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65 Cards in this Set
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Whats the word for the head or upper part of the body?
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Superior (cranial or cephalad)
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What is the word for away from the head or toward the lower part of the body?
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Inferior(caudal)
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Toward or at the front of the body.
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anterior(ventral)
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toward the backside of the body
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posterior(dorsal)
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toward the midline of the body, on the inner side.
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medial
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away from the midline, or on the outer side
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lateral
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between a more medial and a more lateral sturcture
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intermediate
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close to the origin of the body part or the point of attachment of a limb to the body trunk
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proximal
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farther from the origin of a body part or the point of attachment to a limb
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distal
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toward or at the body surface
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superficial
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away from the body surface.
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deep
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anterior body trunk
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abdominal
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point of the shoulder
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acromial
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anterior surface of elbow
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antecubital
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armpit
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axiallary
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arm
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brachial
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cheek area
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buccal
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wrist
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carpal
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neck region
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cervical
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hip
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coxal
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leg
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crural
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fingers, toes
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digital
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thigh
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femoral
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lateral part of the leg
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fibular
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where thigh meets body trunk, groin
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inguinal
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nose area
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nasal
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mouth
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oral
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eye area
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orbital
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anterior knee
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patellar
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area overlying pelvis
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pelvic
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genital region
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pubic
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breastbone area
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sternal
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ankle region
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tarsal
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chest
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thoracic
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navel
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umbilical
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head
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cephalic
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curve of shoulder formed by deltoid muscle
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deltoid
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buttock
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gluteal
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area of back between ribs and hips
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lumbar
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posterior surface of head
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occipital
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posterior knee area
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popliteal
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area between lips
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SACRAL
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the shoulder blade region
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scapular
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posterior surface of lower leg
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sural
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area of the spine
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vertebral
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students find it necessary to use
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sections
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when a section is made through the body wall or through an organ. imaginary line called a
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plane
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cut made along lengthwise or longitudinal
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sagittal section
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section cut down the middle
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median section
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divides body into posterior and anterior parts
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frontal section or coronal section
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cut made horizontally to divide body or organ into superior and inferior parts
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transverse or cross section
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has 2 subdevisions which are continuous with eachother
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dorsal body cavity
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the space intide of the body skull
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cranial cavity
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extends from cranial to end of veterbral column
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spinal cavity
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contains structures within chest and abdomen
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ventral body cavity
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separated by the diaphragm
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thoracic cavity
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the cavity inferior to the diaphragm
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abdominopelvic cavity
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containing stomach, liver, intestines, and other organs
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abdominal cavity
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reproductive organs
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pelvic cavity
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"belly button"
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umbillical region
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superior to umbilical region. above stomach
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epigastric
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below umbilical region
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hypogastric
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superior part of the hip bones
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right and left iliac regions or inguinal
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lateral to umbilical region
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right and left lumbar region
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contain lower ribs
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right and left hypochondriac
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