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What is anatomical position?

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Someone standing with feet shoulder length apart, arms down at the sides with palms facing forward

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What does anterior mean?

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front of the body

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What does posterior mean?

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back of the body

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What does superior mean?

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Up/ Towards the head

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What does inferior mean?

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Its downwards/ towards the feet

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What does proximal mean?

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closer to another part

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What does distal mean?

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further from a specific part

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What does medial mean?

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Towards the midline of the body

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What does lateral mean?

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away from the midline of the body

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What does superficial mean?

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Towards the skin

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What does deep mean?

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away from the skin or inside of the body

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What is the anatomical term for stomach?

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Abdomen/ Abdominal

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What is the anatomical term for shoulder?

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Shoulder/Acromial

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What is the anatomical term for forearm?

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Antebrachium/Antebrachial

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What is the anatomical term for armpit?

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Axilla/Axillary

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What is the anatomical term for upper arm?

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Brachium/Brachial

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What is the anatomical term for wrist?

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Carpus/ Carpal

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What is the anatomical term for hand?

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Manus/Manual

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What is the anatomical term for neck?

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Cervix/Cervical

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What is the anatomical term for head?

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Cranium/Cranial

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What is the anatomical term for thigh?

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Femur/Femoral

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What is the anatomical term for butt?

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Gluteal/Gluteal

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What is the anatomical term for groin?

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Inquin/ Inguinal

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What is the anatomical term for low back?

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Lumbus/lumbar

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What is the anatomical term for Palm?
Palm/ Palmar
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What is the anatomical term for hips?
Pelvis/ Pelvic
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What is the anatomical term for foot?
Pes/ Pedal
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What is the anatomical term for sole of the foot?
Planta/ Plantar
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What is the anatomical term for shoulder blade?
Scapula/ scapular
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What is the anatomical term for chest?
Thorax/Thoracic
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What is the anatomical term for spine?
Vertebra/Vertebral
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What does the sagittal plane divide the body into?
It divides the body into left and right sides
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What does midsagittal plane divide the body into?
It divides the body into left and right sides down the midline
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What does the parasagittal plane divide the body into?
It unevenly divides the body into left and right sides
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What does the frontal plane divide the body into?
It divides the body into anterior and posterior sides
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What does the transverse plane divide the body into?
Superior and inferior portions
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What is the name of the bone that surrounds the brain and makes up the face?
Skull
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What is the name of the bone structure that consists of small stacked bones on the posterior side of the thorax?
Vertebral Column
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What is the name of the bone that spans the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar regions?
Vertebrae
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What is the name of the bone that is made up of fused vertebrae that attaches to the pelvis?
Sacrum
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What is the name of the bone that consists of fused vertebrae that forms a small triangular bone?
Coccyx
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What is the name of the bone that is commonly described as the "breastbone"?
Sternum
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What is the name of the bones that is commonly described as ribs?
Costals
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What is the name of the bone that is commonly referred to as the collarbone?
Clavicle
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What is the name of the bone that is commonly described as the shoulder blade?
Scapula
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What is the name of the bone that is the upper portion of your arm?
Humerus
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What is the name of the bone in your forearm that on the lateral or thumb side ?
Radius
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What is the name of the bone in your forearm that is on the medial or pinky side?
Ulna
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What is the name of the bones that are in your wrist?
Carpals
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What is the name for the 5 bones in your hand?
Metacarpals
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What is the name for the bones in your fingers and toes?
Phalanges
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What is the name for the bone that commonly referred to as the pelvis?
Os Coxae
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What is the name for the bone in your thigh?
Femur
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What the name for the medial bone in your shin?
Tibia
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What is the name for the lateral bone in your shin?
Fibula
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What is the name for bones in you foot near the ankle?
Tarsals
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What is the name for the 5 bones in the middle of your foot?
Metatarsals

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