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60 Cards in this Set
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Superior
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Toward the heard end or upper part of a structure of the body
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Inferior
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Away from the head or toward the lower part of the body.
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Anterior
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Front of the body: in front of
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Posterior
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Backside of the body: behind
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Medial
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Middle of the body: inner side of
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Lateral
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Away from midline: outter side of
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Intermediate
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Between a more medial and more lateral structure
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Proxmal
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Point of attachment of a limb to body of trunk, close to orgin of the body
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Distal
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Farher from orgin, point of attachment of limb to the body trunk.
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Superficial
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Toward or at the body surface
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Deep
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Away from the surface: more internal
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Abdominal
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Anterior body trunk inferior to ribs
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Acromial
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Point of sholder
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Antecubital
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Anterior surface of elbow
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Axillary
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armpit
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Brachial
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arm
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buccal
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cheek area
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carpal
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wrist
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cervical
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neck region
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coxal
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hip
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crural
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leg
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digital
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fingers, toes
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femoral
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thigh
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fibular
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lateral part of the leg
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inguinal
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area where the thigh meets the body trucnk: grion
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nasal
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nose area
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oral
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mouth
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orbital
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eye area
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patellar
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anterior knee
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pelvic
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area overlying pelvis anteriorly
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pubic
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genital region
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sternal
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breast bone area
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tarsal
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ankle region
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thoracic
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chest
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umbilical
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navel
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cephalic
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head
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deltoid
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curve of sholder formed by large deltoid muscle
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gluteal
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buttock
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lumbar
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area of back between ribs and hips
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occipial
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posterior surface of head
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poplieal
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posterior knee area
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sacral
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area between hips
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scapular
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sholder blade region
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sural
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posterior surface of lower leg: calf
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vertebral
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area of spine
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median plane
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midsagittal- cut made lengthwise or longitudinal, plane of dividing the body into right and left parts
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frontal
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a cut made along a lengthwise plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior parts
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transverse plane
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a cut made along horizontal plan dividing the body or organ into a superior and inferior parts
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dorsal body cavity
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2 subdivisions which are continuous with eachother
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cranial cavity
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space inside the bony skull
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spinal cavity
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extends from the cranial cavity to the vertebral cavity
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ventral body cavity
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much larger than the dorsal cavity
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thoratic cavity
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separated from the rest of the ventral cavity
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abdomional cavity
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stomach liver intestines and other organs
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pelvic cavity
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blatter and rectum
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umbilical region
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centermost region deep to and surrounded by the umbilicus (navel)
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epigastric
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superior to the umbilical region
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hypogastric region
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inferior to the umbilical
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right and left iliac or inguinal region
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lateral to the umbilical region
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right and left hypochondraic region
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flank the epigastric region- lower ribs
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