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Dorsal supine

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Lying on the back

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Anatomical

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Ana-apart;excessive
Tom/o- cut; slice; layer
-ical: pertaining to

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Prone position

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Lying face down

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Posteroanterior

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Moves from outside the body through the posterior section and then through the anterior section

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Posterior

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Pertaining to the back part

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Dorsal

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Pertaining to the dorsum; back
Dors/o- back; dorsum
-al: pertaining to

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Ventral

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Pertaining to the front; abdomen
Ventr/o: front; abdomen
Al: pertaining to

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Sagittal

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Vertical plane that divides the body into right and left sections
Sagitt/o: going from front to back
-al: pertaining to

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Medial

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Moving from ether side of the body toward the midline

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Lateral

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Moving from the midline toward either side of the body

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Bilateral

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Pertaining to Both sides

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Transverse

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Horizontal plane; divides the body into upper and lower sections.

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Superior

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The upper half of the body
Super/o: above
-ior: pertaining to

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Inferior

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The lower half of the body
Infer/o: below
-ior: pertaining to

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Cephalad

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Moving toward the head in a superior direction
Cephal/o: head
-ad: toward; direction of

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Caudad direction

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Moving toward the tail bone is moving In an inferior direction
Caud/o: tail bone
-ad: toward; in the direction of

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Distal

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Moving from the trunk of the body toward the end of a limb

Dist/o: away from the center of point of origin

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Proximal

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Moving from the end of the limb toward the trunk of the body
Proxim/o: near the center or point of origin

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Superficial (external)

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Structures on the surface of the body

Extern/o: outside

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Deep (internal)

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Structures below the surface and inside the body

Intern/o: inside

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Cranial cavity

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Contains the brain, cranial nerves and related structures

Crani/o: cranium (skull)

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Spinal cavity

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Contains the spinal cord, spinal nerves

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Thoracic Cavity

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Within the chest and is surrounded by the breast bone anteriorly, the ribs bilaterally and the bones of the spine posteriorly

  • Contains the lungs
  • Separated from the abdominal cavity by the diaphragm
  • thorac/o- thorax (chest)
  • -ic: pertaining to
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Abdominal Cavity

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abdomin/o- abdomen

-al: pertaining to

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Pelvic Cavity

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Pelv/o- pelvis (hip bone, renal pelvis)

-ic: pertaining to

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Abdominopelvic

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Contains the stomach, intestines, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, ovaries, uterus, bladder

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Viseral

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viscer/o- large internal organs

-al: pertaining to

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Four Quadrants

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RUQ, LUQ, RLQ, LLQ

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Hypochondriac

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hypo- below; deficient
chondr/0- cartilage
-iac: pertaining to
*Pertaining to below the cartilage (of the ribs)

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Epigastric

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epi- upon; above
gastr/o- stomach
-ic: pertaining to

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Lumbar

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Lumb/o- lower back, area between the ribs and pelvis

-ar: pertaining to

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Umbilical

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umbilic/o- umblicus; naval

-al: pertaining to

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Inguinal

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inguin/o- groin

-al: pertaining to

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Iliac

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ili/o- ilium (hip bone)

-ac: pertaining to

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Hypogastic

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hypo- below; deficient
gastr/o- stomach
ic: pertianing to

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Anatomy

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the study of the structures of the human body
ana- apart; excessive
tomy: process of cutting or making an incision

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Physiology

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The study of the functions of the those structures
physi/o- physical function
-logy: the study of

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