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Language of Anatomy Flashcards

1
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can be visualized with the unaided eye

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Gross Anatomy

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Requires a Microscope

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Microscopic Anatomy

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anatomical landmarks→ palpate structures (bones—bone markings—muscles—ligaments—tendons

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Surface Anatomy

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Study of Tissue (epithelial—connective—muscle—nervous)

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Histology

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Study of Cells

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Cytology

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Study of Disease

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Pathological Anatomy

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What is Anatomical position?

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A universally accepted standard position

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refers to the head, neck, and trunk the axis of the body

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Axial

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relates to the limbs and their attachments to the axis

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Appendicular

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splits body into right and left

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Sagittal

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splits the body into anterior and posterior

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frontal/Coronal

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Superior-Inferior (cranial/cephalic-caudal) Head tail…
Anterior-Posterior (dorsal-ventral)
Superficial-Deep (external-internal)
Medial-Lateral
Proximal-Distal
Supine-Prone
Visceral-Parietal
Ipsilateral-Contralateral

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Body Orientation and Directions

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What are the Dorsal Body cavities?

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Cranial
Spinal (vertebral)

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What are the Anterior Body cavities?

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Thoracic (pleural & cardiac)
Abdomen (peritoneum)
Pelvic

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Names of Membranes

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Pleura, Pericardium, Peritoneum, Visceral layer , Parietal layer

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Pleura refers to the

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Lungs

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Pericardium refers to the

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Heart

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Peritoneum refers to the

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the abdominal cavity and organs

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19
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The visceral layer of a covering refers

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the most external layer surrounding an organ

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The parietal layer of a covering refers to

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the layer that lines the cavity

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21
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How many quadrants does the abdominopevic have?

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4:
Right Upper
Right Lower
Left Upper
Left Lower

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Organ systems

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integumentary Nervous Cardiovascular Respiratory Urinary
Endocrine Skeletal Muscular Reproductive
Digestive Lymph/Immune

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Cranial

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skull

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facial

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face

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frontal

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forehead

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orbital

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eye

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nasal

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nose

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buccal

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cheek

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oral

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mouth

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mental

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chin

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occipital

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back of head

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cervical

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neck

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nuchal

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back of neck

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Trunk

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…

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thoracic or Pectoral

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chest

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Mammary

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breast region

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sternal

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breastbone

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axillary

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armpit

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abdominal

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belly

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umbilical

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belly button

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pelvic

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pelvis

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inguinal

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groin

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pubic

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genital

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Dorsum of Trunk

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Scapular

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shoulder blade

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Vertebrae

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spine

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Lumbar

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low back

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sacral

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region between the hips

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Gluteal

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buttock

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perineal

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Between the anus and genitals (the taint)

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Upper extremities

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52
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Achromial

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shoulder

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Brachial

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arm

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cubital

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elbow (anterior)

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olecranon

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elbow (posterior)

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antebrachial

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forearm

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carpal

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wrist

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manus

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hand

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palmar

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palm

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pollex

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thumb

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digital

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finger

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coxal

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hip

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femoral

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thigh

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patellar

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knee anterior

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popliteal

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back of knee

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cural

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leg anterior

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sural

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leg posterior

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fibular

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peroneal

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pedal

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foot

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tarsal

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ankle

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calcaneal

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heal

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digital

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toe

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plantar

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sole

74
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Combining Forms-Word Roots-Prefixes and Suffixes

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Ab- away from
Acr- extremity
Aden- gland
Alg-, Algia- pain
Angi- vessel
Anthr- joint
Bio- life, living
Blast- germ, bud
Cardio, Cardia, Cardi- heart
Chondr- cartilage
Dent- tooth, toothlike
Ecto- outside
Gastro- stomach
Hepat- liver
Heter- other, different
Homeo- same, unchanging
Kines- movement
Labi- lip
My-, Myo- muscle
Neur- nerve
Oste- bone
Ortho-straight, normal
Patho- disease
Phag- to eat
Rhin- nose
Scler- hard
Soma- body
Thromb- clot
Vas- vessel
Zyg- joined
-algia, pain
-asis, condition or state of
-emia, condition of the blood
-gen, agent that produces
-gram, record
-it is, inflammation
-logy, study of
-lysis, dissolution, loosening
-oma, tumor
-pathy, disease
-penia, deficiency
-philic, to like, have an affinity for
-phobe, fear of, adverse to
-poiesis, making
-tomy, cutting into, incision
-uria, urine

75
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anatomy

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The study of the structure and organization of the body, including its organs, tissues, and cells

76
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Physiology

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The study of how the body’s structures function and work together to maintain homeostasis and perform various processes

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