Quiz 1 Flashcards
(163 cards)
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Medical language allows health care professionals to…
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Be clear, communicate quickly, and to comfort patients.
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Eponym
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A word formed by including the name of the person who discovered or invented whatever is being described.
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Why are Greek and Latin the foundation of medical terminology?
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1) the foundations of Western medicine were in Ancient Greece and Rome.
2) Latin was the global language of the scientific revolution
3) dead languages don’t change
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Root:
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Foundation or subject of the term
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Suffix:
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Ending that gives essential meaning to the term
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Prefix:
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Added to the beginning of the term when needed to further modify the root
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Arthr/o
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Joint
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Cardi/o
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Heart
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Gastr/o
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Stomach
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Hem/o OR hemat/o
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Blood
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My/o OR muscul/o
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Muscle
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Derm/o OR dermat/o OR cutane/o
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Skin
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Pneum/o OR pneumon/o OR pulmon/o
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Lung
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Gen/o
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Creation, cause
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Hydr/o
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Water
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Morph/o
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Shape, change
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Myc/o
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Fungus
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Necr/o
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Death
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Orth/o
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Straight
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Path/o
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Suffering, disease
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Phag/o
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Eat
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Plas/o
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Formation
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Py/o
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Pus
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Scler/o
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Hard
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Sten/o
Narrowing
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Troph/o
Nourishment, development
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Xen/o
Foreign
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Xer/o
Dry
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-ac
Pertaining to
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-Al
Pertaining to
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-ar, -ary
Pertaining to
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-eal
Pertaining to
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-ic, -tic
Pertaining to
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-ous
Pertaining to
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-ia, -ism
Condition
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-ium
Tissue, structure
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-y
Condition, procedure, process
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-icle, -ole, -ula, -ule
Small
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-iatrics, -iatry
Medical science
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-iatrist
Specialist in medicine of
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-ist
Specialist
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-logist
Specialist in the study of
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-logy
Study of
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-algia, -dynia
Pain
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-cele
Hernia (bulging of tissue into an area where it doesn’t belong)
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-emia
Blood condition
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-iasis
Presence of
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-itis
Inflammation
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-lysis
Loosen, break down
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-malacia
Abnormal softening
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-megaly
Enlargement
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-oid
Resembling
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-oma
Tumor
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-osis
Condition
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-pathy
Disease
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-penia
Deficiency
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-ptosis
Drooping
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-rrhage, -rrhagia
Excessive flow
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-rrhea
Flow
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-rrhexis
Rupture
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-spasm
Involuntary contraction
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-centesis
Puncture
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-gram
Written record
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-graph
Instrument used to produce a record
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-graphy
Process of recording
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-meter
Instrument used to measure
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-metry
Process of measuring
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-scope
Instrument used to look
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-scopy
Process of looking
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-desis
Binding, fixation
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-ectomy
Removal
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-pexy
Surgical fixation
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-plasty
Reconstruction
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-rrhaphy
Suture
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-stomy
Creation of an opening
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-tomy
Incision
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A-, an-
Not
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Anti-, contra-
Against
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De-
Down, away from
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Ante-, pre-
Before
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Pro-
Before, on behalf of
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Post-
After
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Brady-
Slow
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Tachy-
Fast
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Re-
Again
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Ab-
Away
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Ad-
Toward
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Circum-, peri-
Around
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Dia-, trans-
Through
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E-, ec-, ex-
Out
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Ecto-, exo-, extra-
Outside
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En-, endo-, intra-
In, inside
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Epi-
Upon
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Inter-
Between
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Sub-
Beneath
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Bi-
Two
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Hemi-, semi-
Half
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Hyper-
Over
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Hypo-
Under
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Macro-
Large
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Micro-
Small
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Mono-, uni-
One
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Oligo-
Few
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Pan-
All
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Poly-, multi-
Many
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Con-, sym-, syn-
With, together
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Dys-
Bad
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Eu-
Good
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When to use a combining vowel:
To join a root to any suffix beginning with a consonant:
splen/o + -megaly = splenomegaly
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When not to use a combining vowel:
To join a root to a suffix that begins with a vowel
hepat + -itis = hepatitis
splen + -ectomy = splenectomy
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You can usually figure out the definition of a term by interpreting the…
Suffix first
Then the prefix
Then the root
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SOAP stands for:
Subjective: the problem in the patient’s own words. Includes the duration and quality of the problem, and any relieving factors for the problem. Also includes personal and family medical histories
Objective: the data of the patient’s physical exam, any laboratory findings, and imaging studies performed at the visit
Assessment: a diagnosis, identification of a problem, or a list of possibilities of the diagnosis; differential diagnosis
Plan: a course of action consistent with the assessment. Could be a treatment with medicine or procedure, or collecting further data to help get a more accurate diagnosis.
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The different sections of each SOAP section are color-coded in the following way:
Subjective: blue
Objective: red
Assessment: yellow
Plan: green (sometimes assessment and plan run together; appearing in light green)
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Chief complaint
The main reason for the patient’s visit
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History of present illness
The story of the patient’s problem
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Review of systems
Description of individual body systems in order to discover any symptoms not directly related to the main problem
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Past medical history
Other significant past illnesses (high blood pressure or diabetes)
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Past surgical history
Any of the patient’s past surgeries
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Family history
Any significant illnesses that run in the patient’s family
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Social history
A record of habits like smoking, drinking, drug abuse, and sexual practices that impact health
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Clinic note:
Anytime a health care professional sees a patient in an office setting, they must document visit.
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Emergency department note
Patients seen in EDs and urgent care clinics are almost always new to medical staff. Contains an ED course, which explains what happened to the patient during their stay in the ED. ED course is a mixture of any completed diagnostic tests, the patient assessment, and a plan for the patient.
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Admission summary:
Documents the admission of a patient to the hospital
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Acute
It just started recently or is a sharp, severe symptom
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Afebrile/febrile
To not have a fever/to have a fever
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Chronic
It has been going on for a while now
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Exacerbation
Is getting worse
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Lethargic
A decrease in level of consciousness; in a medical record, generally indication that patient is really sick
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Malaise
Not feeling well
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Noncontributory
Not related to this specific problem
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Alert
Able to answer questions; responsive; interactive
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Auscultation
To listen
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Oriented
Being aware of who he or she is, where he or she is, and the current time; a patient who is aware of all three is oriented x 3
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Palpating
To feel
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Unremarkable
Another way of saying normal
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Impression
Another way of saying assessment
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Benign
Safe
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Malignant
Dangerous; a problem
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Degeneration
To be getting worse
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Etiology
The cause
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Remission
To get better or improve; does not mean cure
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Idiopathic
No known specific cause; it just happens
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Systemic/generalized
All over the body (or most of it)
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Morbidity
The risk of being sick
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Mortality
The risk of dying
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Prognosis
The chances for things getting better or worse
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Occult
Hidden
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Pathogen
The organism that causes the problem
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Lesion
Diseased tissue
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Sequelae
A problem resulting from a disease or injury
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Discharge
To unload
to send home
fluid coming out of a part of the body
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Disposition
What happened to the patient at the end of the visit (home, the intensive care unit, or a normal hospital bed)
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Palliative
Treating the symptoms but not actually getting rid of the cause
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Prophylaxis
Preventive treatment
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Distal
Farther away from the center
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Proximal
Closer to the center
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Prone/supine
Lying down on belly/lying down on back
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Dorsum
The top of hand or foot
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Palmar
The palm of hand
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Plantar
The sole of foot
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Coronal
Divides body from front to back
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Sagittal
Divides body from right to left
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Transverse
Divides body from top to bottom
