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10/27/2006

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ATRIUM
Definition
the auricles of the heart
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FIBULA
Definition
outer and smaller of the two bones of the lower leg below the knee
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LUMBAR
Definition
vertbrae that support the weight of the head and trunk in the lowerback
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SACRAL
Definition
fused vertebrae that form the back of thepelvis
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THORACIC
Definition
vertebrae that attach to the ribs on the upper back
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COCCYX
Definition
fused verebrae that form the tailbone
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BRACHIAL
Definition
primary arteries to the upper extremities
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RADIAL
Definition
primary arteries to the head
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FEMORAL
Definition
primary arteries to the lower extremities
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CAROTID
Definition
primary arteries to head
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Arteries
Definition
smallest branches of an artery
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Ventricles
Definition
large chambers of the heart,the left ventricle pumps blood to the body and the right lung
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Orbit
Definition
bones that form the eye sockets
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Zygomatic bone
Definition
bones of the check bones
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Mandible
Definition
the jawbone
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Iliac Crest
Definition
anteriosuperior tips of the pelvis
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Pubis
Definition
pressure wave felt in an artery when the left ventricle contracts
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Ischium
Definition
lowerbone in the pelvis
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ORBIT
Definition
bones the form the eye sockets
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mandible
Definition
bone of the lower jaw (jaw bone)
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Zygomatic bone
Definition
bones that are the cheeck bones
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Cervical
Definition
the vertebrae in the neck
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coccyx
Definition
4 fused vertebrae that form the tailbone
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iliac crest
Definition
the anteriosuperior tips of th pelvis
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pubis
Definition
public bone
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ischium
Definition
lower bone in the pelvis
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greater trochanter
Definition
top of the femur where it joins the pelvis
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acetabulum
Definition
socer of the hip joint
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femur
Definition
the long bone of the thigh
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patella
Definition
bone on the anterior surface of the knee joint
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tibia
Definition
lower leg bone
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phalanges/digits
Definition
the bones of the finger or toes
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clavicle
Definition
the anterior bone on the shoulder girdle
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scapula
Definition
posterior bone in the shoulder girdle
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humerus
Definition
bone of the upper arm
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radius
Definition
lateral bone in the forearm
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ulna
Definition
medial bone of the forearm
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phalander/ digits
Definition
bones of the finger or toes
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