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102 Cards in this Set
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Sagittal
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planes that pass longitudinally (long ways) through the body from the anterior to posterior, dividing body into left and right parts
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midsaggital
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passes through midline and divides the body into equal left and right halves (long ways)
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frontal (coronal)
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vertical planes that pass long ways through the body from left to right (anterior and posterior proportions)
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transverse
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divide the body into superior and inferior portions (upper and lower)
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superior
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closer to the head
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inferior
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closer to the feet
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cephalad
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closer to the head
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caudal
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closer to the feet
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anterior
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closer to the front
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posterior
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closer to the back
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ventral
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closer to the front
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dorsal
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closer to the back
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medial
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closer to the midline
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lateral
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farther from the midline
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proximal
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closer to head for limbs
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distal
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closer to feet for limbs
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superficial
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closer to or on the surface
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deep
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farther from the surface
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abdominal
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inferior to thorax and superior to hip bones
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antebrachial
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forearm region
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antecubital
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front of elbow region
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auricular
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visible surfaces of the ear
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axillary
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armpit
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brachial
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arm between shoulder and elbow
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buccal
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cheek
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calcaneal
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heel of the foot
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carpal
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wrist
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cephalic
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head
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cervical
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neck
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coxal
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hip
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cranial
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skull
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crural
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leg between the knee and ankle
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deltoid
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shoulder
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digital/phalangeal
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fingers or toes
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dorsal/dorsum
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back
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facial
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face
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femoral
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thigh
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fibular
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outer portion of leg
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frontal
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forehead
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gluteal
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buttock
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hallux
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big toe
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inguinal
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groin
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lumbar
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lower midback (loins)
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mammary
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breast
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manus
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hand
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mental
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chin
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nasal
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nose
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occipital
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back of head
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olecranal
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back of elbow
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oral
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mouth
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orbital
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eye
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palmar
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palm of hand
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patellar
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kneecap
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pectoral
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chest
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pelvic
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pelvis
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perineal
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region between the legs that contain the anus and external repoductive organs
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pes
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foot
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plantar
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sole of foot
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pollex
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thumb
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popliteal
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area behind knee
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pubic
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region below pelvis
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radial
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thumb side of the forearm
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sacral
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back region between hip bones
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scapular
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shoulder blade
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sternal
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sternum
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sural
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calf
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tarsal
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ankle, root of the foot
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thoracic
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chest or thorax
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tibial
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middle of leg
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ulnar
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middle of forearm
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umbilical
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navel
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verterbral
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spinal column
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dorsal body cavity
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composed of cranial and spinal cavities
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cranial cavity
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enclosed by the skull housing the brain
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spinal cavity
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houses the spinal cord, formed by the bones of the vertebral column
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ventral body cavity
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larger, anteriorly placed cavity, not completely encased in bone
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thoracic cavity
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cavity in the chest region
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pleural cavity
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two-layered serous membrane associated with the lungs
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parietal
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layer that typically lines the internal surface of the body wall
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visceral
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layer that covers the external surface of the organs within that cavity
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pericardial cavity
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two layered serous membranes associated with the heart
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mediastinum
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median space in the thoracic cavity
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abdominopelvic cavity
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cavity covering right under the thoracic cavity to right above the hip bones
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peritoneum
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two layer serous membrane that lines the abdominopelvic region
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umbilical region
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middle of abdominopelvic region
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epigastric region
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above umbilical region of abdominopelvic cavity
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hypogastric region
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below umbilicial region of abdominopelvic cavity
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right and left hypochondriac regions
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either side of the epigastric regions of the abdominopelvic region
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right and left lumbar regions
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either side of the umbilical region of the abdominopelvic region
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right and left iliac regions
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either side of the hypogastric region of the abdominopelvic cavity
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Abdominopelvic Quadrants
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Right upper, left upper, right lower, left lower
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integumentary
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body system relative to skin
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skeletal
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body system relative to bones
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muscular
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body system relative to muscles
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nervous
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body system relative to brain, spinal cord and nerves
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endocrine
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body system relative to hormones
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cardiovascular
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body system relative to the heart, veins and arteries
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lymphatic/immunity
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system relative to immune response
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respiratory
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relative to lungs, throat and nose
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digestive
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system relative to all organs used in digesting, excreting and processing nutrients from food
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urinary
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system relative to removing waste through urine and expelling it
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reproductive
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system relative to making sex cells and in females, making babies
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