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38 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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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 large 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 hips
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sacral
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shoulder blade region
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scapular
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the posterior surface of lower leg; the calf
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sural
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area of spine
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vertebral
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when the section is made through the body wall or through an organ, it is made along an imaginary line
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plane
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a cut made along the lengthwise, or longitudal, plane of the body, dividing the body into right and left parts
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sagittal section
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the cut is made down the median plane of the body and the right and left parts are equal in size
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midsagittal , median section
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a cut made along a lengthwise plane that devides the body( or an organ) into anterior and posterior parts.
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frontal section, coronal section
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a cut made along a horizontal plane dividing the body or organ into superior and inferior parts.
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transverse section
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two subdivisons which are continuous with each other
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dorsal body cavity
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the space inside the bony skull
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cranial cavity
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extends from the cranial cavity nearly to the end of the vertebral column
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spinal cavity
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contains all structures within the chest and abdomin
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ventral body cavity
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superior part of dorsal cavity, seperated from the rest of the ventral cavity by a dome-shaped muscle
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thoracic cavity
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seperates the thoracic cavity from the abdominaopelvis cavity, is a dome-shaped muscle
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diaphragm
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the cavity inferior to the diaphragm
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abdominopelvic cavity
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contains the stomach, liver, intestines, and other organs
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abdominal cavity
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inferior, contains the reproductive organs, bladder, and rectum
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pelvic cavity
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a scheme commonly used by medical personnel divides the abdominopelvic cavity into four more or less equal regions
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quadrants
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another system used mainly by anatomists, divides the abdominopelvis cavity into nine sepreate
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regions
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centermost region deep to and surrounding the umbilicus(navel).
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umbilical region
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is located superior to the umbilical region; above stomach
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epigastric region
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is inferior to the umbilical region; below stomach
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hypogastric region
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area lateral to the hypogastric region; superior part of the hip bone
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right and left iliac; inguinal region
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lie lateral to the umbilical region; loin
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right and left lumbar regions
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flank the epigastric region and contain the lower ribs; cartilage
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right and left hypochondriac
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when the body is subjected to physical trauma
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homeostatic imblanance
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