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The study of body structure

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Anatomy

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The study of the function of the body’s organs

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Physiology

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The relative consistency of the body’s internal enviornment

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Homeostasis

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What is the simplest level of the body’s structure?

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Chemical

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What are the simplest units of all matter?

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Atoms

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What are the 4 most common atoms in the human body?

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Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen

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What is created when atoms bond together?

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Molecules

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8
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What is created when molecules join together?

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Organelles (cell parts)

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9
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What is created when organelles combine?

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Cells

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10
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What is considered to be the smallest living units of the human body?

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Cells

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What is created when similar types of cells form together?

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Tissues

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12
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What forms when 2 or more tissue types combine?

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Organs

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13
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Organs arrange to form what?

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Organ systems

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14
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Organ system arrange to form what?

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Organism

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15
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What are the 4 tissue types in the body?

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Epithelial, connective, muscle, and nervous

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16
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What type of tissue covers the body and most organs?

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Epithelial

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What are the 3 things lined by epithelial tissue?

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Tubes, hollow organs, and body cavities

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18
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What cells make up glandular tissue?

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Cells that make and secrete substances

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What is the term for a gland that secretes its product into a duct?

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Exocrine gland

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What is the term for a gland that secretes its product into fluid or blood?

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Endocrine gland

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21
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What does the term avascular mean?

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Lacking blood vessels

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22
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What does the term mitotic mean?

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Dividing constantly

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23
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Why is epithelial tissue mitotic?

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To preserve structure during rapid growth

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24
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What are the 3 main functions of epithelial tissue?

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Protection, absorption, and secretion

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25
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What is the most abundant tissue in the body?

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Connective tissue

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26
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What separates the loosely packed cells of connective tissue?

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A matrix

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27
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What cells are responsible for secreting collagen and making fibers?

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Fibroblasts

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28
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What cells are responsible for secreting substances that promote inflammation (such as histamine) to damaged tissue?

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Mast cells

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29
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What type of cells destroy unwanted material such as bacteria?

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Macrophages

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30
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What are the 5 types of connective tissue?

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Blood, bone, cartilage, dense, and adipose (fat)

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31
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What is the purpose of cartilage?

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To give shape to structures

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32
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What makes up the discs between vertebrae?

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Cartilage

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33
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What protects the ends of long bones?

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Cartilage

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34
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What connects bone to bone?

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Ligaments

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35
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What connects muscles to bones?

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Tendons

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36
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Ligaments and tendons are what kind of connective tissue?

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Dense

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37
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What type of connective tissue makes up the skins dermis and fills in damaged skin to create a scar?

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Dense

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38
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What type of cells store fats?

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Adipocytes

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39
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What type of connective tissue stores energy, cushions, and insulates?

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Adipose

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40
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What is a type of tissue that contracts and relaxes?

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Muscle

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41
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What are the 3 types of muscle tissue?

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Skeletal, visceral (smooth), and cardiac

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42
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What type of tissue is striated, voluntary, and attached to the skeleton?

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Skeletal

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43
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What type of muscle tissue is located in the walls of hollow organs, blood vessels, and the dermis?

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VIsceral (smooth)

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44
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What type of muscle tissue is striated, involuntary, and in the heart?

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Cardiac

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45
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What type of tissue is located in the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves?

46
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Nervous tissue specializes in sending impulses (electrical messages) to what?

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Neurons, muscles, and glands

47
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What are the 2 types of cells contained in nervous tissue?

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Neurons and neurological cells

48
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Which cell transports impulses and what cells acts as support?

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Neurons transport and neurological cells support

49
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What is the definition of anatomical terms?

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Describe the location of body parts/regions

50
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What are the 11 systems in the body?

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Integumentary, skeletal, muscular, nervous, endocrine, cardiovascular, lymphatic, respiratory, digestive, urinary, reproductive

51
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What anatomical term means above or close to the head?

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Superior (cranial)

52
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What anatomical term means below or close to the feet?

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Inferior (caudal)

53
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What anatomical term means toward the front of the body?

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Anterior (ventral)

54
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What anatomical term means toward the back of the body?

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Posterior (dorsal)

55
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What anatomical term means close to the midline?

56
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What anatomical term means farther from the midline?

57
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What anatomical term means close to a point of attachment or trunk of the body?

58
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What anatomical term means farther from a point of attachment of the trunk of the body?

59
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What anatomical term means close to the surface of the body?

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Superficial

60
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What anatomical term means farther internal?

61
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What is the purpose of body cavities?

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To house and protect organs

62
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What are the 2 largest body cavities?

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Dorsal and ventral

63
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What are the 2 divisions of the dorsal cavity?

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Cranial and spinal

64
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What are the 2 divisions of the ventral cavity?

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Thoracic and abdominopelvic

65
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What muscle separates the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities?

66
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What 4 things are contained in the thoracic cavity?

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Lungs, heart, esophagus, and trachea

67
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What is the technical term for your voicebox?

68
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What are the 2 divisions of the abdominopelvic cavity?

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Superior abdominal and inferior pelvic

69
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What are the 7 things contained in the abdominal cavity?

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Stomach, intestines, gallbladder, liver, spleen, kidneys, pancreas

70
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What 2 things are contained in the pelvic cavity?

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Reproductive organs and bladder

71
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What is the anatomical term for ear?

72
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What is the anatomical term for nose?

73
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What is the anatomical term for mouth?

74
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What is the anatomical term for neck?

75
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What is the anatomical term for shoulder?

76
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What is the anatomical term for armpit?

77
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What is the anatomical term for breast?

78
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What is the anatomical term for upper arm?

79
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What is the anatomical term for abdomen?

80
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What is the anatomical term for front of elbow?

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Antecubital

81
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What is the anatomical term for forearm?

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Antebrachial

82
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What is the anatomical term for wrist?

83
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What is the anatomical term for palm?

84
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What is the anatomical term for finger?

85
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What is the anatomical term for reproductive organs?

86
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What is the anatomical term for front of knee?

87
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What is the anatomical term for leg?

88
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What is the anatomical term for ankle?

89
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What is the anatomical term for head?

90
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What is the anatomical term for forehead?

91
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What is the anatomical term for eye cavity?

92
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What is the anatomical term for cheek?

93
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What is the anatomical term for chin?

94
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What is the anatomical term for chest?

95
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What is the anatomical term for sternum?

96
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What is the anatomical term for navel?

97
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What is the anatomical term for hip?

98
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What is the anatomical term for groin?

99
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What is the anatomical term for foot?

100
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What is the anatomical term for back of head?

101
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What is the anatomical term for spinal column?

102
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What is the anatomical term for back?

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What is the anatomical term for lower back?

104
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What is the anatomical term for elbow?

105
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What is the anatomical term for buttocks?

106
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What is the anatomical term for between hips?

107
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What is the anatomical term for perineum?

108
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What is the anatomical term for thigh?

109
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What is the anatomical term for back of knee?

110
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What is the anatomical term for sole of foot?

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