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Direction torward the head or upper part of the body.
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Superior (cranial)
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Direction away from the head and toward the lower part of the body.
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Inferior (caudal)
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Direction torward the front of the body, in front of.
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Ventral/Anterior
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Direction toward the back of the body, in back of.
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Dorsal/Posterior
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Directional term meaning toward the midline of the body or on the inner side of.
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Medial
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Directional term meaning away from the midline of the body, on the outer side of.
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Lateral
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Between a more medial and a more lateral structure.
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Intermediate
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Closer to the origin of the body part or the point of 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 the surface of the body.
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Superficial
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Away from the body surface, more internal.
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Deep
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Axial Region.
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Region of the body including the head, neck, and trunk.
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Appendicular Region.
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Region fo the body including the upper and lower limbs.
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The Plane that is vertical and seperates the body into right and left halves.
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Sagittal Plane
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The horizontal plane that cuts the body into superior and inferior parts.
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Transverse Plane
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The vertical plane that cuts the body into anterior and posterior sections.
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Frontal Plane
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The seven body cavities.
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Dorsal, Ventral, Orbital, Nasal, Oral and Digestive, Middle ear, and Synovial.
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The divisions of the dorsal body cavity.
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The cranial and vertebral/spinal cavities.
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The divisions of the ventral cavity.
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Thoracic and Abdominopelvis cavities.
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The divisions of the ventral, thoracic cavity.
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Lateral pleural cavities and the medial mediastinum cavity.
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The lungs are contained in the ___________ cavity.
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The ventral, thoracic, pleural cavities contain the _______.
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The bladder, reproductive organs, and rectum and found in the __________ cavity.
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The ventral, abdominopelvic, pelvic cavity holds the ________.
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Viscera.
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Any organ housed in the ventral cavity.
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A thin double layered membrane that covers the outside surface of organs in the ventral cavity.
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Serosa/Serous membrane
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A lubricating fluid between the serosa membrane layers.
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Serous fluid
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part of the membrane that covers the oragans begins with _______.
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Visceral (ex: visceral serosa)
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part of the membrane the does not cover the organs, but lines the cavity wall starts with ________.
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Parietal (ex: parietal pericardium)
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nose
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nasal
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mouth
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oral
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neck
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cercival
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point of shoulder
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acromial
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armpit
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axillary
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abdomen
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abdominal
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arm
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brachial
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front of elbow
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antecubital
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forearm
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antebrachial
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pelvis
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pelvic
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wrist
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carpal
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thumb
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pollex
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palm
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palmar
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fingers
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digital
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genital region
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pubic
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anterior knee
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patellar
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leg
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crural
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foot
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pedal
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ankel
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tarsal
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toes
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digital
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forehead
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frontal
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eye
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orbital
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cheek
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buccal
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chin
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mental
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breastbone
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sternal
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chest
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thoracic
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breast
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mammary
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navel
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umbilical
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hip
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coxal
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groin
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inguinal
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thigh
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femoral
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side of leg
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fibular, or peroneal
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great toe
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hallux
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head
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cephalic
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hand
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manus
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ear
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otic
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back of head/base of skull
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occipital
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spinal column
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vertebral
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shoulder blade
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scapular
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back of elbow
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olecranal
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lumbar
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loin
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between hips
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sacral
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buttock
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gluteal
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region between anus and external genitalia
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perineal
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back of knee
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popliteal
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calf
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sural
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heel
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calcaneal
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sole
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plantar
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Abdominopelvic regions
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left iliac, hypogastric, right iliac, left lumbar, umbilical, right lumbar, left hypochondriac, epigastric, right hypochondriac.
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macroscopic anatomy
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study of large body structures visible to the naked eye
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microscopic anatomy
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study of structures too small to be seen with the naked eye
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pathological
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study of altered function and structures related to disease states.
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The principle of complementarity of structure and function.
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The function is dependant on the structure and that the form of the structure is related to it's function.
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Organizational structure levels.
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chemical, cellular, tissue, organ, organ system, organism levels.
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Homeostatic control mechanism.
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The receptor is a sensor that responds to change and sends a signal along the afferant pathway to the control center. the control center decides on a response and transports the info along the efferent pathway to the effector.
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the feedback that is most common.
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negative feedback.
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the feedback in blood clotting and labor contractions.
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positive feedback.
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the feedback that shuts down or decreases the intensity of the original stimuli.
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negative feedback.
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