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29 Cards in this Set
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ANATOMICAL POSITION
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refers to a person standing erect with the face directed forward, the upper limbs hanging at the sides, and palms of the hands facing forward
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SUPINE
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person is lying face upward
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PRONE
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person is lying face downward
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SUPERIOR
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aka CEPHALIC.
means up |
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INFERIOR
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aka CAUDAL
means down |
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ANTERIOR
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aka VENTRAL
means front |
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POSTERIOR
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aka DORSAL
means back |
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PROXIMAL
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nearest
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DISTAL
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DISTANT
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MEDIAL
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towards the midline
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LATERAL
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away from midline
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SUPERFICIAL
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structure close to the surface of the body
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DEEP
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toward the interior of the body
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SAGGITAL PLANE
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runs vertically through the body separating it into right and left portions.
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MEDIAN
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sagittal plane that passes through the midline of the body, dividing it into equal right and left halves
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TRANSVERSE/HORIZONTAL
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plane that runs parallel to the ground, dividing body into superior and inferior portions
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FRONTAL/CORONAL
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runs vertically from right to left and devides body into anterior and posterior parts
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ABD QUADRANTS
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Right upper/lower quadrant
Left upper/lower quadrant |
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ABD REGIONS
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R Hypogastric Region|Epigastric Region|L Hypogastric Region
Right lumbar regions|Umbilical Region|Left lumbar region Right iliac region|Hypogastric Region|Left iliac Region |
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THORACIC CAVITY
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muscular diaphragm separates it from the abdominal cavity. thoracic cavity is divided into right and left parts by a median partition
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MEDIASTINUM
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divides the thoracic cavity into R and L parts. contains the heart, thymus, trachea, esophagus, and other structures. two lungs are located on either side of mediastinum
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ABDOMINAL CAVITY
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stomach, intestines, liver, spleen, pancreas, and kidneys
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VISCERAL SEROUS MEMBRANE
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covers the organ
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PARIETAL SEROUS MEMBRANE
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outer membrane enclosing the cavity between it and the visceral membrane
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PERICARDIAL CAVITY
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surrounds heart
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PLEURAL CAVITY
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surrounds each lung
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PERITONEAL CAVITY
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surrounds the abdominopelvic cavity
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MESENTERIES
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consist of two layers of peritoneum fused together, connect visceral peritoneum of some abdomnipelvic organs to the parietal peritoneum on body wall or the visceral peritoneum of othe rabdominopelvic organs
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RETROPERITONEAL
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include kidneys, adrenal glands, pancreas, parts of the intestines, and urinary bladder
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