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ABDOMEN
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THE BODY CAVITY THAT CONTAINS THE MAJOR ORGANS OF THE DIGESTION AND EXCRETION. IT IS LOCATED BELOW THE DIAGPHRAGM AND ABOUVE THE PELVIS.
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ABDUTCION
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MOTION OF A LIMB AWAY FROM THE MIDLINE.
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ACETABULUM
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THE DEPRESSION ON THE LATERAL PELVIS WHERE ITS THREE COMPONTENT BONES JOIN, IN WHICH THE FEMORAL HEAD FITS SNUGLY.
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ADAM'S APPLE
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THE FIRM PROMINENCE IN THE UPPER PART OF THE LARYNX FORMED BY THE THYROID CARTILAGE. IT IS MORE PROMINENT IN MEN THAN IN WOMEN
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ADDUCTION
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MOTION OF A LIMB TOWARD THE MIDLINE.
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AGONAL RESPIRATIONS
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SLOW, GASPING RESPIRATIONS, SOMETIMES SEEN IN DYING PATIENTS.
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ALVEOLI
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THE AIT SACS OF THE LUNGS IN WHICH THE EXCHANGE OF OXYGEN AND CARBON DIOXIDE TAKES PLACE.
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ANATOMIC POSITION
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THE POSITION OF REFERENCE IN WHICH THE PATIENT STANDS FACING YOU, ARMS AT THE SIDE, WITH THE PALMS OF THE HAND FORWARD.
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ANGLE OF LOUIS
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A RIDGE ON THE STERNUM THAT LIES AT THE LEVEL WHERE THE SECOND RIB IS ATTACHED TO THE STERMNUM; PROVIDEDS A CONSTANT AND RELIABLE BONY LANDMARK ON THE ANTERIOR CHEST WALL.
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ANTERIOR
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THE FRONT SURFACE OF THE BODY; THE SIDE FACING YOU IN THE STANDARD ANATOMIC POSITION.
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ANTERIOR SUPERIOR ILIAC SPINES
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THE BONY PROMINENCES OF THE PELVIS AT THE FRONT ON EACH SIDE OF THE LOWER ABDOMEN JUST BELOW THE PLANE OF THE UMBILICUS.
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AORTA
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THE PRINICPAL ARTERY LEAVING THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HEART AND CARRYING FRESHLY OXYGENATED BLOOD TO THE BODY.
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APEX
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THE POINTED EXTEREMITY OF A CONICAL STRUCTURE.
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APPENDIX
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A SMALL TUBULAR STRUCTURE THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE LOWER BORDER OF THE CECUM IN THE LOWER RIGHT QUADRANT OF THE ABDOMEN.
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ARTERIOLE
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THE SMALLEST BRANCH OF AN ARTERY LEADING TO THE VAST NETWORK OF CAPILLARIES.
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ATRIUM
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UPPER CHAMBER OF THE HEART
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AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
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THE PART OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM THAT REQULATES FUNCTIONS, SUCH AS DIGESTION AND SWEATING, THAT ARE NOT CONTROLLED VOLUNTARILY.
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BALL AND SOCKET JOINT
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A JOINT THAT ALLOWS INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ROTATION AS WELL AS BENDING.
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BICEPS
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THE LARGE MUSCLE THAT COVERS THE FRONT OF THE HUMERUS.
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BILATERAL
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A BODY PART THAT APPEARS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE MIDLINE.
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BILE DUCTS
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DICTS THAT CONVEY BILE BETWEEN THE LIVER AND THE INTESTINE.
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BLOOD PRESSURE (BP)
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THE PRESSUE THAT THE BLOOD EXERTS AGAINST THE WALLS OF THE ARTERIES AS IT PASSES TROUGH THEM.
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BRACHIAL ARTERY
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THE MAJOR VESSEL IN THE UPPER EXTREMITY THAT SUPPLIES BLOOD TO THE ARM.
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BRAIN
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THE CONTROLLING ORGAN OF THE BODY THAT AND CENTER OF CONSCIOUSNESS; FUNCTIONS INCLUDE PERCEPTION, CONTROL OF REACTIONS TO THE ENVIROMENT, EMOTIONAL RESPONSES AND JUDGEMENT.
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BRAIN STEM
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THE AREA OF THE BRAIN BETWEEN THE SPINAL CORD AND CEREBRUM, SURRONDED BY THE CEREBELLUM; CONTROLS FUNCTIONS THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR LIFE SUCH AS RESPIRATIONS.
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CAPILLARY VESSELS
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THE FINE END-DIVISIONS OF THE ARTERIAL SYSTEM THAT ALLOW CONTACT BETWEEN CELLS OF THE BODY TISSUES AND THE PLASMA AD RED BLOOD CELLS.
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CARTOID ARTERY
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THE MAJOR ARTERY THAT SUPPLIES BLOOD TO THE HEAD AND BRAIN.
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CARPOMETACARPAL JOINT
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THE JOINT BETWEEN THE WRIST AND THE METACARPAL BONES; THE THUMB JOINT.
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CECUM
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THE FIRST PART OF THE ALRGE INTESTINE, INTO WHICH THE ILEUM OPENS.
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CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (CNS)
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THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD
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CEREBELLUM
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ONE OF THE THREE MAJOR SUBDIVISIONS OF THE BRAIN, SOMETIMES CALLED THE LITTLE BRAIN; COORDINATES THE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES OF THE BRAIN, PARTICULARLY FINE BODY MOVEMENTS.
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CEREBRUM
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THE LARGEST PART OF THE THREE SUBDIVISIONS OF THE BRAIN, SOMETIMES CALLED THE "GRAY MATTER"; MADE UP OF SERVERAL LOBES THAT CONTROL MOVEMENT, HEARING, BALANCE, SPEECH, VISUAL PERCEPTION, EMOTIONS, AND PERSONALITY.
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CERVICAL SPINE
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THE PORTION OF THE SPINAL COLUMN CONSISTING OF THE FIRST SEVEN VERTEBRAE THAT LIE IN THE NECK.
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CLAVICLE
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THE COLLARBONE; IT IS LATERAL TO THE STERNUM AND MEMDIAL TO THE SCAPULA.
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COCCYX
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THE LAST THREE OR FOUE VERTEBRAE OF THE SPINE; THE TAILBONE.
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CONNECTING NERVES
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NERVES THAT CONNECT THE SENSORY AND MOTOR NERVES IN THE SPINAL CORDS.
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COSTAL ARCH
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A BRIDGE OF CARTILAGE THAT CONNECTS THE ENDS OF THE SIXTH THROUGH TENTHS RIBS WITH THE LOWER PORTION OF THE STERNUM.
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COSTOVERBRAL ANGLE
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AN ANGLE THAT IS FORMED BY THE JUNCTION OF THE SPINE AND THE TENTH RIB.
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CRANIUM
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THE AREA OF THE HEAD ABOVE THAT EARS AND THE EYES; THE SKULL. THE CRANIUM CONTAINS THE BRAIN.
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CRICOID CARTILAGE
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A FIRM RIDGE OF CARTILAGE THAT FORMS THE LOWER PART OF TEH LARYNX.
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CRICOTHYROID MEMBRANE
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A THIN SHEET OF FASCIA THAT CONNECTS THE THYROID AND CRICOID CARTILAGES THAT MAKE UP LARYNX.
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DEEP
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FURTHER INSIDE THE BODY AND AWAY FROM THE SKIN
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DERMIS
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THE INNER LAYER OF THE SKIN, CONTAINING HAIR FOLLICLES, SWEAT GLANDS, NERVE ENDINGS AND BLOOD VESSELS.
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DIAPHRAGM
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A MUSCULAR DONE THAT FORMS THE UNDERSRFACE OF THE THORAX, SEPERATING THE CHEST FROM THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY. CONTRACTION OF THE DIAPHRAGM (AND THE CHEST WALL MUSCLES) BRINGS AIR INTO THE LUNGS. RELAXATION ALLOWS SIR TO BE EXPELLED FROM THE LUNGS.
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DIASTOLE
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THE RELAXATION, OR PERIOD OF RELAXATION, OF THE HEART, ESPECIALLY OF THE VENTRICLES.
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DIGESTION
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THE PROCESSING OF FOOD THAT NOURISHES THE INDIVIDUAL CELLS OF THE BODY.
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DISTAL
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STRUCTURES THAT ARE FARTHER FROM THE TRUNK OR NEARER TO THE FREE END OF THE EXTREMITY.
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DORSAL
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THE POSTERIOR SURFACE OF THE BODY, INCLUDING THE BACK OF THE HAND.
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DORSALIS PEDIS ARTERY
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THE ARTERY ON THE ANTERIOR SURFACE OF THE FOOT BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND METATARSALS.
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ENDORCINE SYSTEM
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THE COMPLEX MESSAGE AND CONTROL SYSTEM THAT INTEGRATES MANY BODY FUNCTIONS, INCLUDING THE RELEASE OF HORMONES.
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ENZYMES
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PROTEIN CATALYSTS DESIGNED TO SPEED UP THE RATE OF SPECIFIC BIOCHEMICAL REATIONS.
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EPIDERMIS
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THE OUTER LAYER OF SKIN, WHICH IS MADE UP OF CELLS THAT ARE SEALED TOGETHER FO FORMA WATERTIGHT PROTECTIVE COVERING FOR THE BODY.
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EPIGLOTTIS
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A THIN, LEAF-SHAPED VALVE THAT ALLOWS AIR TO PASS INTO THE TRACHEA BUT PREVENTS FOOD OR LIQUID FROM ENTERING.
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ESOPHAGUS
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A COLLAPSIBLE TUBE THAT EXTENDS FROM THE PHARYNX TO THE STOMACH; CONTRACTIONS OF THE MUSCLE IN THE WALL OF THE ESOPHAGUS PROPEL FOOD AND LIQUIDS THROUGH IT TO THE STOMACH.
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EXTEND
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TO STRAIGHTEN.
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FALLOPIAN TUBE
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LONG, SLENDER TUBE THAT EXTENDS FROM THE UTERUS TO THE REGION OF THE OVARY ON THE SAME SIDE, AND TROUGH WHICH THE OVUM PASSES FROM OVARY TO UTERUS.
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FASCIA
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A SHEET OR BAND OF TOUGH FIBROUS CONNECTIVE TISSUE; LIES DEEP UNDER THE SKIN AND FORMS AN OUTER LAYER FOR THE MUSCLES
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FEMORAL ARTERY
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THE PRINCIPAL ARTERY OF THE THIGH, A CONTINUATION OF THE EXTERNAL ILIAC ARTERY. IT SUPPLIES BLOOD TO THE LOWER ABDOMINAL WALL, EXTERNAL GENITALIA, AND LEGS. IT CAN BE PALPAPTED IN THE GROIN AREA.
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FEMORAL HEAD
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THE PROXIMAL END OF THE FEMUS, ARTICULATION WITH THE ACETABULUM TO FORM THE HIP JOINT.
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FEMUR
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THE THIGHBONE; THE LONGEST AND ONE OF THE STRONGEST BONES IN THE BODY.
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FLEX
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TO BEND.
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FLEXION
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THE BENDING OF A JOINT.
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FLOATING RIBS
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THE ELEVENTH AND TWELFTH RIBS, WHICH DO NOT ATTACH TO THE STERNUM THROUGH THE COSTAL ARCH.
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FORAMEN MAGNUM
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A LARGE OPENING AT THE BASE OF THE SKULL THROUGH WHICH THE BRAIN CONNECTS TO THE SPINAL CORD.
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FOWLER'S POSITION
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THE POSITION IN WHICH THE PATIENT IS SITTING UP WITH KNEES BENT.
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GALLBLADDER
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A SAC ON THE UNDERSURFACE OF THE LIVER THAT COLLECTS BILE FROMTHE LIVER AND DISCHARGES IT INTO THE DUODENUM THROUGH THE COMMON BILE DUCT.
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GENITAL SYSTEM
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THE MALE AND FEMALE REPODUCTIVE SYSTEMS.
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GREATER TROCHANTER
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A BONY PROMINENCE ON THE PROXIAL LATERAL SIDE OF THE THIGH, JUST BELOW THE HIP JOINT.
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HAIR FOLLICLES
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THE SMALL ORGANS IN THE SKIN THAT PRODUCE HAIR.
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HEART
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A HOLLOW MUSCULAR ORGAN THAT RECIEVES BLOOD FROM THE VEINS AND PROPELS IT INTO THE ARTERIES.
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HEART RATE (PULSE)
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THE WAVE OF PRESSURE THAT IS CREATED BY THE HEART'S CONTRACTING AND FORCING OUT THE LEFT VENTRICLE AND INTO THE MAJOR ARTERIES.
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HINGE JOINTS
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JOINTS THAT CAN BEND AND STRAIGHTEN BUT CANNOT ROTATE; THEY RESTRICT MOTION TO ONE PLANE.
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HUMERUS
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THE SUPPORTING BONE OF THE UPPER ARM.
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HYPOXIC DRIVE
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A "BACKUP SYSTEM" TO CONTROL RESPIRATION; SENSES DROPS INTHE OXYGEN LEVEL IN THE BLOOD.
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ILIAC CHEST
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THE RIM, OR WING OF THE PELVIC BONE.
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ILIUM
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ONE OF THREE BONES THAT FUSE TO FORM THE PELVIC RING.
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INFERIOR
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THE PART OF THE BODY, OR AND BODY PART, NEARER TO THE FEET.
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INFERIOR VENA CAVA
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ONE OF THE TWO LARGEST VEINS IN THE BODY; CARRIES BLOOD FROM THE LOWER EXTREMITITES AND THE PELVIC AND THE ABDOMINAL ORGANS INTO THE HEART.
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INGUINAL LIGAMENT
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THE TOUGH, FIBROUS LIGAMENT THAT STRETCHES BETWEEN THE LATERAL EDGE OF THE PUBIC SYMPHYSIS AND THE ANTERIOR SUPERIOR ILIAC SPINE.
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INVOLUNTARY MUSCLE
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MUSCLE OVER WHICH A PERSON HAS NO CONSCIOUS CONTROL. IT IS FOUND IN MANY AUTOMATIC REGULATING SYSTEMS OF THE BODY.
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ISCHIUM
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ONE OF THREE BONES THAT FUSE TO FORM THE PELVIC RING.
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JOINT (ARTICULATION)
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THE PLACE WHERE TWO BONES COME INTO CONTACT.
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JOINT CAPSULE
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THE FIBROUS SAC THAT ENCLOSES A JOINT.
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KIDNEYS
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TWO RETROPERITONEAL ORGANS THAT EXCRETE THE END PRODUCTS OF METABOLISMAS URINE AND REGULATE THE BODY'S SALT AND WATER CONTENT.
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LARGE INTESTINE
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THE PORTION OF THE DIGESTIVE TUBE THAT ENCIRCLES THE ABDOMEN AROUND THE SMALL BOWEL, CONSISTNG OF THE CECUM, THE COLON, AND THE RECTUM. IT HELPS REGULATE WATER AND ELIMINATE SOLID WASTE.
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LATERAL
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PARTS OF THE BODY THAT LIE FARTHER FROM THE MIDLINE. ALSO CALLED OUTER STRUCTURES.
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LIGAMENT
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A BAND OF THE FIBROUS TISSUE THAT CONNECTS BONES TO BONES. IT SUPPORTS AND STRENGTHENS A JOINT.
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LIVER
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A LARGE SOLID ORGAN THAT LIES IN THE RIGHT UPPER QUARDRANT IMMEDATELY BELOW THE DIAGPHRAGM; IT PRODUCES BILE, STORES SUGAR FOR IMMEDIATE USE BY THE BODY, AND PRODUCES MANY SUBSTANCES THAT HELP REGULATE THE IMMUNE RESPONSES.
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LUMBAR SPINE
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THE LOWER PART OF THE BACK, FORMED BY THE LOWEST FIVE NONFUSED VERTEBRAE; ALSO CALLED THE DORSAL SPINE.
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LUBAR VERTEBRAE
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VERTEBRAE OF THE LUMBAR SPINE.
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MANDIBLE
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THE BONE OF THE LOWER JAW.
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MANUBRIUM
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THE UPPER QUARTER OF THE STERNUM.
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MASTOID PROCESS
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A PROMINENT BONY MASS AT THE BASE OF THE SKULL BEHIND THE EAR.
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MAXILLAE
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THE UPPER JAWBONES THAT ASSIST IN THE FORMATION OF THE ORBIT, THE NASAL CAVITY, AND THE PALATE, AND LODGE THE UPPER TEETH.
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MEDIAL
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PARTS OF THE BODY THAT LIE CLOSER TO THE MIDLINE; ALSO CALLED INNER STRUCTURES.
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METABOLISM
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THE SUM OF ALL THE PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROCESSES OF LIVING ORGANISMS.
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MIDAXILLARY LINE
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AN IMAGINARY VERTICAL LINE DRAWN THROUGH THE MIDDLE PORTION OF THE AXILLA (ARMPIT), PARALLEL TO THE MIDLINE.
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MIDLINE
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AN IMAGINARY VERTICAL LINE DRAWN DOEN THE MIDDLE OF THE FOREHEAD THROUGH THE NOSE AND UMBILICUS (NAVAL) TI THE FLOOR.
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MOTOR NERVES
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NERVES THAT CARRY INFORMATION FROM THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TO THE MUSCLES OF THE BODY.
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MUCOUS MEMBRANES
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THE LINING OF BODY CAVITIES AND PASSAGES THAT COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY WITH THE ENVIROMENT OUTSIDE THE BODY.
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MUCUS
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THE OPAQUE, STICKY SECRETATION OF THE MUCOUS MEMBRANES THAT LUBRICATES BODY OPENINGS.
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MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM
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THE BONES AND VOLUNTARY MUSCLES OF THE BODY.
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MYOCARDIUM
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THE HEART MUSCLE.
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NASOPHARYNX
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THE PART OF THE PHARYNX THAT LIES ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE ROOF OF THE MOUTH OR THE SOFT PALATE.
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NERVOUES SYSTEM
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THE SYSTEM THAT CONTROLS VIRTUALLY ALL ACTIVITIES OF THE BODY, BOTH VOLUNTARY AND INVOLUNTARY.
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OCCIPUT
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THE POSTERIOR PORTION OF THE CRANIUM.
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ORBIT
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THE EYE SOCKET, MADE UP OF THE MAXILLA AND ZYGOMA.
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OROPHARYNX
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A TUBLAR STRUCTURE THAT EXTENDS VERTICALLY FROM THE BACK OF THE MOUTH TO ESOPHAGUS AND TRACHEA.
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OVARY
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A FEMALE GLAND THAT PRODUCES SEX HORMONES AND OVA (EGGS).
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PALMER
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THE FRONT REGION OF THE HAND
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PANCREAS
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A FLAT, SOLID ORGAN THAT LIES BELOW THE LIVER AND THE STOMACH; ITS A MAJOR SOURCE OF DIGESTIVE ENZYMES AND PRODUCES THE HORMONE INSULIN.
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PARIETAL REGIONS
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THE AREAS BETWEEN THE TEMPORAL AND OCCIPUT REGIONS OF THE CRANIUM.
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PATELLA
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THE KNEECAP; A SPECIALIZED BONE THAT LIES WITHIN THE TENDON OF THE QUADRICEPS MUSCLE.
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PERFUSION
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THE CIRCULATION OF OXYGENATED BLOOD WITHIN AN ORGAN OR TISSUE IN ADEQUATE AMOUNTS TO MEET THE CELLS'S CIRCULATION NEEDS.
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PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
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THE PART OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM THAT CONSISTS OF 31 PAIRS OF SPINAL NERVES AND 12 PARIS OF CRANIAL NERVES. THESE PERIPHERAL NERVES MAY BE SENSORY NERVES, MOTOR NERVES, OR SONNECTING NERVES.
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PERISTALSIS
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THE WAVE-LIKE CONTRACTION OF SMOOTH MUSCLE BY WHICH THE URETERS OR OTHER TUBLAR ORGANS PROPEL THEIR CONTENTS.
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PINNA
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THE EXTERNAL, VISIBLE PART OF THE EAR.
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PLANTER
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THE BOTTOM OF THE FOOT.
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PLASMA
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A STICKY, YELLOW FLUID THAT CARRIES THE BLOOD CELLS AND NUTRIENS AND TRANSPORTS CELLULAR WASTE MATERIAL TO THE ORGANS OF EXCRETION.
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PLATELETS
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TINY, DISK-SHAPED ELEMENTS THAT ARE MUCH SMALLER THAN THE CELLS; THEY ARE ESSENTIAL IN THE INITAL FORMATINO OF A BLOOD CLOT, THE MECHANISM THAT STOPS BLEEDING.
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