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Body Structure Flashcards

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Anterior

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Toward the front of the body, organ, or structure

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Anteroposterior

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to the front and back of the body

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Inferior

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to below, lower, or toward the tail

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Abduction

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Movement away from the midline of body

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Adduction

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Movement toward the midline of body

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Superior(cranial)

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Above of higher (toward head)

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Posterior

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Back of the body

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Medial

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Toward the midline

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Lateral

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Toward the side

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Superficial

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Toward/on the surface

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Deep

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Away from surface

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Proximal

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Near the point of the attachment to the structure

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Distal

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Farther from the point of attachment to structure

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Parietal

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Outer wall of cavity

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Visceral

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Organs within a cavity

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Median plane

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Vertical plane that passes through the midline of the body and divides the body/organ into equal right and left sides

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Frontal plane

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Plane that divides the body into anterior (front) and posterior(back) portions

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Horizontal plane

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Plane that separates body into superior (upper) and inferior (lower) portions

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Right upper quadrant (RUQ)

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Contains right lobe of liver, gallbladder, part of pancreas, and part of small and large intestines

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Right lower quadrant (RLQ)

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Contains part of small and large intestines, appendix, right ovary, right Fallopian tube, right ureter

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Left upper quadrant (LUQ)

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Contains the left lobe of the liver, stomach, spleen, part of pancreas, part of small and large intestines

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Left lower quadrant (LLQ)

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Contains part of small and large intestines, left ovary, left Fallopian tube, left ureter

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Sepsis

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The bodies inflammatory response to infection, fever, elevated heart rate and respiratory rates as well as the low blood pressure 

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Endoscopy

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Visual examination of the interior of the organs and cavities specialized with an endoscope

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Fluoroscopy

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Continuous imaging of the motion of internal structures and serial images

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Genetic testing

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Identifies changes in chromosome genes or proteins which an confirm a rule out of suspected genetic condition

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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

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Radiographic technique that uses electro magnetic energy to produce multi planter cross-sectional images of the body

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Nuclear scan

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Produces an image of an organ or area by recording the concentration of a radiopharmaceuticals substance

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Radiography

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Production of captured shadow images on photographic film found passing through the body from an external source

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Radiopharmaceutical

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Drugs that contain a radioactive substance

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Tomography

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Produces a film representing a detailed cross-section of tissue structure

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Computed tomography(CT)

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Targets a specific organ or body area to produce multiple cross-sectional images that detect conditions such as tumors

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Positron emission tomography (PET)

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Image study in a combine CT with radiopharmaceuticals to produce a cross-sectional image of radioactive dispersements in a section of the body (used for Alzheimer’s)

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Single-photon emission computed tomography(SPECT)

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Image technique that uses ultrasound waves that bounce off body tissues and produce an image of internal organ or tissue

35
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Caud/o

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Tail

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Cephal/o

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Head

37
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Dist/o

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Far

38
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Dors/o

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Back of the body

39
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Hist/o

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Tissue

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Ili/o

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Ilium (flaring portion of hip bone)

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Inguin/o

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Groin

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Lumb/o

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Lower back

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Medi/o

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Middle

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Proxim/o

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Near

45
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Radi/o

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Radiation, (xray)

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Thorac/o

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Chest

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Ventr/o

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Belly

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-ad

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Toward

49
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-gen, -genesis

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Forming, producing, origin

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-logist

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Specialist of a study

51
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-logy

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Study of

52
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-plasia

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Formation, growth

53
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Epi-

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