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| ANTER/O | FRONT
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| CYT/O | CELL
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| HIST/O | TISSUE
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| INGUIN/O | GROIN
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| LATER/O | SIDE
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| POSTER/O | BACK
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| PROXIM/O | NEAR
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| VENTR/O | BELLY, FRONT, SIDE
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| ANA, AN, A | NOT, WITHOUT
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| CERVIC/O | NECK
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| HYPO/SUB | UNDER, BELOW
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| INTER | BETWEEN
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| MEDI/O | MIDDLE
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| UMBILIC/O | NAVEL
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| EPI | UPON, OVER
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| ABDOMINAL CAVITY | THE CAVITY BENEATH THE THORACIC CAVITY; CONTAINS THE LIVER, GALLBLADER, SPLEEN, STOMACH, PANCREAS, INTESTINES, AND KIDNEYS.
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| ANAPLASIA | A CHANGE IN THE STRUCTURE AND ORIENTATION OF CELLS, CHARACTERIZED BY A LOSS OF DIFFERENTIATION AND REVERSION TO A MORE PRIMITIVE FORM.
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| ANATOMICAL POSITION | THE STANDARD REFERENCE POSITION FOR THE BODY AS A WHOLE: THE PERSON IS STANDING WITH ARMS AT THE SIDES AND PALMS TURNED FORWARD; THE INDIVIDUAL'SHEAD AND FEET ARE ALSO POINTING FORWARD.
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| ANTERIOR | PERTAINING TO THE FRONT OF THE BODY OR TOWARD THE BELLY OF THE BODY.
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| APLASIA | A DEVELOPMENTAL FAILURE RESULTING IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY ORGAN OR TISSUE.
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| CARDIAC MUSCLE | THE MUSCLE THAT MAKES UP THE MUSCLAR WALL OF THE HEART.
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| CAUDAL | PRETAINING TO THE TAIL.
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| CELL | THE SMALLEST AND MOST NUMEROUS STRUCTURAL UNIT OF LIVING MATTER.
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| CELL MEMBRANE | THE SEMIPERMEABLE BARRIER THAT IS THE OUTER COVERING OF THE CELL.
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| CERVICAL VERTEBRAE | C1-C7
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| COCCYX | THE TAILBONE
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| CHROMOSOMES | THE THREAD LIKE STRUCTURES WITHIN THE NUCLEUS THAT CONTROL THE FUNCTIONS OF GROWTH, REPAIR, AND REPRODUCTION FOR THE BODY.
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| CONNECTIVE TISSUE | TISSUE THAT SUPPORTS AND BINDS OTHER BODY TISSUE AND PARTS.
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| CARNIAL | PERTAINING TO THE SKULL OR CRANIUM.
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| CRANIAL CAVITY | THE CAVITY THAT CONTAINS THE BRAIN.
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| CYTOLOGY | THE STUDY OF CELLS
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| CYTOPLASM | A GEL-LIKE SUBSTANCE THAT SURROUNDS THE NUCLEUS OF THE CELL.
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| DISTAL | AWAY FROM OR FARTHEST FROM THE TRUNK OF THE BODY.
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| DORSAL | PERTAINING TO THE BACK.
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| DORSUN | THE BACK OR POSTERIOR SURFACE OF A PART; IN THE FOOT THE TOP OF THE FOOT.
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| DYSPLASIA | ANY ABNORMAL DEVELOPMENT OF TISSUE OR ORGANS
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| EPIGASTRIC REGION | THE REGION OF THE ABDOMEN LOCTED BETWEEN THE RIGHT AND LEFT HYPOCHONDRIAC REGIONS IN THE UPPER SECTION OF THE ABDOMEN.
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| EPITHELIAL TISSUE | THE TISSUE THAT COVERS THE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ORGANS OF THE BODY.
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| FRONTAL PLANE | THE VERTICAL PLANES PASSING THROUGH THE BODY FROM THE HEAD TO THE FEET, DIVIDING THE BODY INTO FRONT AND BACK PORTIONS.
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| GENES | SEGMENTS OF CHROMOSOMES THAT TRANSMIT HEREDITARY CHARACTERISTICS.
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| HISTOLOGIST | A MEDICAL SCIENTIST WHO SPECIALIZES IN THE STUDY OF TISSUE
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| HYPERPLASIA | AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CELLS OF A BODY PART.
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| HYPOCHONDTRIAC REGION | THE RIGHT AND LEFT REGIONS OF THE UPPER ABDOMEN, BENEATH THE CARTILAGE OF THE LOWER RIBS; LOCATED ON EITHER SIDE OF THE EPIGASTRIC REGION.
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| HYPOPLASIA | INCOMPLETE OR UNDERDEVELOPED ORGAN OR TISSUE
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| INFERIOR | BELOW OR DOWNWARD TOWARD THE TAIL OR FEET.
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| INGUINAL REGION | THE RIGHT AND LEFT REGIONS OF THE LOWER SECTION OF THE ABDOMEN.
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| LATERAL | TOWARD THE SIDE OF THE BODY, AWAY FROM THE MIDLINE OF THE BODY.
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| LUMBAR REGION | THE RIGHT AND LEFT REGIONS OF THE MIDDLE SECTION OF THE ABDOMEN.
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| LUMBAR VERTEBRAE | THE LARGEST AND STRONGEST PART OF THE SPINAL COLUMN; L1-L5
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| LYSOSOMES | CELL ORGANS (OR ORGANELLES) THAT CONTAIN VARIOUS TYPES OF ENZYMES THAT FUNCTION IN INTRACELLULAR DIGESTION.
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| MEDIAL | TOWARD THE MIDLINE OF THE BODY.
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| MCBURNEY'S POINT | A POINT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ABDOMEN, ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE UMBILICUS AND THE ANTERIOR BONY PROMINENCE OF THE HIP.
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| MEDIOLATERAL | PERTAINING TO THE MIDDLE AND SIDE OF A STRUCTURE.
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| MEMBRANE | A THIN LAYER OF TISSUE THAT COVERS A SUFACE, LINES A CAVITY, OR DIVIDES A SPACE.
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| MIDLINE OF THE BODY | DIVIDED INTO EQUAL RIGHT AND LEFT HALVES.
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| MIDSAGITTAL PLANE | THE PLANE THAT DIVIDES THE BODY (OR A STRUCTURE) INTO RIGHT AND LEFT EQUAL PORTIONS.
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| MITOCHANDRIA | WHICH PROVIDE THE ENERGY NEEDED BY THE CELL.
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| MUNRO'S POINT | A POINT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ABDOMEN ABOUT HALFWAY BETWEEN THE UMBILICUS AND THE ANTERIOR BONY PROMINENCE OF THE HIP.
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| MUSCLE TISSUE | THE TISSUE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MOVEMENT OF THE PARTS AND ORGANS OF THE BODY BY CONTRACTING AND RELAXING ITS FIBERS.
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| NAVEL | UMBILICUS; THE BELLY BUTTON.
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| NEOPLASIA | THE (NEW AND ABNORMAL) DEVELOPMENT OF CELLS THAT MAY BE BENIGN OR MALIGNANT.
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| NERVOUS TISSUE | TISSUE THAT TRANSMITS IMPPULSES THROUGHTOUT THE BODY.
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| NUCLEUS | THE CENTRAL CONTROLLING BODY WITHIN A LIVING CELL.
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| ORGAN | TISSUES ARRANGED TOGETHER TO PERFORM A SPECIAL FUNCTION.
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| PELVIC CAVITY | THE LOWER FRONT CAVITY OF THE BODY; CONTAINS THE URINARY BLADDER AND REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS.
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| PERITONEUM | A SPECIFIC SEROUS MEMBRANE THAT COVERS THE ENTIRE ABDOMEN WALL OF THE BODY.
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| PLANE | IMAGINARY SLICES (OR CUTS) MADE THROUGH THE BODY.
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| PLANTAR | PERTAINING TO THE SOLE OR BOTTOM OF THE FEET
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| POSTERIOR | PERTAINING TO THE BACK OF THE BODY.
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| PRONATION | A MOVEMENT THAT ALLOWS THE PALMS OF THE HANDS TO TURN DOWNWARD AND BACKWARD.
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| PRONE | LAYING FACE DOWN ON THE ABDOMEN.
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| PROXIMAL | TOWARD OR NEAREST TO THE TRUNK OF THE BODY.
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| RIBOSOMES | CELL ORGANS (OR ORGANELLES) THAT SNYTHESIZE PROTEINS "PROTEIN FACTORIES".
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| SACRUM | THE SINGULAR TRIANGULAR-SHAPED DONE.
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| SKELETAL MUSCLE | MUSCLE THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE BONE.
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| SMOOTH MUSCLE | MUSCLE FOUND IN THE WALL OF THE HOLLOW INTERNAL ORGANS.
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| SPINAL CAVITY | THE CAVITY THAT CONTAINS THE NERVES OF THE SPINAL CORD; AKA THE SPINAL CANAL.
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| SUPERFICIAL | PRETAINING TO THE SURFACE OF THE BODY, OR NEAR THE SURFACE.
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| SUPERIOR | ABOVE OR UPWARD TOWARD THE HEAD.
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| SUPINATION | A MOVEMENT THAT ALLOWS THE PALMS OF THE HANDS TO TURN UPWARD OR FORWARD.
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| SUPINE | LAYING HORIZONTALLY ON THE BACK; FACEUP.
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| SYSTEM | ORGANS THAT WORK TOGETHER TO PERFORM THE MANY FUNCTIONS OF THE BODY AS A WHOLE.
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| THORACIC CAVITY | THE CAVITY, WHICH CONTAINS THE LUNGS, HEART, AORTA, ESOPHAGUS, AND TRACHEA.
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| THORACIC VERTEBRAE | THE SECOND SEGMENT T1-T12
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| TISSUE | A GROUP OF CELLS THAT PERFORMS SPECIALIZED FUNCTIONS.
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| UMBILICUS | THE NAVEL; BELLY BUTTON
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| TRANSVERSE PLANE | DIVIDING THE BODY INTO SUPERIOR (UPPER) AND INFERIOR (LOWER) PORTIONS.
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| UMBILICAL REGION | REGION OF THE ABDOMEN LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE SECTION, BETWEEN THE RIGHT AND LEFT LUMBAR REGIONS.
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| VENTRAL | FRONT; BELLY SIDE.
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| VISCERAL | PERTAINING TO THE INTERNAL PRGANS.
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| VISCERAL MUSCLE | SMOOTH MUSCLE.
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