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Anatomical Direction Flashcards

1
Q

What are the seven parts of the body?

A

head, neck, thorax, abdomen, pelvis, lower limb, upper limb

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Anatommical position

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standing, face forward, palms forward (no this does not feel natural)

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Anatommical position

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standing, face forward, palms forward (no this does not feel natural)

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3
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superior

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Towards your head

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Inferior

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Towards your feet

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Ventral (anterior)

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Your front

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Dorsal (posterior)

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Your back

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Medial

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Towards your midline

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Lateral

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Away from the midline

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Proximal (limbs)

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Towards the body

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Distal (limbs)

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Away from the body

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Superficial

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towards the surface

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12
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Deep

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towards the center

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13
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Anatomical Planes

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sagittal, coronal, transverse

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saggittal plane

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divides body into right and left parts

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15
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coronal

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divides body into front and back

16
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transverse

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divides body into superior and inferior

17
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cells

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basic living structural and functional unit of the body

18
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tissues

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group of cells that have a common embryonic origin and a common
function

19
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organs

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functional units of the body that consist of a group of different tissues

20
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General Structure of organs

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  • stroma
  • parenchyma
21
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stroma

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supporting connective tissue

22
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parenchyma

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tissue for specific organ function

23
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four tissue types

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  1. epithelial
  2. connective
  3. muscle
    • skeletal
    • smooth
    • cardiac
  4. nervous
24
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epithelium

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forms membranes/sheets of tightly knit cells

25
Q

Apical surface

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Superficial part of epithelium cell (apical) surface faces the outside of the body or the inside of a
tube

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