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Gray's Anatomy- Introduction

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Terms
Definitions
human anatomy   fully dev. ind, naked eye  
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systematic anatomy   various structures separately  
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topographical anatomy   regional anatomy  
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regional anatomy   organs, tissues in relation to one another  
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histology   minute structure of various comp. of body  
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embroylogy   stages of intrauterine dev from fertilized ovum up to indep existence  
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comparative embroyology   dev. of lower forms  
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comparative anatomy   anatomy of adult forms in the line of human ancestry  
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applied anatomy   anatomy applied to pathological conditions  
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surface anatomy   anatomy of structures on or immidiately underlying to the surface  
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Osteology   bone system, skeleton  
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syndesmology   joints, articulations  
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Myology   muscles, fasciae  
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angiology   vascular system-- heart, bloodvessels, lymphatic vessels, lymph glands  
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neurology   nervous system, sense organs  
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splanchnology   visceral system, thoracic viscera, abdomino-pelvic viscera; heart (thoracic viscus) in angiology; respiratory appartaus, digestive apparatus, urogenital apparatus  
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anatomical position   erect (standing) posture, arms hanging on sides, palms forward  
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median plane   vertical antero-posterior plane, passes through center of trunk and through sagittal suture of skull  
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mid-saggital plane   median plane  
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saggital plane   any plane parallel to mid-saggital plane  
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frontal plane   vertical, right angled to mid-saggital plane. through coronal suture of skull or parallel to it.  
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coronal plane   frontal plane  
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transverse plane   right angled to both saggital and coronal planes  
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anterior   front  
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ventral   anterior  
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posterior   back  
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dorsal   posterior  
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superior   up  
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cephalic   superior  
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inferior   down  
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caudal   inferior  
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medial   near to median plane  
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lateral   farther from median plane  
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superficial, deep   describes depth from surface  
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external, internal   describes cavities or hollow visceral  
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proximal, distal   desc. limbs; dist. from the attached end of the limb.  
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