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Chapter 1 Flashcards

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anatomy

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to cut apart, study of the bodies structure

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physiology

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study of how living things function

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aristotle

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ancient anatomist

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galen

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ancient anatomist dissected monkeys and pigs bc it was illegal to practice on human bodies in Greece

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avicenna

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ancient persian anatomist, very accurate for his time

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davinci

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modern anatomist, painted the “vitruvian man” which showed the anatomical ratios and proportions of the human body

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vesalius

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modern anatomist, wrote a book depicting the human body

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henry gray

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modern anatomist, wrote “Gray’s Anatomy”

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frank nettlers

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wrote “Atlas of Human Anatomy”

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cytology

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study of the structure of cells

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histology

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study of tissues

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gross anatomy

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study of large structures of the body

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systematic gross anatomy

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study of organ systems

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regional gross anatomy

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study of specific parts of the body

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anatomical position

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standing upright, arms at the sides, palms out

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sagittal plane

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cuts body into right and left

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frontal plane

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cuts body into front and back

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transverse plane

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cuts body into the top and bottom

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anterior

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front

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posterior

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back

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ventral

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belly

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dorsal

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back

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superior

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head

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inferior

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feet

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cephallic

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head

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caudal

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tail

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medial

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close to mid line of the body

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lateral

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far from the mid line of the body

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proximal

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close to the trunk

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distal

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far from the trunk

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superficial

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surface

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external

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outside

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internal

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inside

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ipsilateral

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same side of the body

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contralateral

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different sides of the body

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axial region

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head, neck, torso

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appendicular

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arms and legs

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dorsal body cavity

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back cavity, includes the cranial cavity and the vertebral canal

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ventral body cavity

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anterior cavity, made up of the thoracic cavity and the abdominal cavity

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thoracic cavity

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hollow space surrounded by the ribcage and the diaphragm, it is made of two pleural and one pericardial cavity

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pleural cavity

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thin layer of tissue that covers the lungs and lines the interior wall of the chest cavity

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pericardial cavity

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heart

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abdominal cavity

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between the thoracic and the pelvic cavity, stomach, small intestine, large intestine (colon), liver, spleen, gallbladder, pancreas, uterus etc.

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abdominal and pelvic cavities….

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share a lining because there is no true division

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