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Chapter 1 The Language of Anatomy Flashcards

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Anatomical position

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The human body is erect, with the feet only slightly apart, head and toes pointed forward, and arms hanging at the sides with palms facing forward.

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Axial

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Relating to head, neck and trunk, the axis of the body

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Appendicular

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relating to limbs and their attachments to the axis

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Abdominal

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Anterior body trunk region inferior to the ribs

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Acormial

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Point of the shoulder

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Antebrahial

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Forearm

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Antecubital

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Anterior surface of the elbow

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Axillary

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Armpit

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Brachial

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Arm

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Buccal

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Cheek

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Carpal

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Wrist

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Cephalic

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Head

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Cervical

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Neck region

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Coxal

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Hip

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Crural

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Leg

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Digital

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Fingers or toes

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Femoral

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Thigh

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Fibular

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Side of the leg

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Frontal

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Forehead

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Hallux

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Great toe

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Inguinal

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Groin area

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Mammary

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Breast region

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Manus

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Hand

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Mental

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Chin

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Nasal

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Nose

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Oral

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Mouth

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Orbital

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Bony eye socket (orbit)

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Palmar

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Palm of hand

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Patellar

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Anterior knee (kneecap) region

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Pedal

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Foot

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Pelvic

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Pelvis region

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Pollex

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Thumb

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Pubic

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Genital region

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Sternal

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Region of the breastbone

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Tarsal

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Ankle

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Thoracic

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Chest

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Umbilical

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Navel

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Calcaneal

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Heel of the foot

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Dorsum

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Back

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Gluteal

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Buttocks or rump

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Lumbar

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Area of the back between the ribs and hips; the loin

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Occipital

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Posterior aspect of the head or base of the skull

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Olecranal

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Posterior aspect of the elbow

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Otic

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Ear

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Perineal

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Region between the anus and external genitalia

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Plantar

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Sole of the foot

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Popliteal

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Back of the knee

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Sacral

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Region between the hips (overlying the sacrum)

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Scapular

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Scapula or shoulder blade area

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Sural

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Calf or posterior surface of the leg

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Vertebral

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Area of the spinal column

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Superior

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Above

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Inferior

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Below

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Anterior

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Front

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Posterior

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Back

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Medial

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Toward the midline

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Lateral

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Away from the midline

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Cranial or Cephalad

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Toward the head

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Caudal

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Toward the tail

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Dorsal

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Backside

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Ventral

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Belly side

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Proximal

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Near

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Distal

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Far

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Superficial or external

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Toward or at the body surface

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Deep or internal

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Away from the body surface

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Section

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A cut made along the body with an imaginary plane made in one of three directions - coronal, sagittal, and transverse.

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Plane

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When the section is made through the body wall or through an organ, it is made along an imaginary surface or line

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Sagittal plane

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Runs longitudinally and divides the body into right and left parts.

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Coronal plane

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A longitudinal plane that divides the body (or organ) into anterior and posterior parts.

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Transverse plane

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Runs horizontally, dividing the body into superior and inferior parts.

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Cross sections

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When organs are sectioned along the transverse plane

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Dorsal Body Cavity

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This cavity is divided into two subcavities: the cranial cavity and vertebral (or spinal) cavity.

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Cranial cavity

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This cavity contains the brain within the rigid skull

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Vertebral (or spinal) cavity

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This cavity holds the delicate spinal cord within the bony vertebral column.

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Ventral body cavity

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This cavity is subdivided into two cavities: thoracic cavity, abdominopelvic cavity.

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Thoracic cavity

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This cavity is separated from the rest of the ventral cavity by the dome-shaped diaphragm. The heart and lungs are located in this cavity and are protected by the bony rib cage.

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Abdominopelvic cavity

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The cavity inferior to the diaphragm. There is no separation, this cavity can be divided into abdominal cavity and pelvic cavity.

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Abdominal cavity

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the cavity superior to the pelvic cavity, and is the area that houses the stomach, intestines, liver, and other organs.

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Pelvic cavity

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the region that is partially enclosed by the bony pelvis and contains the reproductive organs, bladder, and rectum.

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Quadrants

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A scheme used by most physicians and nurses divides the abdominal surface and the abdominopelvic cavity into four approximately equal regions. These quadrants are named according to their relative position–that is right upper quadrant, right lower quadrant, left upper quadrant, and left lower quadrant.

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Anatomical left and right

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The terms left and right refer to the elft and right side of the body in the figure, not the left and right side of the art on the page.

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Umbilical region

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The centermost region, which includes the umbilicus (navel)

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Epigastric region

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immediately superior to the umbilical region; overlies most of the stomach

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Hypogastric (pubic) region

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Immediately inferior to the umbilical region; encompasses the pubic area

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Iliac, or inguinal, regions

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Lateral to the hypogastric region and overlying the superior parts of the hip bones

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Lumbar regions

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Between the ribs and the flaring portions of the hip bones; lateral to the umbilical region

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Hypochondriac regions

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Flanking the epigastric region laterally and overlying the lower ribs

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Oral cavity

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Commonly called the mouth, 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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Nasal cavity

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Located within and posterior to the nose, the nasal cavity is part of the passages of the respiratory system.

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Orbital Cavities

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The cavities in the skull house the eyes and present them in an anterior position.

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Middle ear cavities

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each middle ear cavity lies just medial to an eardrum and is cared into the bony skull. These cavities contain tiny bones that transmit sound vibrations to the hearing receptors in the inner ears.

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Synovial cavities

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joint cavities. 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. Membranes lining the synovial cavities secrete a lubricating fluid that reduces friction as the enclosed srtures move across one another.

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