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Chapter 2 - VOCABULARY Flashcards

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USMLE® Step 1 flashcards
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Right Hypochondriac Region

A

Right upper region below the cartilage of the ribs that extend over the abdomen

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Left Hypochondriac Region

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Left upper region below the rib cartilage

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Epigastric Region

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Region above the stomach

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Right Lumbar Region

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Right middle region near the waist

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Left lumbar region

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Left middle region near the waist

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Umbilical region

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Region of the navel or umbilicus

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Right inguinal region

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Right lower region near the groin

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Left inguinal region

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Left lower region near the groin

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Hypogastric region

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Middle lower region below the umbilical region

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Cervical

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Neck region
7 vertebrae
C1-C7

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Thoracic

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Chest region
12 vertebrae
T1-T12
Each bone is joined to a rib

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Lumbar

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Lion or flank region
Between ribs and hipbone
5 vertebrae
L1-L5

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Sacral

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Sacrum
5 bones fused together to form 1
S1-S5

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Coccygeal

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Coccyx - tailbone

Small bone of 4 fused pieces

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Spinal Column

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Backbones or vertebrae (bone tissue)

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Spinal Cord

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Nerves surrounded by the column (nerve tissue)

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Anterior (ventral)

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Front side of the body

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Posterior (dorsal)

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Back side of the body

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Deep

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Away from the surface

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Superficial

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On 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 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 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 near the middle plain

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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 plane - Coronal

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Vertical plane dividing the body or structure into anterior and posterior portions

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Sagittal plane - lateral

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

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Traversal plane - Axial

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Horizontal (cross sectional) plane running across the body parallel to the ground.

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