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Chapter 1: The Language of Anatomy Flashcards

1
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What is the abdominal ?

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Below the ribs and above the hips

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2
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What is the Acromial ?

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Point of the shoulder

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3
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What is the Antebrachial ?

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Forearm

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What is the Axillary ?

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Armpit

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5
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What is the Brachial ?

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Arm on the upper portion of the upper limb

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6
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What is the Buccal ?

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Cheek

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7
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What is the Calcaneal ?

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Heel of the foot

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8
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What is the Carpal ?

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Wrist

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9
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What is the Cephalic ?

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Head

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10
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What is the Cervical ?

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Neck

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11
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What is the Coxal ?

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Hip

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12
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What is the Crural ?

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Leg

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13
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What is the Digital ?

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Fingers or toes

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14
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What is the Femoral ?

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Thigh

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15
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What is the Fibular / peroneal ?

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Side of the leg

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16
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What is the Frontal ?

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Forehead

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17
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What is the Gluteal ?

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Buttocks

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18
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What is the Hallux ?

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Great toe

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19
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What is the Inguinal ?

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Groin (by pelvic)

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20
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What is the Lumbar ?

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Lower back

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21
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What is the Mammary ?

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Breast

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22
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What is the Manus ?

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Hand

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23
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What is the Mental ?

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Chin

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24
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What is the Nasal ?

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Nose

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25
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What is the Occipital ?

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Back of the head

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26
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What is the Olecranal ?

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Back of the elbow

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27
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What is the Oral ?

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Mouth

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28
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What is the Orbital ?

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Bony eye socket

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29
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What is the Otic ?

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Ear

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30
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What is the Palmar ?

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Palm of the hand

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31
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What is the Patellar ?

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Kneecap

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32
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What is the Pedal ?

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Foot

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33
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What is the Pelvic ?

34
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What is the Perineal ?

A

Between the anus and the external genitalia

35
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What is the Plantar ?

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Sole of the foot

36
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What is the Pollex ?

37
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What is the Popliteal ?

A

Back of the knee

38
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What is the Pubic ?

39
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What is the Sacral ?

A

Posterior (the back ) region between the hip bones

40
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What is the Scapular ?

A

Shoulder blade

41
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What is the Sternal ?

A

Breastbone

42
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What is the Sural ?

43
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What is the Tarsal ?

44
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What is the Thoracic ?

45
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What is the Umbilical ?

46
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What is the Vertebral ?

47
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What is Superior/Inferior ?

A

above/below
Nose is superior to the mouth
Abdomen is inferior to the chest

48
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What is Anterior/Posterior ?

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front/back
Spine is posterior to the heart
Anterior are facing forward: face, chest, abdomen
Posterior is backside of the body

49
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What is Medial/Lateral ?

A

toward midline/away from the midline

50
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What is Cephalad/caudal ?

A

Toward the head/toward the tail

51
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What is Ventral/Dorsal ?

A

belly side/backside

52
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What is Proximal/distal ?

A

nearer attached end/farther from the point of attachment
fingers are distal to the elbow
Knee is proximal to the toes

53
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What is superficial/deep

A

external towards body surface/ internal away from the body surface

54
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What is Median (midsagittal) plane ?

A

divides body down the midline into equal parts

55
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What is Frontal (coronal) plane ?

A

divides the body or organ into front and back parts (shoulder to shoulder)

56
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What is Transverse plane ?

A

divides body horizontally into top and bottom parts

57
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What does the axial region include ?

A

Head, neck, trunk

58
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What does the appendicular region include ?

A

Limbs (appendages or extremities)

59
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What does the Dorsal Body Cavity include ?

A

Cranial cavity which encases the

  • brain
  • spinal cavity
60
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What does the Ventral Body Cavity include ?

A

Thoracic cavity which is separate from the ventral cavity
- Dome shaped and contains Heart, lungs and are protected from bony rib cage
Abdominopelvic Cavity includes…
- stomach, intestines, liver, and other organs
Pelvic Cavity
- enclosed by bony pelvis and contains reproductive organs, bladder, and rectum

61
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What is a serous membrane ?

A

walls of the ventral body cavity and outer surfaces of organs that are covered with a thin, double layered membrane

62
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What is the Parietal serosa ?

A

part of the membrane lining the cavity walls

63
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What is the Visceral serosa ?

A

covers the the external surface of the organs within the cavity

64
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What is the Peritoneum serosa ?

A

serosa lining the abdominal cavity and covering its organs

65
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What is the Pluera serosa ?

A

serosa enclosing the lungs

66
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What is the Pericardium serosa ?

A

serosa around the heart

67
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What’s in the Right hypochondriac region?

Location?

A

Liver, Gallbladder

overlying the lower ribs

68
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What’s in the Epigastric region?

Location?

A

Stomach

Superior to the umbilical region

69
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What’s in the Left hypochondriac region?

Location?

A

Diaphragm, Spleen

overlying lower ribs

70
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What’s in the Right lateral (lumbar) region?

Location?

A

Ascending colon of large intestine,

Between the ribs and hip bones, lateral to umbilical region

71
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What’s in the umbilical region?

Location?

A

Small intestine, transverse colon of large intestine, includes umbilicus (navel)
centermost region

72
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What’s in the Left lateral (lumbar) region?

Location?

A

Descending colon of large intestine

Between the ribs and hip bones, lateral to umbilical region

73
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What’s in the Right inguinal (iliac) region?

Location?

A

Cecum, Appendix

Lateral to hypogastric region and overlies superior parts of hip bones

74
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What’s in the Pubic (hypogastric) region?

Location?

A

Urinary bladder

inferior to umbilical region; surroundsthe pubic area

75
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What’s in the Left inguinal (iliac) region?

A

Initial part of sigmoid colon

Lateral to hypogastric region and overlies superior parts of hip bones

76
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What is the oral cavity and what does it include?

A

It’s called the mouth

Contains the tongue and teeth

77
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What is the nasal cavity and what does it include?

A

It’s the nose and part of the respiratory system

78
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What is the orbital cavity and what does it include?

A

In the skull and has the eyes

79
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What is the middle ear cavity and what does it include?

A

lies medial to the eardrum and transmit sound vibrations to hearing receptors in the inner ears

80
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What is the synovial cavity and what does it include?

A

They are joint cavities

  • enclosed in fibrous capsules that surround knee and hip joints
  • membranes lining this cavity secrete a lubricating fluid that reduces friction

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