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15 Cards in this Set
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What is Anatomy?
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The Study Of The Structure Of An Organism And The Relationship of its Parts.
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What is Physiology?
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The Study of Body Function.
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What is dissection?
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The process of cutting apart.
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What is Pathology?
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The scientific study of disease.
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What are Cells?
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The smallest "living" units of structure and function in the body.
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What are tissues?
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organization of many similar cells that act together to perform a certain function.
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What are organs?
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A group of several different kinds of tissues arranged so that they can act together as a unit to perform a cetain function.
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What is a system?
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an organization of varying numbers and kinds of organs arranged so that they can together perform complex functions for the body.
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Supine?
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The body lying face upward.
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Prone?
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The body lying face downward.
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Superior
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Toward the head. {upper}
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Inferior
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Toward the feet. {lower}
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Anterior
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Front {ventral}
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Posterior
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Back [dorsal}
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Midsagittal Plane
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a cut or plane that divides the body or any of its parts in two equal halves.
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