Chapter 2-Body Planes Review Flashcards

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Sagittal Plane

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Divides the body into right and left

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Frontal plane

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Divides the body into anterior and posterior

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Transverse Plane

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Divides the body into upper and lower

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Located further away from point of attachment to the body

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Distal

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Lying face down

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Prone

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To the side

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Lateral

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Caudal

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Inferior

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Away from the surface

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Deep

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Tip or summit of an organ

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Apex

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Bottom or lower part of an organ

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Base

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Dorsal

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Posterior

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Toward the surface

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Superficial

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Lying face up

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Supine

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Ventral

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Anterior

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Middle

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Medial

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Located closer to the point of attachment to the body

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Proximal

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Cephalic

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Superior

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Pertaining to the spinal cord side

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Dorsal

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Pertaining to the chest

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Thoracic

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Pertaining to above

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Superior

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Pertaining to the tail

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Caudal

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Pertaining to internal organs

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Visceral

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Pertaining to the side

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Lateral

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Pertaining to away from

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Distal

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Pertaining to nerves

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Neural

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Study of the lungs

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Pulmonology

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Pertaining to the muscles

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Muscular

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Pertaining to the belly side

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Ventral

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Pertaining to the front

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Anterior

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Pertaining to the head

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Cephalic

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Pertaining to the middle

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Medial