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Anatomy term
Anatomy vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Anatomy | is the study of structures or body parts and their relationships to on another |
| gross anatomy | macroscopic |
| histology | microscopic |
| anatomical position | body is erect, feet together, palms face forward and the thumbs point away from the body |
| superior | means the part is above another or closer to head (cranial) |
| Anterior | (ventral) means towards the front (the eyes are anterior to the brain |
| posterior | |
| Medial | relates to the imaginary midline dividing the body into equal right and left halves (the nose is medial to eyes) |
| lateral | means to words the side with respect to the imaginary midline (the ears are lateral to the eyes) |
| Ipsilateral | the same side (the spleen and descending colon are ipsilateral) |
| Contralateral | refers to the opposite (the spleen and gallbladder are contralreal |
| proximal | is used to describe a part that is closer to the trunk of the body or closer to another specified point of references than another part ( the elbow is proximal to the wrist) |
| Distal | it means that a particular body part is farther from the trunk or father from another specified point of reference than another part (fingers are distal to the wrist ) |
| Superficial | means situated near the surface |
| Peripheral | also means outward or near the surfaces |
| Deep | is used to describe part are more internal |
| Regional terms | |
| axial parts | head neck and trunk |
| appendicular parts | includes the limbs which are attached to the body's axis |
| levels of organizations | particles--- atoms---molecule---macromolecule----organelle---cell--tissue---organ--organ system---organisms |
| body organizations | |
| body cavities | hollow spaces within the body that contain internal organs |
| the dorsal cavity | Located toward the back of the body, is divided into the cranial cavity (which holds the brain) and the vertebral/spinal cavity (which holds the spinal cord) |
| The ventral | located toward the front of the body is divided into abdominopelvic cavity and thoracic cavity by the |
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