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WORD MEANING BELOW OR CLOSE TO HEAD SUPERIOR
INFERIOR: BELOW OR CLOSER TO FEET INFERIOR
TOWARD THE FRONT OF THE BODY (VENTRAL) ANTERIOR
TOWARD THE BACK OF THE BODY (DORSAL) POSTERIOR
WORD MEANING CLOSER TO THE MIDLINE MEDIAL
WORD MEANING FURTHER AWAY FROM THE MIDLINE OF THE BODY LATERAL
WORD MEANING CLOSER TO THE TRUNK OF THE BODY PROXIMAL:
WORD MEANING FARTHER AWAY FROM THE TRUNK DISTAL
WORD MEANING CLOSER TO THE SURFACE OF THE BODY SUPERFICIAL
WORD MEANING FARTHER AWAY FROM THE BODY DEEP
DIVIDES BODY INTO LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES SAGITTAL PLANE
REFERS TO AN EQUAL DIVISION OF LEFT AND MIDSAGGITAL
DIVIDES BODY INTO UPPER AND LOWER SECTIONS TRANVERSE PLANE
DIVIDES BODY INTO ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR SECTIONS (CORONAL PLANE) FRONTAL PLACE
W/IN THE BONY CRANIUM, HOUSES MENINGES (BRAIN) CARNIAL CAVITY
CONTINUATION OF CRANIAL CAVITY AS IT TRAVELS DOWN MIDLINE OF THE BACK SPINAL CAVITY
W/IN CHEST, HOUSES LUNGS, HEART, AND MAJOR VESSELS THORACIC CAVITY
W/IN ABDOMEN, HOUSES SEVERAL MAJOR ORGANS ABDOMINAL CAVITY
INFERIOR TO ABDOMINAL CAVITY, HOUSES THE BLADDER PELVIC CAVITY
RESPONSIBLE FOR PROTECTION, TEMPERATURE REGULATION, SENSATION, EXCRETION, AND VITAMIN D PRODUCTION SKIN
GENERATES HAIR HAIR FOLLICLES
PRODUCES SEBUM TO KEEP SKIN AND HAIR SOFT AND PREVENT BACTERIA FROM GROWING ON SKIN SUBACEOUS GLANDS
PROTECT THE ENDS OF FINGERS AND TOES FINGERNAILS AND TOENAILS
PRODUCE SWEAT TO AID IN COOLING THE BODY SUBDORIFEROUS GLANDS
OUTERMOST LAYER OF EPITHERLIAL TISSUE, COVERS EXTERNAL SURFACE OF THE BODY EPIDERMIS LAYER
THICK LAYER BENEATH THE DERMIS THAT CONTAINS ARTERIES, VEINS, AND NERVES DERMIS LAYER
LOOSE, CONNECTIVE TISSUE COMPOSED OF ADIPOSE TISSUE AND LIPOCYTES SUBCUTANEOUS LAYER
Created by: Nicolesd
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