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18 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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VISCERAL
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Pertaining to internal organs
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PLEURAL CAVITY
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Space surrounding each lung
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ABDOMEN
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Stomach
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ANTERIOR
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Pertaining to the front (ventral)
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ADIPOSE
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Pertaining to fat
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CAUDAL
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Below another structure (inferior)
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CEPHALIC
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Above another structure (superior)
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CRANIOTOMY
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Removal of section of bone from skull
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DISTAL
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Far from point of attachment to the trunk...far from beginning of a structure
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DORSAL
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Pertaining to the back (posterior)
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LATERAL
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Side to side
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MEDIAL
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Pertaining to the middle
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POSTERIOR
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Pertaining to the back (dorsal)
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PRONE
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Lying on belly
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PROXIMAL
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Near the point of attachment to the trunk or near the beginning of a structure
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SAGITTAL PLANE
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Division of body or structure into right & left sides
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SUPINE
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Lying on the back
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VENTRAL
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Pertaining to the front (anterior)
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