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Anatomical Terms Flashcards

1
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cephalic

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head

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cervical

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neck

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axillary

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armpit

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cranial

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skull

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facial

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face

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brachial

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arm (above elbow)

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antecubital

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front of elbow

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antebrachial

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forearm

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carpal

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wrist

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palmar/volar

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palm

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digital/phalangeal

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fingers or toes

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femoral

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thigh

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patellar

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anterior surface of knee

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crural

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leg (shin area)

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pedal

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foot

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tarsal

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ankle

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frontal

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forehead

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temporal

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temple

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orbital/ocular

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eye

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otic

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ear

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buccal

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cheek

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nasal

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nose

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oral

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mouth

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mental

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chin

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sternal

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breastbone

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mammary

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breast

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umbilical

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navel

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coxal

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hip

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inguinal

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groin

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pollex

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thumb

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hallux

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big toe

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manual

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hand

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dorsum

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top of the foot/back of hand

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pubic

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pubis

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trunk

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collarbone to pubis

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thoracic

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chest

37
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abdominal

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abdomen

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occipital

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base of skull

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scapular

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shoulder blade

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vertebral

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spinal column

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dorsal

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back/relating to backside of body

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ventral

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relating to belly side of the body

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anterior

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front of body

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posterior

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back of body

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lumbar

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loin

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olecranal/cubital

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back of elbow

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sacral

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between hips

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gluteal

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buttock

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perineal

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region of anus and external genitals

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popliteal

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hollow behind knee

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sural

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calf

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plantar

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sole of the foot

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calcaneal

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heel

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lower limb

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hip to foot

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upper limb

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shoulder to hand

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superior

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toward the head, higher position

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cranial

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relating to skull or head, toward the head

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inferior

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below or lower in position

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rostral

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relating to the nose and mouth region, toward the face

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caudal

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relating to the tail, at or near the tail or posterior part of the body. only used in references within trunk

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medial

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nearer to midline of body

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lateral

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farther from the midline of the body, on side of

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intermediate

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between two structures

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ipsilateral

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same side of the body’s midline as another structure

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contralateral

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opposite side of the body’s midline as another structure

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proximal

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nearer to the attachment of a limb to the trunk

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distal

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farther from the attachment of a limb to the trunk

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superficial

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toward the surface of the body

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deep

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away from the surface of the body

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external

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toward the outside of a structure (typically used when describing relationships of individual organs)

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internal

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toward the inside of a structure (typically used when describing relationships of individual organs)

72
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cranial cavity

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formed by cranial bones and contains brain

73
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vertebral canal

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formed by vertebral column and contains spinal cord and the beginnings of spinal nerves

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thoracic cavity

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chest cavity; contains pleural and pericardial cavities and mediastinum

75
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pleural cavity

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each surrounds a lung; the serous membrane of pleural cavity is the pleura

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pericardial cavity

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surrounds the heart; serous membrane of the pericardial cavity is the pericardium

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Mediastinum

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Central portion of thoracic cavity between the lungs, extends from sternum to vertebral column and from first rib to diaphragm; contains

78
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right upper quadrant

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1) liver
2) gall bladder
3) right kidney
4) portions of stomach
5) portions of small intestine
6) portions of large intestine

79
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left upper quadrant

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1) left lobe of liver
2) stomach
3) pancreas
4) left kidney
5) spleen
6) portions of small intestine
7) portions of large intestine

80
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right lower quadrant

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1) cecum
2) appendix
3) portions of small intestine
4) right ovary or spermatic cord
5) right ureter

81
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left lower quadrant

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1) most of small intestine
2) portions of large intestine
3) left ovary or spermatic cord
4) left ureter

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