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anatomy exercise 1
anatomical terminology
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 3
10/05/2011

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anatomical position
Definition
standing erect, facing forward with arms hanging at the side and palms facing forward
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supine
Definition
facing up
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prone
Definition
facing down
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ventral cavity includes
Definition
thoracic cavity and abdominopelvic cavity
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diphragm divides?
Definition
thoracid & abdominopelvic cavity
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pericardial cavity surrounds?
Definition
the heart
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pleural cavity surrounds?
Definition
the lungs
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peritoneal cavity surrounds? and lines the?
Definition
digestive organs as well as some urinary and reproductive organs/stomach
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superior?inferior?
Definition
above/below
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anterior?posterior?
Definition
front/back
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ventral?dorsal?
Definition
front/back
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cranial?caudal?
Definition
head/tail
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medial?lateral?
Definition
toward the midline of the body/toward the side of the body
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proximal?distal?
Definition
used to describe the positoin of a strucutre in a limb as it relates to the limps point of attachment. ex;ankle is distal to the knee and the elbow is proximal to the wrist
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superficial?deep?
Definition
on the surface/deep
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saggital plane
Definition
cuts the body into right and left sections
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frontal plane
Definition
cute the body into anterior and posterior sections
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transverse plane
Definition
cute the body into superior and inferior sections
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dorsal cavity includes
Definition
cranial cavity and verterbral canal/spinal cavity
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dorsal cavity includes
Definition
cranial cavity and verterbral canal/spinal cavity
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located in the mediastinum?
Definition
trachea, esophagus, thymus, heart, & major blood vessels such as aorta
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SAD PUCKER
Definition
retroperitineal organs/ suprarenal glads,abdominal aorta, duodenum,pancreas,ureters,colon,kidneys,esophagus & rectum
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levels of organization
Definition
chemical level>cellular level>tissue level>organ level>organ system level>organism level
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4 major types of tissues?
Definition
epithelial,connective,muscle, and nervous
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