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Anterior (ventral)

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Toward the front

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Posterior (dorsal)

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Toward the back

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Superior

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Toward the head

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Inferior

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Away from head

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Medial

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Toward the midline of body

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Lateral

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Away from midline of body

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Proximal

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Toward the attached end of the lamb origin of the structure or midline of the body

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Distal

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Away from the attached end of the lamb origin of the structure or midline of the body

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Superficial

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External, located close to her on the body through

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Deep

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Internal, located further beneath the body surface then the superficial structures

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Throacic

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Regional term referring to the portion of the body between the neck and the abdomen also known as the chest (thorax)

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Cervical

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Regional term referring to the neck

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Lumbar

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Term referring to the portion of the back between the abdomen in the pelvis

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Plantar

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The sole or bottom of feet

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Dorsal

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Top surface of feet and hands

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Palmar

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Anterior or ventral surface of hands

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Sagittal plane

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Longitudinal imaginary line that divides the body or any of its parts into right and left sections

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Frontal plane

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Longitudinal imaginary section that divides the body into anterior and posterior parts;m

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Transverse plane

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Also known as the horizontal plane, and imaginary wind that divides the body or any of its parts into superior and inferior section

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Epithelial tissue

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Tissue that lines various body cavities

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Plasma

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Liquid component of blood

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Arteries and arterioles

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Carry oxygen rich blood away from heart

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Veins and venules

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Return oxygen poor blood to the heart

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Capillary

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Provide sites for gas nutrients and waste exchange between the blood and tissues

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Arteriosclerosis

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Hardening of the arteries and narrowing of the arteries due to plaque accumulation

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Pulmonary circuit

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Right side of heart receive this blood partly depleted of oxygen content and contains elevated level of carbon dioxide after having passed through the cells. This blood is then push into lungs where releases carbon dioxide in exchange for oxygen

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Systemic circuit

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Left side of heart receives the new oxygenated blood from lungs and pumps into various tissues through body

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Cardiac cycle

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Period from beginning of one heartbeat to beginning of next

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Systole

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Contraction phase of cardiac cycle

Blood leaves the ventricles

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Diastole

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Relaxing phase of cardiac cycle

Blood fills ventricles

31
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Alveoli

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Microscopic air sacs in lungs

32
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Bronchioles

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Off branches of bronchi

33
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Mediastinum

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Space separating the lungs

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