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USMLE® Step 1 flashcards
1
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Appendicular

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Arms & legs

Extremities

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Axial

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Refers to main part of the body or Axis

Involves head, neck, and torso

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Brachial

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The arm
Arm: shoulders to elbows
Forearms: wrist to elbow

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Buccal

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Cheeks

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Calcaneal

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Heel

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Carpals

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Wrists

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Cephalic

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Head or brain

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Cervical

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Neck

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Coccyx

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Tail bone

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Costal

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Ribs

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Coxal

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Hips or pelvis

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Cranial

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Skull

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Crural

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Legs
Thigh: femoral region 
Lower legs: calves 
Knees: platela 
Knee-pits: popliteal
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Cubital

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Elbow

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Digital

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Fingers/toes

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Dorsum

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The back

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Facial

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The face

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Frontal

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Forehead

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Gastr/o

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The stomach

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Groin

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Region connecting the thigh

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Genital

A

External reproductive organs

22
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Abdomin

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Part of body below the diaphragm

Your abs

23
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Gluteal

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Buttocks

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Gonads

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Internal reproductive organs
Women: ovaries
Men: testes

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Hallux

A

Great (big) toe

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Mammary

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Breast

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Manus

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Hand

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Mental

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Chin

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Nasal

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Nose

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Orbital/optic

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Eyes

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Occipital

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Back of the head

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Oral

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Mouth

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Otic

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Ear

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Pectoral

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Chest

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Pedal

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Foot

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Perineal

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Region between the representative organs and the anus

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Plantar

A

Sole of the foot

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Pollex

A

Tumb

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Sacral

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Region in the back of the pelvis; part of the vertebral column

40
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Scapular

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Shoulder blade. Point of the shoulder= acromial

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Spinal

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Refers to the spinal column or vertebral

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Tarsal

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Ankle

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Thorax

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Chest (usually refers to the entire cavity surrounding lungs and heart)

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Umbilical

A

Naval/bellybutton

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