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69 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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anter/o
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front
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caud/o
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tail (downward) |
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cephal/o
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head (upward)
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dist/o
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away (from the point of attachment)
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dors/o
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back
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infer/o
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below
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later/o
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side |
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medi/o
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middle
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poster/o
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back, behind
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proxim/o
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near (the point of attachment)
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super/o
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above
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ventr/o
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belly (front)
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bi-
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two
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uni-
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one
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-ad
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toward
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-ior
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pertaining to
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caudad
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toward the tail
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cephalad
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toward the head
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lateral
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pertaining to a side
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medial
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pertaining to the middle
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unilateral
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pertaining to one side
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bilateral
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pertaining to two sides |
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mediolateral
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pertaining to the middle and to the side
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distal
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pertaining to away from the point of attachment
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proximal
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pertaining to near the point of attachment
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inferior
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pertaining to below
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superior |
pertaining to above
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caudal
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pertaining to the tail
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cephalic
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pertaining to the head
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anterior
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pertaining to the front
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posterior
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pertaining to the back
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dorsal
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pertaining to the back
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ventral
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pertaining to the belly
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anterioposterior
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pertaining to the front and to the back
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posterioanterior
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pertaining to the back and to the front
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frontal or coronal plane
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vertical plane passing through the body from side to side, dividing the body into anterior and posterior portions
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midsagittal
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vertical plane passing through the body from front to back at the midline, dividing the body equally into right and left halves
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parasagittal
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vertical plane passing through the body from front to back dividing the body into unequal left and right halves
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sagittal
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vertical plane passing through the body into right and left halves from front to back (and plant parallel to the midsagittal plane)
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transverse
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horizontal plane dividing the body into superior and inferior portions
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Fowler Position
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semi-sitting position with slight elevation of knees
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Lithotomy Position
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lying on back with legs/feet in stirrups, hips and knees flexed, thighs abducted and externally rotated
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Prone Position
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lying on abdomen
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Orthopnea Potition
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sitting erect in a chair of sitting upright in bed supported by pillows behind the head and chest
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Recumbent Position
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lying down in any positions
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Sims Position
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lying on left side with right knee drawn up and with left arm drawn behind, paralell to the back
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Supine Position
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lying on back
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Trendelenburg Position
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lying on back with body tilted so that the head is lower than the feet
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Umbilical
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around navel (belly button)
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Lumbar
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to right and left of umbilical
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Epigastric
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Superior to umbilical
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Hypochondriac
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right and left of epigastric
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Hypogastric
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inferior to umbilical
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Iliac
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right and left of hypogastric
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RUQ
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liver, gallbladder, medial pancreas, and part of small and large intesine
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LUQ
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small part of liver, stomach, spleen, lateral pancreas, and part of small and large intestine
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RLQ
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part of small and large intestine, appendix, right ureter, right ovary, and right sperm duct
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LLQ
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part of small and large intestine, left ureter, left ovary, left sperm duct
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ant
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anterior
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med
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medial
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AP
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anterioposterior
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PA
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posterioanterior
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inf
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inferior
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lat
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lateral
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LLQ
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left lower quadrant
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RLQ
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right lower quadrant
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LUQ
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left upper quadrant
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RUQ
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right upper quadrant
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sup
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supine
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