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Epigastric

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Middle upper region above the stomach

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Hypochondriac

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Right and left upper regions beneath the ribs

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Lumbar

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Right and left middle region near the waist

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Umbilical

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Central region near the navel

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Inguinal

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Right and left lower region near the groin

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Hypogastric

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Middle lower region below the umbilical region

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cervical

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Neck region

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Thoracic

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Chest region

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Lumbar

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Loin (waist) region

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Sacral

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Region of the sacral

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Coccygeal

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Region of the coccyx( tailbone)

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Vertebra

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Single backbone

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Vertebrae

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Backbones

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Spinal column

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Bone tissue surrounding the spinal cavity

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Spinal cord

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Nervous tissue within the spinal cavity

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Disk

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Pad of cartilage between vertebrae

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Anterior (ventral)

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Front surface of the body

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Posterior ( dorsal)

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The back side of the body

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Superficial

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On the surface of the body

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Deep

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Away from the surface

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Proximal

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Near the point of attachment to the trunk or near the beginning of a surface

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Distal

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Far from the point of attachment to the trunk or far from the beginning of a structure

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Inferior

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Below another structure

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Superior

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Above another structure

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Medial
Pertaining to the middle or nearer the medial plane of the body
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Lateral
Pertaining to the side
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Supine
Lying on The back
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Prone
Lying on the belly
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Frontal (coronal) plane
Vertical plane dividing the body into anterior and posterior portions
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Sagittal (lateral) plane
Lengthwise vertical plane dividing the body into right and left sides
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Transverse plane
Horizontal plane running across the body parallel to the ground
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Anter
Front
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Bol
To cast (throw)
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Cervic
Neck
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Chrondr
Cartilage
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Chrom
Color
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Coccyg
Coccyx
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Crani
Skull
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Cyt
Cell
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Dist
Far, distant
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Dors
Back portion of the body
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Hist
Tissue
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ili
Ilium (part of the pelvis bone)
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Inguin
Groin
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Kary
Nucleus
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Later
Side
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Lumb
Lower back
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Medi
Middle
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Nucle
Nucleus
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Pelvi
Pelvis
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Poster
Back, behind
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Proxim
Nearest
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Sacr
Sacrum
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Sarc
Flesh
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Spin
Spine, backbone
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Thel
Nipple
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Thorac
Chest
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Trache
Trachea, windpipe
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Umbilic
Navel, umbilicus
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Ventr
Belly, side of the body
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Vertebr
Vertebrae, backbone
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Viscer
Internal organs
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Ana-
Up
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Cata-
Down
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Epi-
Above
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Hypo-
Below
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Inter-
Between
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Meta-
Change
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-eal
Pertaining to
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-iac
Pertaining to
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-ior
Pertaining to
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-ism
Process, condition
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-ose
Pertaining to, full of
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-plasm
Formation
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-somes
Bodies
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-types
Picture, classification

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