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1
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anabolism

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building up large proteins from small amino acids

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catabolism

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nutrients are broken down to simpler substances

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cata-

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down

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bol

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cast

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5
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-ism

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process

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ana-

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up

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anterior, ventral

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front

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posterior, dorsal

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back

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superficial

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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 point of attachment to the trunk or near the beginning of a structure

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distal

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

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inferior

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below

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superior

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above

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medial

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middle

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lateral

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side

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supine

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lying on back

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prone

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lying on belly

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frontal, coronal

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dividing body into anterior and posterior

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sagittal, lateral

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dividing body into left and right

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transverse, axial

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dividing body into inferior and superior

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22
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abdomin/o

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abdomen

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23
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adip/o

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fat

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24
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anter/o

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front

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cervic/o

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neck

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chrond/o

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cartilage

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chrom/o

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color

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coccyg/o

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coccyx (tailbone)

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crani/o

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skull

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cyt/o

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cell

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dist/o

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far, distant

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dors/o

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back portion of body

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33
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hist/o

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tissue

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34
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ili/o

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ilium (upper part of hip bone)

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inguin/o

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groin

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kary/o

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nucleus

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later/o

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lumb/o

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lower back

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medi/o

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nucle/o

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pelv/i

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pharyng/o

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pharynx (throat)

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poster/o

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back, behind

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proxim/o

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sacr/o

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sarc/o

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spin/o

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spine, backbone

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thel/o, theli/o

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thorac/o

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trache/o

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trachea, windpipe

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umbilic/o

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navel, umbilicus

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ventr/o

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belly side of the body

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vertebr/o

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vertebrae, backbone

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viscer/o

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internal organs

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epi-

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hypo-

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inter-

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intra-

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meta-

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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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-ose

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pertaining to, full of

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-plasm

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-somes

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-type

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picture, classification

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abdominal cavity

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space below the chest (stomach)

68
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cranial cavity

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space in the head (brain)

69
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diaphragm

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muscle separating abdominal and thoracic cavities

70
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mediastinum

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centrally located space outside of and between the lungs

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pelvic cavity

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space below abdomen (intestines)

72
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peritoneum

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double folded membrane surrounding abdominal cavity, protective membrane

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pleura

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double folded membrane surrounding each lung

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pleural cavity

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space between the pleural layers

75
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spinal cavity

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space within the spinal column

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spinal cord

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nervous tissue within spinal cavity

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thoracic cavity

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space in the chest (heart, lungs0

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hypochondriac

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right and left upper regions beneath ribs

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epigastric

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middle upper region above stomach

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lumbar

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right and left middle regions near the waist

81
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umbilical

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central region near the navel

82
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inguinal, iliac

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right and left lower regions near the groin

83
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hypogastric

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middle lower region below the umbilical region

84
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RUQ

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right upper quadrant

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LUQ

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left upper quadrant

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RLQ

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right lower quadrant

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LLQ

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left lower quadrant

88
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cervical

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neck region (c1 - c7)

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thoracic

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chest region (t1 to t12)

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lumbar

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waist (loin) region (l1 to l5)

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sacral

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region of the sacrum (s1 to s5)

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coccygeal

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region of the coccyx (tailbone)

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