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Lab - Med Terms, Embryology, Bones Flashcards

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Systemic anatomy

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Anatomy of the systems of the body

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Anatomy

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Study of a structure of an organism

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Gross anatomy

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Macroscopic anatomy

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Eponym

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The name of a disease, structure, operation, or procedure, usually derived from the name of the person who discovered or described it

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Histology

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Microscopic anatomy (cells, tissues, and organs in relation to their functions)

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Superior
Cranial
Cephalic

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Up towards the head

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Inferior
Caudal
Caudad

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Down towards the feet

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Anterior

Ventral

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The front

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Posterior

Dorsal

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The back

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Medial

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Toward the midline

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Lateral

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Away from midline

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Contralateral

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Opposite side

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Ipsilateral

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Same side

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Superficial

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On surface of skin

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Plantar
Volar
Ventral

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Soul of foot

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Palmar
Volar
Anterior
Ventral

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Palm of hand

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Rostral

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Towards the nose

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Proximal

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Towards the trunk/origin

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Distal

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Farther from trunk

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Invert

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Turning foot inwards (supination)

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Evert

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Turning outwards (pronation)

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Supinate

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Face palm upwards

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Pronate

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Face palm downwards

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Sagittal

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Right and left halves

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Parasagittal

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Off to the side

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Frontal plane

Coronal

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Front and back

Anterior and posterior

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Transverse plane
Axial
Horizontal

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Top and bottom

Inferior and superior

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Volar

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Either the palm of hand or sole of foot

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Ligament

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Connects bone to other bones

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Tendon

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Connects muscle to bone

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Intramembranous ossification

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Occurs in and replaces cartilage during fetal development

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Endochondral ossification

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Ossification that occurs in and replaces cartilage during fetal development

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Conceptus

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Products of conception by union of oocyte and spermatozoon (embryo, chorionic sac, placenta, and feta, membranes)

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Yolk sac

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A membranous sac attached to an embryo, enclosing food yolk; aka umbilical vesicle

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Germ layers

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Any of the 3 primary layers of cells of the embryo (ectoderm, endoderm, and mesoderm) from which tissues and organs develop

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Embryoblast

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Inner cell mass; forms embryo

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Primary spermatocyte

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A diploid cell that has derived from a spermatogonium and can begin meiosis and divide into 2 haploid secondary spermatocytes.
-4 mature gametes from meiosis

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Secondary spermatocyte

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1 of the 2 haploid cells into which a primary spermatocytes divides; gives origin to spermatids

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Mammary ridge

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Bandlike thickening of ectoderm in the embryo just below the axilla to inguinal region and giving rise to the mammary glands

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Somite

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Mass of mesoderm in the vertebrae embryo occurring in pairs along the notochord and developing into muscles and vertebrae

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Craniosynostosis

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Premature closure of the sutures of the skull

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Buccopharyngeal membrane

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Membrane present in fetal life that separates the nasal cavities from the pharynx

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Primitive streak

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A faint white trace at the caudal end of the embryonic disc, formed by movement of cells at the onset of mesoderm formation and providing the first evidence of the embryonic axis

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Endometrium

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The mucous membrane lining the uterus

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Placenta

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The organ of metabolic interchange between the fetus and mother

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GnRH

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Gonadotropin-releasing hormone

Secretes FSH and LH from the hypothalamus

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