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81 Cards in this Set
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Midsagittal |
Plane passes through the midline, diving the body into left and right sides |
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Parasagittal |
Misses the midline, separating body into unequal left and right sides |
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Frontal (____) |
coronal separates anterior and posterior portions of the body |
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Horizontal (___) |
transverse separates inferior and superior portions of the body |
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cranium |
the braincase; skull bones that surround the brain ex. parietal bones |
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Thorax |
between the bottom of the neck and abdomen |
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Axilla |
armpit |
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brachium |
the arm |
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antebrachium |
forearm |
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digits (___) |
phalanges finger/toe bones |
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umbilicus |
belly button |
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trunk |
mid section of the body ex. neck, thorax, abdomen |
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Abdomen |
region of the trunk bounded by the diaphragm and the pelvis |
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pelvis |
bony complex created by the articulations between he coax, sacrum, coccyx |
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carpal |
wrist |
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pollex |
thumb |
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upper limb |
consists of brachium, antebrachium, carpus, and hand |
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crus (crural) |
leg |
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tarsal |
the ankle |
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pes |
foot |
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hallux |
"great toe" |
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shoulder |
clavicle and scapula |
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cervical (cervicis) |
neck |
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dorsum (dorsal) |
back |
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cephalic (cephalon) |
head |
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olecranon |
the proximal end of the ulna that forms the prominent point of the elbow |
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lumbar (lumbus) |
loin |
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gluteal (gluteus) |
buttock |
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popliteus (popliteal) |
back of the knee |
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sura (sural) |
calf |
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calcaneal (calcaneus) |
heel of foot |
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plantar |
sole of foot |
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lower limb |
gluteal, popliteus, sura, calcaneal, plantar |
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supine |
lying face up in anatomical position |
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prone |
lying face down in anatomical position |
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anterior (___) |
ventral the front; before ex. stomach in anterior to the spine |
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posterior (___) |
dorsal the back; behind ex. the scapula is posterior to the rib cage |
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Ventral is the same as ___ |
anterior |
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dorsal is the same as ___ |
posterior |
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cranial |
towards the head nasal conche are cranial to the mandible |
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cephalic is the same as ___ |
cranial |
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superior |
above; at a higher level towards the head |
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caudal |
toward the tail ex. the hips are caudal to the waist |
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inferior |
below; at a lower level towards the feet |
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medial |
towards the midline |
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lateral |
away from the midline |
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proximal |
towards an attached base ex. the shoulder is proximal to the wrist |
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distal |
away from an attached base ex. the fingers are distal to the wrist |
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superficial |
near/at body surface |
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deep |
toward the interior of the body ex. the bone of the thigh is deep to the surrounding skeletal muscles |
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dorsal cavity-- |
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cranial cavity |
fluid filled chamber that cushions and supports the brain |
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spinal cavity-- |
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thoracic cavity |
top of lungs to the start of the diaphragm thymus, esophagus, lungs, heart |
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pleural cavity |
left and right each contain lung within thoracic cavity |
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mediastinal cavity |
mass connective tissue surrounds, stabilizes, and supports the esophagus, trachea, and thymus, and major blood vessels traveling to or away from the heart |
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pericardial cavity |
within mediastinal cavity surrounds the heart like a fist into a balloon |
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abdominopelvic cavity |
gets broken down into abdominal, peritoneal, and pelvic cavities |
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abdominal cavity |
inside abdominal cavity |
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pelvic cavity |
inferior to abdominal cavity |
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fissure |
a narrow cleft-like opening between adjacent parts of bone ex. longitudinal fissure of the brain |
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foramen (hole) |
a space in bone for blood vessels/nerves to pass through ex. foramen magnum of the occipital bone |
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meatus (canal) |
a tube-like passageway running within a bone ex. external auditory meatus |
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sinus |
an air-filled cavity within bone lined with mucous membrane ex. frontal sinus of frontal bone |
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fossa |
a depression in or on a bone ex. mandibular fossa of the temporal bone |
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fontanel |
dense connective tissue space in fetal skull ex. anterior fontanel of infant skull |
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sulcus (groove) |
a furrow in bone that houses a blood vessel, nerve, or tendon -- |
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condyle |
a rounded articular projection on the surface of a bone ex. medial condyle of the femur |
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head |
a rounded, articular projection of a bone ex. head of humerus |
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facet |
a smooth, flat surface ex. articular facet of the patella |
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trochlea |
a smooth, groved articular process shaped like a pulley |
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neck |
a narrower connection between the epiphysis and diaphysis ex. neck of femur |
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crest |
a prominent border or ridge on a bone iliac crest of the ilium |
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epicondyle |
a prominence above a condyle ex. lateral epicondyle of the tibia |
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line |
a low ridge |
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spine |
a pointed process ex. iliac spine |
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tubercle |
small, rounded process ex. lesser tubercle of the humerus |
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tuberosity |
a large, rounded, usually roughened process ex. ischial tuberosity of the ischium |
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trochanter |
a large, blunt projection ex. greater trochanter of the femur |
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processes |
any projection or bump |
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ramus |
arm-like bar of bone ex. rams of the mandible |
