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64 Cards in this Set
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towatd the head end or upper part of the body; above
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Superior
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Away from the head end or toward the lower part of a structure of the body; below
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Inferior
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in front of
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Anterior
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behind
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Posterior
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on the inner side of
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Medial
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on the outer side of
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Lateral
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between a more medial and a more lateral stucture
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Intermediate
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close to the origin of the body part or the point of the attachment of a limb to the body trunk
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Proximal
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farther from the origin of a body part or the point of attachment of a limb to the body trunk
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Distal
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toward or at the body surface
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Superficial
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away from the body surface
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deep
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anterior body trunk
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abdominal
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point of shoulder
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acrominal
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anteror surface of elbow
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antecubital
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armpit
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axillary
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arm
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brachial
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cheek area
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buccal
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wrist
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carpal
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hip
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coxal
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leg
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crural
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fingers and toes
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digital
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thigh
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femoral
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lateral part of leg
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fibular
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area where thigh meets body trunk/ GROIN
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inguinal
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nose area
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nasal
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mouth
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oral
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eye area
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orbital
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anterior knee
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patellar
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area overlying the pelvis
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pelvic
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genital area
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pubic
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breastbone area
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sternal
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ankle region
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tarsal
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chest
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thoric
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navel
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umbilical
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head
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cephalic
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curve of shoulder by large deltoid muscle
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deltoid
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buttock
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gluteal
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area of back between ribs and hips
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lumbar
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posterior surface knee area
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occipital
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between hips
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poplital
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area between hips
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sacral
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shoulder blade region
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scapular
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the calf
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sural
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area of spine
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vertebral
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the cavity thare includes thoracic diaphram and abdominal cavities
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dorsal body cavity
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the space inside the bony skull
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cranial cavity
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Extends from the cranial cavity nearly to the end of the vertebrae column
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spinal cavity
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contains all the structure in the chest and abdominals
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ventral body cavity
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the cavity seperate from the rest by the diaphram is called the...
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thoracic cavity
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the dome shaped muscle that seperates the thoracic cavity from the rest is called the
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diaphram
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the cavity that is inferior to the diaphram is the
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abdominal cavity
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the cavity holds all the reproductive organs
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pelvic cavity
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the centermost region
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umbilical region
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region superior to the umbilical region
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epigastric
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inferior to the umbilical
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hypogastric
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lateral to the hypogastric region
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right and left iliac regions
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lateral to the umbilical region
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right and left lumbar regions
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flank the epigastric region
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right and left hypochondriac regions
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a cut
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section
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imaginary line that cuts the body up so medical students can relate to one another
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plane
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lengthwise cut
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sagittal
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upper and lower part(not exactly equal)
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median
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cuts body in to anterior and posterior
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frontal
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horizontal plane
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transversal
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