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10 Cards in this Set
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What is the study of the body structure and the relationship to one part to another?
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Anatomy
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What is the study of the process and functions of the body tissue and organs?
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Physiology
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What is the study of the development of the body from fertilized egg, or ovum?
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Embryology
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What planes of the body divides the body into right and left halves on its vertical axis?
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The median, or midsagittal plane
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What planes of the body are drawn perpendicular to the saittal lines and divide the body into anterior and posterior sections?
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Frontal planes
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What body plane is drawn at right angles to both sagittal and frontal lanes, and divides the body into superior and inferior sections?
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The horizontal, or transverse plane
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What is the anatomical position?
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When the body stands erect with the arms hanging at the sides and the palms of the hands turned forward
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What is indicated by the anatomical term "anterior" or "ventral?"
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Toward the front, or ventral (pertaining to the belly; abdomen), side of the body
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What is indicated by the anatomical term "posterior" or "dorsal?"
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Toward the back, or dorsal, side of the body
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What is indicated by the anatomical term "medial?"
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Near or toward the midline of the body
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