Anatomical terminology

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Anatomical position

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The body is standing erect, facing the observer, the head and eyes are facing forward, and the feet are flat and forward, upper limbs are straight and to the side, and palms are turned forward and thumbs are turned out

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Supine position

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The body is lying face up

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Prone position

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The body is lying face down

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Anatomical terms

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Cephalic, Cervical, Trunk, Upper Limbs, Lower Limbs, Acromial, and Pectoral

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Cephalic

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Head (skull and face)

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Cervical

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Neck (supports head and attaches to trunk)

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Trunk

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Chest, abdomen, and pelvis

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Upper limbs

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Attaches to trunk (shoulder, armpit, arm, and hands)

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Lower limbs

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Attaches to trunk (buttocks, hip, thigh, leg, ankle, and foot)

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Acromial

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the top of the shoulder

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Pectoral

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Anterior chest

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Anterior

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front

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Posterior

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Back

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Superior

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above

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Inferior

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Below

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Midline

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an imaginary line that divides the body into equal right and left sides

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Medial

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Closer to the midline

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Lateral

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Farther from the midline

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Proximal

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Nearer to the attachment of a limb to the trunk

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Distal

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Farther from the attachment of a limb to the trunk

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Superficial

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Closer to the surface of the body

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Deep

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Deeper inside the body

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Intermediate

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Between two structures

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Ipsilateral

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On the same side of the body

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Contralateral

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On the opposite sides the body

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Planes

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Imaginary flat surfaces that pass through the body and body parts

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Section

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results from a cut through the plane

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Dissection

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Means to cut or to make a section

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Sagittal plane

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A vertical plane that divides the body into right and left sides

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Midsagittal plane

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Divides the body or organ into equal right and left sides

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Parasagittal plane

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Divides the body or organ into unequal right and left sides

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Front or coronal plane

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Divides the body or an organ into anterior and posterior

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Transverse or horizontal plane

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Divides the body or an organ into superior and inferior portions

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Cranial cavity

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Surrounded by the cranial bones

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Vertebral canal

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Surrounded by the cranial bones

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Thoracic cavity

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is also called the chest cavity, surrounded by ribs, muscles of the chest, sternum, and vertebral column in the back

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Diaphragm

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a dome-shaped muscle that separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominopelvic cavity

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What are the 3 cavities in the thoracic cavity?

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Pleural, mediastinum, and pericardial

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Pleural cavities

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The lungs fill up most of these spaces

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Mediastinum

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Medial to the lungs, contains the pericardial cavity

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Pericardial cavity

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Located within the mediastinum, the heart fills up most of the pericardial cavity space

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Abdominopelvic cavity

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the cavity inferior to the diaphragm

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Abdominal cavity

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Contains the stomach, spleen, liver, gallbladder, small and large intestines

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Pelvic cavity

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Contains the bladder, internal organs of the reproductive system, contains part of the large intestine

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Viscera or visceral organs

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internal organs in the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities

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Serous membrane

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is a thin slippery membrane that covers the viscera and lines the cavity's walls

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Parietal later of the serosa

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Lines the wall of the cavities in the trunk

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Visceral layer of the serosa

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Covers the viscera within these cavities

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Peritoneal cavity

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the cavity surrounded by the parietal peritoneum

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Synovial (joint) cavities

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Cavity in moveable joints