Chapter 1: basic terms Flashcards
(48 cards)
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Frons
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forehead, frontal
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Cranium
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skull, cranial
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facies
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face, facial
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Oris
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mouth, oral
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Mentis
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chin, mental
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Axilla
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armpit, axillary
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brachium
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arm, brachial
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anticubitus
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front of the elbow, antecubital
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antebrachium
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forearm, antebrachial
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carpus
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wrist, carpal
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pollex
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thumb
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digits
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fingers, digital or phalangeal
also for toes
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patella
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kneecap, patellar
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crus
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leg, crural
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tarsus
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ankle, tarsal
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hallux
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big toe
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oculus
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eye, orbital or ocular
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aurus
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ear, otic or auricular
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nasus
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nose, nasal
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bucca
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cheek, buccal
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thoracis
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thorax/chest, thoracic
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mamma
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breast, mammary
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abdomen
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abdominal
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umbilicus
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naval, umbilical
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pelvis
pelvic
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inguen
groin, inguinal
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pubis
pubic
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femur
thigh, femoral
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pes
foot, pedal
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shoulder
acromion
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dorsum
back, dorsal
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olecranon
back of the elbow, olecranal
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lumbus
loin, lumbar
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manus
hand, manual
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gluteus
butt, gluteal
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popliteus
back of the knee, popliteal
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sura
calf, sural
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calcaneus
heel of foot, calcaneal
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planta
sole of foot, planta
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cephalon
head, cephalic
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cervicis
neck, cervical
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nucha
nape/back of the neck, nuchal
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caudal
inferior, closer to feet
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ventral
anterior, closer to front
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dorsal
posterior, towards back
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sagittal plane
also known as median plane, divides into left and right
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parasagittal plane
divides body into left and right segments that are not equal in size
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coronal plane
frontal plane, divides into anterior and posterior parts
