts work or FUNCTION |
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Gross |
LARGE structure m, easily observaby |
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Microscopic |
Cannot be seen with naked eye; only viewed w/ microscope SMALL |
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Complex structural organization (Body) |
Starts of with Chemical turning into Cell,, which turns into tissue,, then turns into organ,, then turns into organ system,,, which leads to organism "me" or any living thing |
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Homeostasis |
Maintains a stable environment if unbalance you could get a disease |
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Anterior |
Front of the body--face side down to toes |
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Posterior |
Back of body-- back of head to feet |
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Superior (cranial or cephalic) |
Toward head end or upper part of structure or body; above |
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Inferior(caudal) |
Away from head end or toward lower part of a structures of body;below |
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Ventral ( anterior) |
Toward or at front of body; in front of |
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Median or midsagittal |
Divides body (or organ) into equal left and right |
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Frontal or coronal |
Divides body or organ into anterior and posterior parts |
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Transverse or cross |
Divides body or organ into superior and inferior parts |
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Cranial cavity |
Houses the brain part of the dorsal body cavity |
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Spinal cavity |
House spinal cord part of dorsal body cavity |
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Thoracic |
House heart, lungs, and others part of the ventral body cavity |
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Abdominopelvic cavity |
Houses digestive system and most urinary system organs part of ventral body cavity |
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Anterior body landmark |
Antebrachial, antecubical, axillary, brachial, carpal, cervical, crural,, digital, femoral, inguinal, patellar, tarsal, thoracic, umbilical |
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Posterior body landmarks |
Cephalic, cervical, thoracic, lumbar, gluteal, brachial antecubical. Olecranal, ante brachial, carpal, manus, digital femoral, popliteal, sural, calcaneal, plantar |
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Hypogastric |
Inferior to umbilical |
Hypo--below (pubic) |
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Dorsal (posterior) |
Toward or at backside of body; behind |
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Right/left inguinal(iliac) |
Lateral to hypo gastric |
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Right/left lumbar region |
Lie lateral to umbilical region |
Limbus=loin |
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Right/left hypochondriac |
Flank the epigastric region and contain lower ribs |
Chondra=cartilage |
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Epigastric |
Located superior to umbilical |
Epi-upon, above gastric--stomach |
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Medial |
Toward or at midline of body on inner side |
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Lateral |
Away from midline of body on outer side |
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Intermediate |
Between more medial and more lateral structure |
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Proximal |
Close to origin of body part or point of attachment to limb to body trunk |
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Distal |
Farther from origin of body part or point of attachment of limb to body trunk |
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Superficial |
Toward or at body surface |
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Deep |
Away from body surface; more internal |
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Sagittal |
Divides body (or organ) into left and right parts |
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