Chapter 1: basic terms Flashcards

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Frons

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forehead, frontal

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Cranium

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skull, cranial

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facies

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face, facial

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Oris

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mouth, oral

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Mentis

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chin, mental

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Axilla

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armpit, axillary

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brachium

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arm, brachial

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anticubitus

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front of the elbow, antecubital

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antebrachium

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forearm, antebrachial

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carpus

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wrist, carpal

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pollex

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thumb

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digits

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fingers, digital or phalangeal

also for toes

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patella

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kneecap, patellar

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crus

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leg, crural

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tarsus

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ankle, tarsal

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hallux

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big toe

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oculus

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eye, orbital or ocular

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aurus

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ear, otic or auricular

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nasus

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nose, nasal

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bucca

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cheek, buccal

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thoracis

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thorax/chest, thoracic

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mamma

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breast, mammary

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abdomen

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abdominal

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umbilicus

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naval, umbilical

25
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pelvis

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pelvic

26
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inguen

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groin, inguinal

27
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pubis

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pubic

28
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femur

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thigh, femoral

29
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pes

A

foot, pedal

30
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shoulder

A

acromion

31
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dorsum

A

back, dorsal

32
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olecranon

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back of the elbow, olecranal

33
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lumbus

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loin, lumbar

34
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manus

A

hand, manual

35
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gluteus

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butt, gluteal

36
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popliteus

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back of the knee, popliteal

37
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sura

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calf, sural

38
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calcaneus

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heel of foot, calcaneal

39
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planta

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sole of foot, planta

40
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cephalon

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head, cephalic

41
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cervicis

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neck, cervical

42
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nucha

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nape/back of the neck, nuchal

43
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caudal

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inferior, closer to feet

44
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ventral

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anterior, closer to front

45
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dorsal

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posterior, towards back

46
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sagittal plane

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also known as median plane, divides into left and right

47
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parasagittal plane

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divides body into left and right segments that are not equal in size

48
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coronal plane

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frontal plane, divides into anterior and posterior parts