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48 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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fissure
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narrow slit
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foramen
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hole
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meatus
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tube-shaped canal
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sinus
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cavity; sponge-like
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groove or sulcus
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steep depression
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fossa
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shallow depression
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process
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bone formation of joints used for muscle attachment
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condyle
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rounded projection
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head
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round projection beyond neckline
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neck
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below the head
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facet
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smooth flat articular surface
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tubercle
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small rounded projection
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tuberosity
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large roughened projection
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trochanter
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very large process
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spine
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pointed process
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epicondyle
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above condyles
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superior
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above
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inferior
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below
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anterior
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front
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ventral
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belly
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dorsal
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back
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posterior
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behind
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medial
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closer to the midline of the body
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lateral
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away from teh midline of the body
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proximal
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nearer the trunk of the body
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distal
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away from the trunk of the body
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caudal
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towards the tail
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cephalic
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towards the head
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cranial
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towards the head
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superficial
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towards or 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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sagittal plane
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cuts the body into right and left halves (creates mirror images)
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coronal or frontal plane
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cuts the body into anterior and posterior halves
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transverse plane
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cuts the body into superior and inferior halves (waist)
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antebrachial
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forearm
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atecubital
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elbow
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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
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carpal
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wrist
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cervical
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neck
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femoral
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thigh
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gluteal
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buttock
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inguinal
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groin
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otic
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ear
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tarsal
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ankle
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thoracic
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chest
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optic
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eye
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