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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| WHERE BONES MEET | ARTICULATE |
| FRONT | ANTERIOR |
| BACK | POSTERIOR |
| TOWARDS THE HEAD | SUPERIOR |
| TOWARDS THE FEET | INFERIOR |
| TOWARDS MIDLINE | MEDIAL |
| AWAY FROM MIDLINE | LATERAL |
| NEARERA POINT OF REFERENCE | PROXIMAL |
| FURTHER FROM POINT OF REFERENCE | DISTAL |
| OUTSIDE SURFACE | PERIPHERAL |
| CHECK REGION | BUCCAL |
| NECK | CERVICAL |
| HEAD CRANIAL | CEPHALIC |
| CHIN | MENTAL |
| POSTERIOR NECK | NUCHAL |
| NOSE | NASAL |
| POSTERIOR & INFERIOR HEAD | OCCIPITAL |
| MOUTH | ORAL |
| EYE | ORBITAL |
| EAR | OTIC |
| UPPER ARM | BRACHIAL |
| LOWER ARM | ANTEBRACHIAL |
| ELBOW | CUBITAL |
| CREASE AT ELBOW | ANTECUBITAL |
| ARMPIT | AXILLARY |
| THUMB | POLLEX |
| ANTERIOR TRUNK BETWEEN THORAX & PELVIC | ABDOMINAL |
| RIBS | COSTAL |
| INFERIOR OF ABDOMINOPELVIC CAVITY | PELVIC |
| BETWEEN NECK & DIAPHRAGM | THORACIC |
| BOTTOM OF SPINE | COCCYGEAL |
| HEEL | CALCANEAL |
| CALF OR LEG | SURAL |
| HIP | COXAL |
| THIGH & CALF | CRUCAL |
| TOP OF FOOT | DORSUM |
| THIGH | FEMORAL |
| BIG TOE | HALLUX |
| KNEE | PATELLAR |
| FOOT OR VOLAR | PEDAL |
| BOTTOM OF FOOT | PLANTAR |
| BACK OF KNEE | POPLITEAL |
| ANKLE | TARSAL |
| STUDY OF THE STRUCTURES IN THE BODY | ANATOMY |
| STUDY OF HOW THE BODY & ITS PARTS FUNCTION IN NOMAL PROCESSES | PHYSIOLOGY |
| INTERMAL ENVIRONMENT WITHIN A LIMITED RANGE | HOMEOSTASIS |
| TOTAL OF ALL PHYSICAL & CHEMICAL PROCESSES THAT OCCUR IN A ORGANISM | METABOLISM |
| STUDY OF DISEASE & THE DISEASE PROCESS | PATHOLOGY |
| CHEMICAL+CELL+TISSUE+ORGAN+ORGAN SYSTEM+ORGANISM | LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION |
| STANDING WITH PALMS FACING FORWARD | ANATOMICAL POSITION |
| DIVIDES LEFT & RIGHT SIDES IN HALF | MID-SAGITTAL (PLANES) |
| DIVIDES ANTERIOR FROM POSTERIOR | FRONTAL(CORONAL)(PLANES) |
| DIVIDES SUPERIOR FROM INFERIOR | TRANSVERSE (PLANES) |
| POSTERIOR BODY; CRANIAL & VERTEBRAL | DORSAL (BODY CAVITIES) |
| ANTERIOR BODY; THORACIC & ABDOMINOPELVIC | VENTRAL (BODY CAVITIES) |
| ABOVE THE GASTIC REGION | EPIGASTRIC (ABDOMINAL REGIONS |
| BELLY BUTTON | UMBILICAL (ABDOMINAL REGIONS) |
| BENEATH THE GASTRIC REGION | HYPOGASTRIC (ABDOMINAL REGIONS) |
| LACKING, WITHOUT, NOT | A-, AN- |
| AWAY FROM, ABSENT, DECREASE | AB- |
| TOWARD, NEAR TO, INCREASE | AD- |
| CELL | CYTO- |
| STRAIGHTEN | EXTEND- |
| TOGETHER WITH, JOINED | -SYN, SYM |
| OVER, ABOVE, EXCESSIVE | HYPER- |
| UNDER, BELOW, DEFICIENT | HYPO- |
| PAIN | -ALGIA |
| WITHIN | INTRA- |
| DISEASE | PATHO- |
| UNDER BENEATH BELOW | SUB- |
| ABOVE, OVER | SUPER-, SUPRA |
| TO TOUCH | THIXIS- |
| INFLAMMATION | -ITIS |
| STUDY OF | -OLOGY |
| CONDITION | -OSIS |
| NOURISH, GROW, DEVELOP | -TROPHY |
| INCISION OR TO CUT INTO | -OTOMY |
| BLOOD CONDITION | -EMIA |
| SYNOVIAL JOINTS | DIARTHROSES |
| CARTILAGINOUS JOINTS | AMPHIARTHROSES |
| SUTURES IN CRANIUM | SYNARTHROSES |
| NOISE, CRACKING SOUND | CREPITUS |
| JOINT | ARTHROSIS |