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Vocabulary For Introduction And Medical Terminology Flashcards

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Abdominal cavity

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Contains the digestive organs

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Anatomical position

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Body is erect, face forward, arms at side and palms forward

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Anatomy

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Study of the structure or form an organism

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Cranial cavity

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Contains the brain

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Deep

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Injury involving internal organs

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Differentiate

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Make or become different in the process of growth and development

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Distal

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Body part away from the point of attachment

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Dorsal cavity

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Back or posterior space – includes cranial and spinal areas

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Dorsal

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Towards the back or posterior

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Inferior

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Used to describe the lower of two parts

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Kinds of body tissues

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Epithelial, muscular, connective, nerve

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Kinds of connective tissues

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Adipose, areolar(loose) dense fibrous, bone, cartilage, blood, lymph

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Lateral

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Away from the midline of the body or structure (towards the sides)

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Medial

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Towards the midline of the body or structure

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Pelvic cavity

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Contains the reproductive organs and part of large intestine

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Pelvicabdominal

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Combination of abdominal and pelvic cavities

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Physiology

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Study of how the body functions

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Proximal

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Body part near the point of attachment

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Spinal cavity

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Contains the spinal cord

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Superficial

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Injury near the surface of the body

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Superior

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Used to describe the upper of two parts

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Thoracic cavity

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Contains the lungs and heart

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Tissues

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Groups of cells that have similar size, shape and functions

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Ventral cavity

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Front or antiterrorism space - includes thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic areas

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Ventral

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Towards the front of anterior

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