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32 Cards in this Set
- Front
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anatomical position
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person standing with feel flat on the floor, arms at their side and palms and eyes facing forward
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supine
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facing up or forward
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prone
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facing down or backwards
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sagittal plane
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cut down the center of the body cutting into left and right portions
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midsagittal plane
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passing through the midline of the body and divides into EQUAL left and right halves
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frontal plane (coronal)
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cutting through the center of the body dividing into the front and back (anterior) and (posterior)
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transverse plane (horizontal)
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cutting through the middle of the body dividing it into upper and lower parts. (superior) and (inferior)
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axial region
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consists of the head, cervical region (neck) and the trunk.
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trunk
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divided into the thoractic region (chest) and the abdominal region
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appendicualr region
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consists of the upper limbs and lower limbs
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upper limbs
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consist of the brachium (arm) antebrachium (forearm) carpus (wrist) manus(hand) and digits (fingers)
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lower limbs
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consist of the thigh, crus (leg) tarsus (ankle) pes (foot) and digits (toes)
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viscera
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organs within the dorsal and ventral body cavities
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dorsal body cavity
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lined by three membrane layers called the meninges. Consists of the cranial cavity and the vertebral canal
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ventral body cavity
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sectioned off by the diaphragm into a superior thoractic cavity and inferior abdominal cavity
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serous membrane
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secrete a lubricating film of moisture similar to blood serum
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Thoractic cavity
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divided into right, left and medial portions by a partition called the mediastinum
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pleura
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two-layered membrane lining the lungs
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pleural cavity
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the space between the visceral and parietal pleurae and is lubricated by pleural fluid
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pericardium
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two-layered membrane enclosing the heart
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pericardial cavity
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separates the hearts surface from the perietal pericardium and is lubricated by the pericardial fluid
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abdominal cavity
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contains most of the digestive organs, spleen, kidneys, and ureters
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pelvic cavity
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contains the distal part of the large intestine, urniary bladder, uretha, and the reproductive organs
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peritoneum
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serous membrane found in the abdominopelvic cavity
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peritoneal cavity
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the space between the parietal and visceral layers and is lubricated by peritineal fluid
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retroperitoneal
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lay against the dorsal body wall and are covered by peritoneum only on the side facing the peritoneal cavity; kidneys, ureters, adrenal glands, most of pancreas, abdominal portions of two major blood vessels- the aorta and inferior vena cava
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intraperitoneal
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organs that are encircled by peritoneum and connected to the dorsal body wall by sheets
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mesentry
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translucent pertioneal sheets; intestines are suspended from the dorsal abdominal wall by these
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serosa
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moist membrane that is formed by the wraping of the peritoneum around the intestines
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mesocolon
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mesentry of the large intestine
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greater omentum
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fatty membrane that hangs from the inferolateral margin of the stomach and overlies the intestines
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lesser omentum
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extends from the superomedial border of the stomach to the liver
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