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1
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Any plane which divides the body into left and right portions?
Midline Plane?
Uneven Plane?

A

Sagittal
Midsagittal
Parasagittal.

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Plane which divides the body into anterior and posterior portions?

A

Frontal Plane.

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3
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Plane which divides the body into upper (Superior) and lower (Inferior) portions?

A

Transverse Plane.

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4
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To be above another structure?

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Superior.

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5
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To be below another structure?

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Inferior.

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6
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To be in front of another structure?

A

Anterior.

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7
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To be behind another structure?

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Posterior.

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8
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Towards the midline?

A

Medial.

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9
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Away from the midline?

A

Lateral.

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10
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Closer to the body?

A

Proximal.

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11
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Further from the body?

A

Distal.

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12
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To be between two structures?

A

Intermediate.

Think of the three finger Phalanx Bones, you have 3 in each finger: proximal, intermediate, & distal

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13
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To be futher from the body’s surface than another?

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Deep.

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14
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To be closer to the body’s surface than another?

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Superficial.

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15
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Towards the head?

A

Cranial/ Cephalad.

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16
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Towards the tail?

A

Caudal.

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17
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Head?

A

Cephalic.

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18
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Neck?

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Cervical.

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19
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Gills?

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Branchial.

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20
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Trunk?

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Thoracic.

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21
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Chest?

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Pectoral.

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22
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Armpit?

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Axillary.

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23
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Upper Arm? (Shoulder-Elbow.)

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Brachial.

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24
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Arm (Elbow-Wrist.)

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Forearm.

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25
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Wrist?

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Carpal.

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26
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Stomach Region?

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Abdominal.

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27
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Lower Back?

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Lumbar.

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28
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Buttocks?

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Sacral.

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29
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Hip and pubic area?

A

Pelvic.

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30
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From Hip to Knee?

A

Thigh.

31
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Back of the Knee?

A

Popliteal.

32
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From Knee to Ankle?

A

Leg.

33
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Ankle?

A

Tarsal.

34
Q

Catus?

A

Domestic House Cat

35
Q

Squalus?

A

Spiny Dog Fish.
Species could be Sukleyi or Acanthias.

Earliest Living Gnathostomata- Jawed Vertebrates
Chondrichthyes & is considered a shark.

36
Q

Necturus.

A

Common Mud Puppy.

Neotenic- Permanent Larval State.
Amphibian
Has Ossification.

37
Q
A

Necturus.
(Common Mud Puppy.)

38
Q
A

Squalus.
(Spiny Dog Fish/ Shark.)

39
Q

Foramen?

A

Hole.

40
Q

Fissure?

A

Along Narrow Opening.

41
Q

Meatus

A

Canal Like Opening

42
Q

Fossa

A

Depression

43
Q

Fovia

A

Pit

44
Q

Sulcus

A

Groove

45
Q

Tubercle

A

A rounded elevation.

46
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Tuberosity

A

A roughened elevation.

47
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Line.

A

A shallow linear elevation.

48
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Crest

A

A linear elevation.

49
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Process

A

An extension.

50
Q

Condyle

A

A flared extension.

Long Bones only.

51
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Condyloid

A

A Condyle Like Extension on a non-long bone.

52
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Epicondyle

A

An elevation Situated on a condyle

53
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Coronoid

A

A wave-like extension

54
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Malleolus

A

A flattened Projection.

55
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Ramus

A

A bridge like structure.

56
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Ala

A

Wing Shaped surface

57
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Articulating Surface

A

A smooth flattened area of bone for another bone to attach to.

58
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Facet

A

Equivalent of articulating surface.
A smooth flattened area of bone for another bone to attach to.

59
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Demifacet

A
60
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Cornu

A

Horn-like extension.

61
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Apophysis

A

A raised portion/ extension (Process) of bone for tendon attachment.

62
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Diapophysis

A

Transverse Apophysis.
(A raised portion/ extension (Process) of bone for tendon attachment.)

63
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Biccipital

A

Two Headed.

64
Q

Taxonomy from largest to smallest (7)?

A

Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species

D.ear K.ing P.hillip C.ame O.ver F.or G.ood S.oup.

65
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What is a Superclass?

A

A Taxon which Includes multiple Classes.

66
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What is a Subclass?

A

A Taxon which further Divides a Class.

67
Q

Gives birth to live young developed within the parent organism:

A

Viviparous

68
Q

Produces young by laying eggs that then hatch outside the parent.

A

Oviparous.

69
Q

Fusiform?

A

Tapered at both ends.
“Torpedo Shaped.”

70
Q

Heterocercal?

A

Assymetrical.

71
Q

Pelagic?

A

Open Water.

72
Q

Benthic?

A

Bottom of body of water.

73
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A

Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy. (3 decks)

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