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Chapter 3 Flashcards

Directional Terms, planes, positions, regions and quadrants

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USMLE® Step 1 flashcards
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anter/o

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front

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caud/o

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tail (downward)

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cephal/o

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head (upward)

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dist/o

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away

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dors/o

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back

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infer/o

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below

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later/o

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side

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medi/o

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middle

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poster/o

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back, behind

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proxim/o

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near

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super/o

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above

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ventr/o

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belly (front)

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-ad

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toward

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-ior

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pertaining to

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ant

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anterior

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AP

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anteroposterior

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inf

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inferior

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lat

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lateral

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LLQ

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lower left quadrant

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LUQ

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left upper quadrant

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med

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medial

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PA

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posteroanterior

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RLQ

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right lower quadrant

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RUQ

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right upper quadrant

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sup

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superior

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frontal or coronal plane

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vertical divide into anterior and posterior portions

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midsagittal plane

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vertical divide into right and left halves

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parasagittal plane

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vertical divide into unequal left and right sides

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sagittal plane

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vertical divide any plane parallel to midsagittal

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transverse plane

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horizontal divide into superior and inferior portions

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fowler position

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semi-sitting position w/ slight elevation of knees

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lateral recumbent position

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laying on side

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lithotomy position

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gyno position

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orthopnea position

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sitting upright in chair /bed supported by pillows

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prone position

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laying on stomach facing down (ventral recumbent position)

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recumbent position

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laying down any position

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sims position

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fetal position usually lays on left side

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supine position

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laying on back facing up

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Trendelenburg position

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laying on back tilted head lower than feet

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umbilical region

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around the naval

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lumbar region

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right & left of the umbilical region near waist

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epigastric region

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superior to umbilical region

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hypochondriac regions

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right & left of epigastric region

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hypogastric region

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inferior to the umbilical region

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iliac regions

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right & left of the hypogastric region (near groin)

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right upper quadrant

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RUQ liver, gallbladder, medial portion of pancreas, and portions of small & large intestines

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left upper quadrant

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LUQ liver, stomach, spleen, lateral portion of pancreas, portions of small & large intestines

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right lower quadrant

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RLQ appendix, right ureter, right ovary & uterine tube in women or right spermatic duct in men. portions of small and large intestines

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left lower quadrant

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LLQ left ureter, left ovary & uterine tube in women or left spermatic duct in men. portions of small and large intestines

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