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| beneath thoracic cavity, separated by diaphragm, contains liver, gallbladder, spleen, stomach, pancreas, intestines, kidneys |
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| describes abdominal and pelvic cavity collectively |
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| change in structure and organization of cells...characterized by loss of differentiation and reversion to a more primitive form. |
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| standard reference position for the body as a whole. Person is standing with arms at sides and palms forward |
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| pertaining to front of body, towards belly |
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| developmental failure resulting in absence of any organ or tissue |
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| muscle making up wall of the heart |
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| smallest and most numerous structural unit of living matter |
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| semipermeable barrier that is the outer covering of a cell |
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| 1st seven segments of the spine- neck area |
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| threadlike structures in the nucleus that control growth, repair, and reproduction for the body |
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| tailbone- end of spine-results from fusion of four bones as child |
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| tissue that supports and binds other body tissue and parts |
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| pertaining to skull or cranium |
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| cavity that contains the brain |
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| gel like substance around nucleus-contains cell organs |
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| away from surface, deep in body |
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| away or furthest from trunk. Furthest from point of origin |
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| back or posterior surface, of foot-top of foot |
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| abnormal development of tissue |
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| top center of the 9 sections- between the right and left hypochondriac regions |
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| tissue that covers internal and external organs of body-lines vessels, cavities, glands and organs |
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| any of the vertical planes passing through the body from the head to the feet, perpendicular to the sagittal plane and dividing the body into front and back portions |
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| segments of chromosomes that transmit hereditary characteristics |
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| increase in number of cells, cell growth |
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| upper right and left areas of abdomen beneath the cartilage of the lower ribs |
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| middle section of the lower abdomen-beneath umbilical region |
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| incomplete or underdeveloped organ or tissue, usually a result of decrease in number of cells |
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| right and left lower part of abdomen-groin-also called iliac region |
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| flat piece of cartilage in between each vertebrae |
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| midline of body-midsagittal plane |
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| right and left middle sections of abdomen |
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| largest and strongest in back-5 segments |
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| cell organs that destroy bacteria |
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| right side, two thirds from umbilicus to hip bone |
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| pertaining to middle and side of structure |
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| thin layer of tissue that covers surface, lines cavity |
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| imaginary line separates left and right sides |
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| plane that creates the midline-divides body into equal right and left sides |
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| cell organelles that provide energy needed by cell to carry on essential functions |
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| left side midway between umbilicus and hip |
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| tissue capable of creating movement |
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| tissue that transmits impulses |
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| central controlling body of cell |
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| tissues arranged together to perform a special function |
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| lower front cavity of body, beneath abdominal cavity- contains bladder and reproductive organs |
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| specific serous membrane that covers the entire abdominal wall of the body and is reflected over the contained viscera |
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| imaginary slices through body to permit views (CAT scan) |
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| pertaining to bottom of foot |
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| pertaining to back of body |
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| movement of body allowing palms to turn downward and backward |
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| lying face down on abdomen |
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| toward or nearest to the trunk of body or nearest to the point of origin |
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| cell organs that synthesize proteins |
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| single triangular bone resulting from fusion of five bones as a child |
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| muscle that is attached to bone and allows for movement |
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| muscle found in walls of hollow internal organs such as stomach and intestines |
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| cavity that contains nerves of the spinal cord-spinal canal |
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| pertaining to the surface |
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| movement that allows the palms to face front and upward |
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| lying horizontally on the back face up |
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| group of organs that work together |
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| chest cavity- luns, heart, aorta, esophagus, trachea |
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| second set of 12 vertebrae |
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| group of cells that perform a certain function |
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| planes cutting across dividing superior and inferior, or top and bottom halves of body |
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| region of the abdomen in the middle between right and left lumbar region |
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| Pertaining to front-belly side |
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| pertaining to internal organs |
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