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Chapter 2- The Body As A Whole Flashcards

1
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Cartilage

A

Tissue attached to the bones at joints

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2
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Larynx

A

Voice box

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3
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Trachea

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Windpipe

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Pharynx

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Throat

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5
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Uterus

A

Womb

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6
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RUQ

A

Right upper quadrant

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LUQ

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Left upper quadrant

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RLQ

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Right lower quadrant

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LLQ

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Left lower quadrant

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10
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Cervical

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Neck

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11
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Thoracic

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Chest

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12
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Lumbar

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Waist

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13
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Sacral

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Sacrum

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14
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Coccygeal

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Tailbone

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15
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Vertebra

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Single backbone

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16
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Vertebrae

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Backbones

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17
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Spinal column

A

Bone tissue

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18
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Spinal cord

A

Nervous tissue

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19
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Disc

A

Pad of cartilage between vertebrae

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20
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Ventral

A

Front side of the body

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21
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Dorsal

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Back side of the body

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22
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Deep

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Away from the surface

Ex: stab wound

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23
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Superficial

A

On the surface

Ex: scratch

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24
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Proximal

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Near the attachment point

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25
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Distal

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far from attachment point

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26
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Inferior

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Below another structure

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Superior

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Above another structure

28
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Medial

A

Pertaining to the middle

29
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Lateral

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Side

30
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Supine

A

Lying on your back

31
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Prone

A

Lying on your belly

32
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Abdomin/o

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Abdomen

33
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Audip/o

A

fat

34
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Anter/o

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Front

35
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Cervic/o

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Neck or uterus

36
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Chondr/o

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Cartilage

37
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Chrom/o

A

Color

38
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Coccy/o

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Coccyx

39
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Crani/o

A

Skull

40
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Dist/o

A

Far, distant

41
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Dors/o

A

Back portion of the body

42
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Hist/o

A

Tissue

43
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ili/o

A

Upper pelvic

44
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Inguin/o

A

Groin

45
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Kary/o

A

Nucleus

46
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Later/o

A

Side

47
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Lumb/o

A

Lower back

48
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Medi/o

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Middle

49
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Neclu/o

A

Nucleus

50
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Pelv/o

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Pelvis

51
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Spin/o

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Spine

52
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Proxim/o

A

Nearest

53
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Thel/o

A

Nipple

54
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Thorac/o

A

Chest

55
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Trache/o

A

Chest

56
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Umbilic/o

A

Umbilical

57
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Ventr/o

A

Belly side

58
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Viscer/o

A

Internal organs

59
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Ana

A

Up

60
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Cata-

A

Down

61
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Inter

A

Between

62
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Intra

A

Within

63
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Meta

A

Change

64
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Eal
iac
ior

A

Pertaining to

65
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-ism

A

Condition

Medical Terminology (13 decks)

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