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Lesson 8 Flashcards

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What does posterior mean?

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Pertaining to the rear of the body

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What does anterior mean?

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Pertaining to the front of the body

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What does cranial mean?

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Pertaining to the cranium or head end of body

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What does caudal mean?

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Pertaining to the tail end of the body

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What does cephalic mean?

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Pertaining to the head end of the body

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What does rostral mean?

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Pertaining to the nose end of the body or toward the nose

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What does dorsal mean?

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Pertaining to the back area of the body (the back)

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What does ventral mean?

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Pertaining to the underside of the animal

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What does medial mean?

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Denoting a position closer to the median plane of the body

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What does lateral mean?

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Denoting a position farther away from the median plane of the body

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What does axial mean?

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Pertaining to or situated near a longitudinal line about which the body would rotate

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What does peripheral mean?

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Pertaining to or situated near the areas or surfaces of the body or a structure most distant from their origin.

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What does superior mean?

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Above

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What does inferior mean?

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Below

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What does deep mean?

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Far beneath the surface

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What does superficial mean?

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Near the surface; not deep

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What does adjacent mean?

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Next to, adjoining

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What does proximal mean?

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Nearest to the central axis of the body

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What does distal mean?

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Farthest from the center of the body

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What does oblique mean?

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On a plane not parallel to 1 of the 3 major directional axes

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What does median mean?

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Plane dividing body into equal left and right halves

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What does Sagittal mean?

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Plane parallel to the median plane, dividing the body into unequal left and right sides

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What does transverse plane mean?

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Plane dividing the body into cranial and caudal portions

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What does dorsal plane mean?

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Plane dividing body into dorsal and ventral portions orientated at right angles to the median plane

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What does quadrants mean?

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1 of four parts

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What does recumbent mean?

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Lying down. If modifying term is present, it describes the body surface on which the animal is laying

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What does supine mean?

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In dorsal recumbency

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What does supination mean?

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Act of turning the body or leg so it’s ventral aspect is up

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What does prone mean?

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In ventral recumbency

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What does pronation mean?

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Act of turning the body or leg so it’s ventral aspect is down

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What does palmar mean?

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The undersurface of the front foot

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What does plantar mean?

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The underside of the rear foot

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What does abduction mean?

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Movement of limb away from the median plane of the body

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What does adduction mean?

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Movement of the limb towards the median plane of the body

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What does rotation mean?

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Turning about an axis

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What does eversion mean?

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Turning inside out

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What does flexion mean?

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To bend

37
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What does the prefix occlusal mean?

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Surface of a caudal tooth that contacts the opposing tooth when the jaws are closed

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What does the prefix buccal mean?

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Surface if a caudal tooth facing the cheek

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What does the prefix lingual mean?

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Surface of tooth facing the tongue. As an adjective it pertains to the tongue

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What does the prefix contact mean?

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Surface of the tooth in contact with the next tooth in the same row

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What does the prefix distal mean?

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Contacts surface of a tooth, furthest from the midline of the dental arcade

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What does mesial mean?

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Contact surface of the tooth closest to the midline of the dental arcade

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What does the prefix ab- mean?

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Away from

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What does the prefix ad- mean?

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Toward

45
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What does the prefix circum mean?

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Around

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What does the prefix contra means?

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Against, opposed, opposite

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What does the prefix ecto mean?

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Outer

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What does the prefix exo mean?

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Outside, outward

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What does the prefix endo mean?

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Within

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What does the prefix Epi- mean?

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On or upon

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What does the prefix extra mean?

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In addiction to

52
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What does the prefix infra mean?

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Below

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What does the prefix ipsi mean?

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Same

54
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What does the prefix meso mean?

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Middle, pertaining to the mesentery

55
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What does the prefix meta mean?

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Transformation

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What does the prefix para mean?

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Beside, beyond, apart from

57
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What does the prefix peri mean?

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Around

58
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What does the prefix retro mean?

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Backward or behind

59
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What does the prefix sub- mean?

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Under or near

60
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What does the prefix supra mean?

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Above or over

61
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What does the prefix trans mean?

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Across, through or beyond

62
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What does the suffix -ad mean?

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Direct towArd or in the direction of

63
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What does the prefix uni mean?

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1

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What does the prefix bi mean?

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2

65
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What does the prefix tri mean?

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3

66
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What does the prefix quadr mean?

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4

67
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What does the prefix multi mean?

A

Many or much

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What does the prefix primi mean?

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First

69
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What does the prefix semi mean?

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Half or partially

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What does the prefix hemi mean?

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Half, on one side

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What does the prefix ambi mean?

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Both sides

72
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What does the prefix deci mean?

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1/10

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What does the prefix centi mean?

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1/100

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What does the prefix hecto mean?

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100

75
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What does the prefix milli mean?

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1/1000

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What does the prefix kilo mean?

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1000

77
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What does the prefix micro mean?

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1/1,000,000

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What does the prefix nano mean?

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1/10,000,000

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What does the prefix ang- mean?

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1/10,000,000,000

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What does the prefix mono mean?

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Single

81
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What does the prefix diplo mean?

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Twin

82
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What does the suffix -um mean?

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A noun referring to an area of the body

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