Fundamentals Of Anatomy And Physiology Chapter#1 Definitions

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health professionals divide the abdomen (through the navel) into four areas to help locate specific regions

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abdominal quadrants

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anatomists have divided the abdomen into nine regions to identifu the location of organs.

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abdominiopelvic regions

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the reference posion for the body, which gives meaning to directional tems.

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anatomical position

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the study of the structure of an organism and the relationships of its parts.

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anatomy

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wasting away of tissue; decrease in size of a part; sometimes refered to as the disuse _____.

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atrophy

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the cavity containing the abdominal organs.

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abdominal cavity

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space inside the skull that contains the brain.

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cranial cavity

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the lower protion of the ventral cavity; the distal portion of the abdominopelvic cavity.

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pelvic cavity

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a subdivision of the thorax

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pleural cavity

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the space inside the spinal column through which the spinal cord passes

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spinal cavity

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higher,opposite of interior

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superior

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lower; opposite of superior

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inferior

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front or ventral; opposite of posterior or dorsal

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anterior

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behind; opposite of anterior

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prosterior

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of or near the belly;in humans, front or anterior; opposite of dorsal or posterior

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ventral

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referring to the back; opposite of ventral; in humans, the posterior is dorsal

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dorsal

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of or toward the middle; opposite of lateral

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medial

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of or toward the side; opposite of medial

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lateral

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next or nearest; located nearest the center of the body or the point of attachment of a structure

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proximal

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toward the end of a structure; opposite of proximal

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distal

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near the body surface

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superficial

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farther away from the body's surface

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deep

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performing an experiment, which is usually a test of a tentative explanation of nature called a hypothesis

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experimentation

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a highly complex and integrated communication control network, classified as negative or positive; negative feedback loops are the most important and most numerous homeostatic control mechanisms.

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feedback control loop

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relative uniformity of the normal body's internal environment

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homeostasis

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a proposed explanation of an observed phenomenon

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hyposthsis

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a subdivision in the midportion of the thoracic cavity

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mediastinum

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the study of body function

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physiology

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longitudinal; like an arrow

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saggital

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a cut or plane that divides the body or any of its parts into two equal halves

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midsaggital

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lengthplane running from side to side, dividing the body into anterior and posterior portions

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frontal

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used to describe the body lying in a horizontal position facing downward

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prone

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used to describe the body lying in a horizontal position facing upward

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supine

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an explanation of a scientific priciple that has been tested experimentally and found to be true

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theory