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Abdomin/o

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Abdomen

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Adip/o

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Fat

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Anter/o

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Front

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Cervic/o

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Neck, of the body or of the uterus

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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 the body

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Hist/o

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Tissue

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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/0

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Nucleus

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Later/o

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Side

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Lumb/o

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Lower back

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Medi/o

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Middle

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Nucle/o

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Nucleus

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Pelv/I

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Pelvis

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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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Nearest

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Sacr/o

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Sacrum

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Sarc/o

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Flesh

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Spin/o

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Spine, backbone

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Thel/o

Theli/o

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Nipple

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Thorac/o

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Chest

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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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Vertebra, backbone

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Viscer/o

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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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Intra

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With in

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Meta

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Change

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  • eal
  • iac
  • 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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-type

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Picture, classification

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Cell

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Fundamental unit of all living things

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Cell membrane

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Surrounds and protects the cell, also regulates what passes into and out of the cell

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Nucleus

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Controls the operations of the cell

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Chromosomes

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Rod-like structures within the nucleus. All human body cells contain 23 pairs of chromosomes

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Genes

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Each gene contains a chemical called DNA. (Regions of DNA within each chromosome)

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Karyotype

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Is a photograph of an individual’s chromosomes, arranged by size, shape, and number

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Anabolism

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Process of building up large proteins from small protein pieces called amino acids

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Catabolism

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Process whereby complex nutrients are broken down to similar substances and energy is released

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Cytoplasm

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All of the material that is outside the nucleus and yet contained within the cell membrane

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DNA

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Chemical found within each chromosome arranged like a sequence of recipes in code, it directs the activities of the cell

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Endoplasmic reticulum

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Network of canals within the cytoplasm of the cell here, large proteins are made from smaller protein pieces

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Metabolism

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Total of the chemical processes in a cell. It includes catabolism and anabolism

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Mitochondria

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Rod-shaped structures in the cytoplasm that provide the principal source of energy for the cell.

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Adipose tissue

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Collection of fat cells

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Cartilage

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Flexible connective tissue often attached to bones at joints

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Epithelial cell

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Skin cells that cover the outside of the body and line the internal surface of organs

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Histologist

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Specialist in the study of tissues

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Larynx

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Voice box

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Pharynx

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Throat

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Pituitary gland

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Endocrine gland at the base of the brain

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Thyroid gland

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Endocrine gland that surrounds the trachea in the neck

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Trachea

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Windpipe

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Ureter

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One of two tubes, each leading from a single kidney to the urinary bladder

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Uretha

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Tube from the urinary bladder to the outside of the body

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Uterus

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Womb

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Viscera

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Internal organs in the main cavities of the body, especially in the abdomen

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Abdominal cavity

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Space below the chest containing organs such as the liver, stomach, gallbladder, and intestines

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Cranial cavity

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Space in the head containing the brain and surrounded by the skull

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Diaphragm

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Muscle separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities

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Dorsal(prosterior)

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Pertaining to the back

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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 the abdomen containing portions of the intestines, rectum, urinary bladder and reproductive organs

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Peritoneum

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Double-folded membrane surrounding the abdominal cavity

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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 pleural layers

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Spinal cavity

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Space within the spinal column (back bones) containing the spinal cord

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Thoracic cavity

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Space in the chest containing the heart lungs bronchial tubes trachea esophagus and other organs

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Ventral (anterior)

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Pertaining to the front

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Abdominopelvic regions

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Hypochondriac (right/left upper)
Epigastric (center upper)
Lumbar (right/left middle)
Umbilical (center middle navel)
Inguinal (right/left lower)
Hypogastric (center lower)
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Abdominopelvic Quadrants

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RUQ
LUQ
RLQ
RLQ

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Divisions of the Back

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Cervical (7)
Thoracic (12)
Lumbar(5)
Sacral (5)
Coccygeal (4)
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Vertebra

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Single backbone

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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 spinal cavity

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Disc

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Pad of cartilage between vertebrae

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Body cavities 5

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Cranial
Thoracic
Abdominal
Pelvic
Spinal
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Anterior (ventral)

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Front surface of the body

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Deep

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Away from the 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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Frontal (coronal) plane

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Vertical plan dividing the body or structure into anterior and posterior positions

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Inferior

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Below another structure: pertaining to the lower portion of the body

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Lateral

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Pertaining to the side

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Medial

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Pertaining to the middle or near the medial plane of the Body.

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Posterior (dorsal)

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Back surface of the body

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Prone

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Lying on the belly face down palms down

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Proximal

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

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Sagittarius (lateral) plane

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Lengthwise vertical plane dividing the body or structure into right and left stats

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Midsagittal plane

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Divides the body into right and left halves

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Superficial

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On the surface

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Superior (cephalic)

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Above and other structure pertaining to the head

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Supine

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Lying on the back face up palms up

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Transverse (axial) plane

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Horizontal cross-sectional plane defined the body into upper lower portions

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