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Anatomical Position

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Supine = on back
Prone = on stomach
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Transverse / Horizontal / Axial

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Cut into Upper / Inferior

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Sagittal (not center)

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Mid-sagittal (right down the middle)

Cuts into Right and left sides

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Coronal / Frontal

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Cuts into front and back. (laying on side)

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Directional Terms

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Posterior (dorsal)
Anterior (ventral)

Superior / Cranial / Cephalic
Inferior / Caudal

Medial / Lateral

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Directional Terms

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Posterior (dorsal)
Anterior (ventral)

Superior / Cranial / Cephalic
Inferior / Caudal

Medial / Lateral

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Proximal

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Toward the center

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Distal

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Away from the center

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Examples of proximal / Distal

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Extremities: elbow is distal to shoulder / elbow is proximal to wrist

GI Tract: proximal is close to mouth / stomach is proximal to intestines / distal would be anus

Circulatory System: Proximal close to heart
Vessels near heart are proximal to vessels in fingers

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Superficial

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Toward the skin

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Deep

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Internal or away from skin

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Hypo

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Below

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Hyper

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Above / epi

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Cavities

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Cranial Cavity
Thoracic Cavity
Abdominal Cavity
Pelvic Cavity
Vertebral Cavity
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Linings

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Parietal = lining of cavity
Visceral = lining of organ
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Abdominal Region

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R Upper Quadrant / L Upper Quadrant

R Lower Quadrant / L Lower Quadrant

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Abdominal Region

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R Hypocondrial / Epigastric / L Hypocondrial
R Lumbar / Umbilical / L Lumbar
R Iliac / Hypogastric / L Iliac

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Regions (Head)

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Cephalic (head)

Facial

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Regions (Spine)

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Cervical (neck)
Thoracic (mid back)
Lumbar (low back)
Sacral (bone lower)

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Regions (Arm)

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Clavicular (collarbone)
Axillary (arm pit)
Brachial (arm)
Cubital (elbow)
ante-brachial (forarm)
Carpal (wrist)
Palmar / dorsum (top) Hand
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Region (whole body)

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Sternal 
pectoral 
abdominal 
Pelvic 
Pubic
Gluteal
Inguinal
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Regions (lower extermities)

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Thigh
Leg (below knee)
Poplateal (knee)
tarsal (ankle)
Pedal (dorsum / planter): top and bottom of foot
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Organization

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Atom
Molecule 
Organelles
Cells (smallest unit of life)
Tissues 
Organs
Systems 
Body (organism)
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Systems of Body

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Integumentary System
Skeletal 
Muscular
nervous 
endocrine
Circulatory (cardiovascular)
lymphatic (immune)
respiratory 
digestive 
urinary 
reproductive
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Cell Membrane

A

Double Phospholipid Membrain

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Cytoplasm

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Everything inside cell membrane

- Cytosols and organells

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Cytosol

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Liquid part of Cytoplasm

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Organelles

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  1. Nucleus (brain / DNA)
  2. Mytochondria (powerhouse / Makes ATP energy)
  3. Rough endoplasmic reticulum (ribosomes make proteins)
  4. Smooth endoplasmic reticulum (transports through smooth)
  5. Golgi Body (packages everything for transport)
  6. Lysosomes (trash collectors / filled with enzymes
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Histology

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Microscopic study of tissues

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Histology Types

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Epithelum
Muscle
Nerve
Connective

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epithelium

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Lining of a surface

cells tightly packed

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Epithelium Types

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Squamous (simple / stratified)
Cuboidal (simple / stratified)
Columnar (simple / psuedostratified)
Transitional ( always stratified, only in urinary system, can stretch)

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Histology - Muscle - Skeletal

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stratified
parallel fibers
multi nucleated
voluntary

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Histology - Muscle - Cardiac

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Stratified
Branch fibers
Intercalated discs (electrical impulse)
Involuntary

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Histology- Muscle - Smooth

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non striated
spindle shaped
single nuclei
involuntary (digestive system)

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Histology - Nerve

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Brain / Spinal Cord / Nerves

axon / cell body (soma) / Dendrites

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Connective

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Fluid
Proper / Fibrous
Supportive

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Connective - Fluid

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Blood (RBC, WBC, Platlet / Plasma

Lymph (Lymphatic Fluid, Lymphocytes)

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Connective - Proper / Fibrous

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Dense
- Regular (tendon / ligament)
- Irregular (dermis of skin)
- elastic (arteries) 
Loose
- adipose
- reticular (supports lymph organs)
- areolar (supportive)
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Connective - Supportive

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Cartilage

  • Hyaline Cartilage (firm)
  • fibrocartilage (discs in back)
  • Elastic (ear)

Bone

  • Osteon (functional unit of bone)
  • Osteocyte (bone cell) surrounded by lacune
  • Lamella (rings)
  • Canaliculi (squiggles going out)
  • Central Canal (haversiah canal)
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Epiphyseal Plates

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Growth Plates

in adults Epiphyseal lines

42
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Osteoclast

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Eats up bone

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Osteoblast

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Builds up bone / birth bone

44
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Integumentary System

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Epidermis - Stratified Squamous Epithelium
Dermis - Dense irregular connective
Hypodermis - Adipose

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Epidermis

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Stratum Corneum (keratin)
Stratum Lucidum (clear) only palm and sole
Stratum Granulosum (granular)
Stratum Spinosum (thicket)
Stratum Basale ( melanocytes)
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Sudorferous Glands

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Eccrine (merocine) / Sweat Gland

Apocrine / Stinky Sweat Gland (pubic , axillary)

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