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4. The Language of Anatomy Flashcards

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The anterior body trunk region inferior to the ribs

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Abdominal

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The anterior surface of the elbow

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Antecubital

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The armpit

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Axillary

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The arm

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Brachial

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The cheek

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Buccal

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The wrist

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Carpal

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The neck region

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Cervical

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The mouth

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Oral

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The bony eye socket

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Orbital or Ocular

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The anterior knee (kneecap) region

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Patellar

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The pelvis region

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Pelvic

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The genital region

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Pubic

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The region of the breastbone

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Sternal

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The ankle

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Tarsal

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The chest

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Thoracic

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The navel

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Umbilical

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The head

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Cephalic

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The thigh

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Femoral

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The hip

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Coxal

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The roundness of the shoulder caused by the underlying deltoid muscle

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Deltoid

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The fingers or toes

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Digital

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The side of the leg

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Fibular

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The groin

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Inguinal

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The breast

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Mammary

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The hand

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Manus

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The nose

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Nasal

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The buttocks or rump

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Gluteal

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The area of the back between the ribs and the hips; The loin

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Lumbar

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The posterior aspect of the head or the base of the skull

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Occipital

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The back of the knee

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Popliteal

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The area between the hips

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Sacral

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The shoulder blade area

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Scapular

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The calf or posterior surface of the leg

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Sural

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The area of the spinal column

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Vertebral

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The forehead

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Frontal

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The ear

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Otic

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The hand

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Manual

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The pes or foot

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Pedal

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The great toe

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Hallux

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The leg

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Crural

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The palm

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Volar or Palmar

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The thumb

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Pollex

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The wrist

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Carpal

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The forearm

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Antebrachial

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The front of the elbow

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Antecubital

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The arm

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Brachial

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The chin

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Mental

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The face

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Facial

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The skull

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Cranial

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The shoulder

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Acromial

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The back

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Dorsal

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The back of the elbow

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Olecranal

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The loin

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Lumbar

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The heel of the foot

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Calcaneal

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The sole of the foot

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Plantar

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In the Anatomical Regions, what are the (2)two methods to map abdominal and pelvic regions?

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(4) Four abdominopelvic quadrants

(9) Nine abdominopelvic regions

57
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What are the (4) Four Abdominopelvic Quadrants?

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  • Right Upper Quadrant (RUQ)
  • Left Upper Quadrant (LUQ)
  • Right Lower Quadrant (RLQ)
  • Left Lower Quadrant (LLQ)
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What are the (9) Nine Abdominopelvic Regions?

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  • Right Hypochondriac Region
  • Epigastric Region
  • Left Hypochondriac Region
  • Right Lumbar Region
  • Umbilical Region
  • Left Lumbar Region
  • Right Iliac (inguinal) Region
  • Hypogastric (pubic) Region
  • Left Iliac (inguinal) Region
59
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What region is the centermost region, which includes the umbilicus?

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Umbilical Region

60
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What region is immediately inferior to the umbilical region; encompasses the pubic area?

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Hypogastric (pubic) Region

61
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What region is immediately inferior to the umbilical region; encompasses the pubic area?

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Hypogastric (pubic) Region

62
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What regions is lateral to the hypogastric region and overlying the superior parts of the hip bones?

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Iliac (inguinal) Regions

63
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What regions is between the ribs and the flaring portions of the hip bones; lateral to the umbilical region?

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Lumbar Regions

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What regions is flanking the epigastric region laterally and overlying the lower ribs?

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Hypochondriac Regions

65
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In the axial portion of the body, what is it’s (2) two main cavities?

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Dorsal body cavity and Ventral body cavity.

66
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What body cavity consists of the cranial and spinal cavities?

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Dorsal Body Cavity

67
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What cavity within the dorsal body cavity within the rigid skull, contains the brain?

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Cranial Cavity

68
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What cavity within the dorsal body cavity which runs within the bony vertebral column, protects the spinal cord. The spinal cord is a continuation of the brain, and the cavities containing them are continuous with each other?

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Spinal Cavity

69
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What body cavity consists of the thoracic cavity, abdominal cavity, and pelvic cavity?

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Ventral Body Cavity

70
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What cavity is superior and is separated from the rest of the ventral cavity by the muscular diaphragm?

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Thoracic Cavity

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What is located in the thoracic cavity and are protected by the bony rib cage?

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Heart and Lungs

72
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What cavity is inferior to the diaphragm, although there is no further physical separation of this part of the ventral cavity, some describe the abdominopelvic cavity in terms of a superior abdominal cavity?

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Abdominopelvic Cavity

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What cavity is the area that houses the stomach, intestines, liver, and other organs?

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Abdominal Cavity

74
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What cavity is inferior and which is partially enclosed by the bony pelvis and contains the reproductive organs, bladder, and rectum?

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Pelvic Cavity

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The heart

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Cardiac

76
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The skin

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Cutaneous

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The shoulder

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Deltoid

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The stomach

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Gastric

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The liver

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Hepatic

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The crown of the head

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Parietal

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The posterior aspect of the elbow

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Olecranal

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The pelvic floor

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Perineal

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The lungs

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Pulmonary

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The kidney

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Renal

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The base of the spine

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Sacral

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The side of the head

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Temporal

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The point of the shoulder

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Acromial

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The ear

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Otic

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The region between the anus and external genitalia

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Perineal

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It is relating to head, neck, and trunk, the axis of the body.

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Axial

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It is relating to limbs and their attachments to the axis.

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Appendicular

92
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What plane that runs longitudinally and divides the body into right and left parts?

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Sagittal Plane

93
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What plane is called if it divides the body into equal parts, right down the midline of the body?

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Median or Midsagittal Plane

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What plane is a longitudinal plane that divides the body (or an organ) into anterior and posterior parts?

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Frontal Plane or Coronal Plane

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What plane that runs horizontally, dividing the body into superior and inferior parts. When organs are sectioned along the this plane, the sections are commonly called cross sections?

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Transverse Plane

96
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Toward the head

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Cephalad (cranial)

97
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Toward the tail

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Caudal

98
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Away from the body surface

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Deep (internal)

99
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What cavity is commonly called “the mouth”. It contains the tongue and teeth. It is continuous with the rest of the digestive tube, which opens to the exterior at the anus?

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Oral Cavity

100
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What cavity is located within and posterior to the nose and is part of the passages of the respiratory system?

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Nasal Cavity

101
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What cavities in the skull house the eyes and present them in an anterior position?

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Orbital Cavities (orbits)

102
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What cavities that lies just medial to an eardrum and is carved into the bony skull. These cavities contain tiny bones that transmit sound vibrations to the hearing receptor in the inner ears?

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Middle Ear Cavities

103
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What cavities are are joint cavities—they are enclosed within fibrous capsules that surround the freely movable joints of the body, such as those between the vertebrae and the knee and hip joints. Like the serous membranes of the ventral body cavity, membranes lining the synovial cavities secrete a lubricating fluid that reduces friction as the enclosed structures move across one another?

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Synovial Cavities

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Where are the oral, nasal, orbital, and middle ear cavities located?

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It’s located in the head and open to the body exterior.

105
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Where is the Synovial Cavities located?

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Synovial cavities are found in joints between many bones, such as the vertebrae of the spine, and at the knee, shoulder, and hip.

106
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Above or higher

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Superior

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Below or lower

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Inferior

108
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Toward the front

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Anterior

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Toward the back

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Posterior

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