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Anatomy
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Study of structure
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Morphology
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Relates structure to function
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Physiology
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Study of function
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6 levels of organization
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Chemical, cellular, tissue, organ, organ system, organismal
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Organismal
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Sum total of all levels working together to keep organism alive and maintain homeostasis
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Homeostasis
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Existence and maintenance of a relatively constant environment in the body. Using positive and negative feedback loops.
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11 organ systems
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Integumetary, skeletal, muscular, nervous, endocrine, cardiovascular, lymphoid, respiratory, digestive, urinary, reproductive
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What defines life?
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Responsiveness, movement, reproduction, growth and differentiation, metabolism and excretion
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Auris
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Ear or otic
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Bucca
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Cheek or buccal
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Mentis
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Chin or mental
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Frons
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Forehead or frontal
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Oculus
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Eye or orbital or ocular
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Nasus
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Nose or nasal
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Oris
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Mouth or oral
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Pectoral
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Chest
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Sternal
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Breastbone
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Mamma
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Breast or mammary
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Cervicis
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Neck or cervical
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Clavicular
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Clavicle
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Abdominal
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Abdomen
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Umbilicus
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Naval or umbilical
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Pelvic
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Pelvis
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Inguen
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Groin or inguinal
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Pubis
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Genital or pubic
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Axilla
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Armpit or axillary
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Brachium
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Arm or brachial
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Antecubitis
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Front of elbow or antecubital
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Antebrachium
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Forearm or antebrachial
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Manus
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Hand or manual
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Carpus
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Wrist or carpal
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Palma
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Palm or palmar
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Digits or phalanges
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Fingers, digital, phalangeal
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Coxal
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Hip
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Femur
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Thigh or femoral
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Patella
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Kneecap or patellar
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Crus
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Leg or crural
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Pedal, pez
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Foot
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Tarsus
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Ankle or tarsal
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Dorsum
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Top of foot
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Cranial
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Skull
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Occipital
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Base of skull
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Nuchal
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Back of neck
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Pollex
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Thumb
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Cephalon
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Head or cephalic
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Cranium
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Skull or cranial
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Facies
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Face or facial
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Hallux
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Great toe
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Shoulder
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Acromial
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Dorsum
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Back or dorsal
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Olecranon
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Back of elbow, olecranal
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Lumbus
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Loin, lumbar
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Gluteus
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Buttock, gluteal
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Popliteus
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Back of knee, popliteal
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Sura
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Calf, sural
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Calcaneus
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Heel of foot, calcaneal
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Planta
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Sole of foot, plantar
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Arterior
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The front, before. Ventral
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Posterior
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The back, behind. Dorsal
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Cranial or cephalic
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Towards the head
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Superior
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Above, at a higher level
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Caudal
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Towards the tail
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Inferior
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Below, at a lower level
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Medial
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Towards the midline
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Lateral
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Away from the midline
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Proximal
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Towards an attached base, the thigh is proximal to the foot
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Distal
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Away from an attached base, the fingers are distal to the wrist.
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Superficial
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At, near, or relatively close to the body surface
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Deep
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Toward the interior of the body, farther from the surface
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The right upper quadrant contains?
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Right lobe of liver, gallbladder, right kidney, portions of stomach, small and large intestines.
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right lower quadrant contains?
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cecum,appendix, and portions of the small intestines, right reproductive organs,
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the left lower quadrant contains?
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most of the small intestine and portions of the large intestine, left ureter, and left reproductive organs
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the left upper quadrant contains?
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left lobe of liver, stomach, pancreas, left kidney, spleen, and portions of large intestine.
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midsagittal plane
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divides a person in half and makes a left half and a right half down the midline.
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transverse plane
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also horizontal, divides into superior and inferior
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frontal plane
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also called coronal. divides into anterior and posterior
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parasagittal plane
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divides into left half and right half but is not down the midline.
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true cavities are lined tissue that came from....
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mesoderm
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the 5 true body cavities are?
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cranial, vertebral, abdominal, thoracic, pelvic
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dorsal cavity is made up of the cavities..
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cranial and vertebral
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the ventral cavity is made up of these cavities?
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thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic
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the thoracic cavity contains...
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the pleural cavities, one for each lung, the mediastinum, and the pericardial cavity
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mediastinum
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connective tissue that surrounds and supports the trachea, esophagus, thymus, heart, and major blood vessels entering or exiting the heart (contains the pericardial cavity)
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what lines the trunk cavities and covers the organs?
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serous membrane
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visceral serous membrane
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inner membrane that covers the organs
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parietal serous membrane
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the outer membrane
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Between a visceral and a parietal membrane there is a ________.
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fluid-filled cavity
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________cavity surrounds the heart, ________ cavity surrounds the lungs, and _________ cavity surrounds the abdominopelvic cavity.
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Pericardial, pleural, peritoneal
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What is mesentery and list 3 things that it does?
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Made up of two layers of fused peritoneum.
1. connects visceral to parietal or to visceral peritoneum 2. anchors organs 3. provides pathway for blood vessels and nerves |
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Some organs are not connected by mesentery and are called __________. They are covered with _________ peritoneum. Some examples are:
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retroperitoneal. parietal. kidneys, adrenal glands, pancreas, some parts of the intestines, and the urinary bladder.
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peritoneum
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the serous membrane that lines the peritoneal (abdominopelvic) cavity
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