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Chapter 2 Flashcards

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Epigastric

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Middle upper region above the stomach

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Hypochondriac

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Right and left upper regions beneath the ribs

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Lumbar

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Right and left middle region near the waist

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Umbilical

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Central region near the navel

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Inguinal

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Right and left lower region near the groin

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Hypogastric

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Middle lower region below the umbilical region

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cervical

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Neck region

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Thoracic

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Chest region

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Lumbar

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Loin (waist) region

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Sacral

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Region of the sacral

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Coccygeal

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Region of the coccyx( tailbone)

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Vertebra

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Single backbone

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Vertebrae

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Backbones

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Spinal column

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Bone tissue surrounding the spinal cavity

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Spinal cord

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Nervous tissue within the spinal cavity

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Disk

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Pad of cartilage between vertebrae

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Anterior (ventral)

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Front surface of the body

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Posterior ( dorsal)

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The back side of the body

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Superficial

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On the surface of the body

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Deep

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Away from the surface

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Proximal

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Near the point of attachment to the trunk or near the beginning of a surface

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Distal

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Far from the point of attachment to the trunk or far from the beginning of a structure

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Inferior

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Below another structure

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Superior

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Above another structure

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Medial

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Pertaining to the middle or nearer the medial plane of the body

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Lateral

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Pertaining to the side

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Supine

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Lying on The back

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Prone

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Lying on the belly

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Frontal (coronal) plane

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Vertical plane dividing the body into anterior and posterior portions

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Sagittal (lateral) plane

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Lengthwise vertical plane dividing the body into right and left sides

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Transverse plane

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Horizontal plane running across the body parallel to the ground

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Anter

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Front

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Bol

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To cast (throw)

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Cervic

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Neck

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Chrondr

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Cartilage

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Chrom

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Color

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Coccyg

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Coccyx

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Crani

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Skull

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Cyt

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Cell

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Dist

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Far, distant

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Dors

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Back portion of the body

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Hist

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Tissue

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ili

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Ilium (part of the pelvis bone)

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Inguin

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Groin

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Kary

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Nucleus

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Later

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Side

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Lumb

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Lower back

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Medi

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Middle

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Nucle

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Nucleus

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Pelvi

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Pelvis

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Poster

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Back, behind

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Proxim

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Nearest

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Sacr

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Sacrum

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Sarc

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Flesh

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Spin

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Spine, backbone

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Thel

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Nipple

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Thorac

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Chest

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Trache

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Trachea, windpipe

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Umbilic

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Navel, umbilicus

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Ventr

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Belly, side of the body

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Vertebr

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Vertebrae, backbone

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Viscer

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Internal organs

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Ana-

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Up

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Cata-

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Down

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Epi-

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Above

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Hypo-

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Below

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Inter-

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Between

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Meta-

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Change

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-eal

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Pertaining to

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-iac

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Pertaining to

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-ior

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Pertaining to

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-ism

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Process, condition

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-ose

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Pertaining to, full of

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-plasm

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Formation

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-somes

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Bodies

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-types

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Picture, classification

Med Terminolgy (17 decks)

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