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Anatomical terms 2 Flashcards

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What is the directional term for towards the head or upper part of a structure?

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Superior.

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What is the directional term for towards the feet, or lower part of the body?

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Inferior.

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What is the directional term/s for nearer to or at the front of the body?

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Anterior/ventral.

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What is the directional terms for nearer to or at the back of the body?

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Posterior/dorsal.

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What is the directional term for nearer to the midline or midsagittal plane?

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Medial.

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What is the directional term for farther from the body midline or midsagittal plane?

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Farther from the body midline or midsagittal plane.

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What is the directional term for nearer to the attachment of a limb to the trunk/near point of origin?

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proximal.

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What is the directional term for farther from the attachment of a limb to the trunk/far from point of origin?

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Distal.

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What is the directional term for toward or on the body surface?

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Superficial.

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What is the directional term for away from the surface of the body?

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Deep.

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What is the name of flat surfaces that hypothetically pass through the body parts?

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Body planes.

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What is the vertical body plane that divides the body/organ to the right & left sides?

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The sagittal plane.

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What is the body plane that runs through the midline?

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Midsagittal plane.

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What is the body plane that divides the body/organ into unequal right and left sides?

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Parasagittal.

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What is the body plane which divides the body/organ into anterior and posterior portions?

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Frontal or coronal plane.

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What is the body plane that divides the body into superior and inferior portions (horizontal)?

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Transverse plane.

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Describe body cavities.

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Spaces within the body that contain, protect, separate and support the internal organs.

18
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What cavity is formed by the skull bones and contains the brain?

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Cranial cavity.

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What cavity is formed from bones of the vertebral column and contains the spinal cord?

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Vertebral (spinal) canal.

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What cavity is known as the chest cavity, containing the heart, lungs, associated blood vessels and respiratory organs?

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Thoracic cavity.

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What cavity extends from the diaphragm to the groin?

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Abdominopelvic cavity.

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How many abdominopelvic regions are there?

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Nine.

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What are the four abdominopelvic quadrants?

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1) right upper quadrant (RUQ)
2) left upper quadrant (LUQ)
3) right lower quadrants (RLQ)
4) left lower quadrants 9LlQ)

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