Body organization and terminology
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| Higher / Above | SUPERIOR
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| Lower / Below | INFERIOR
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| Head or Closer to the head than another structure. usually synonymous with the terms superior and cranial | CEPHALIC
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| Before / Front | ANTERIOR
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| Before / Towards the belly synonymous with ANTERIOR | VENTRAL
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| Back / Towards the back synonymous with POSTERIOR | DORSAL
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| Closer / Closer to the point of attachment to the body | PROXIMAL
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| Side / away from the midline of the body | LATERAL
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| Middle / Toward the midline of the body | MEDIAL
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| Toward / on the surface | SURFACE
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| ARM | BRACHIAL
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| ANTERIOR ELBOW | ANTECUBITAL
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| LOWER LEG | CRURAL
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| THIGH | FEMORAL
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| TRUNK OF THE BODY IS DIVIDED INTO... (3) | THORAX, ABDOMEN, PELVIS
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| Imaginary lines, One horizontal and one midsagittal dividing the abdomen into __________, which intersect at the naval | QUADRANTS
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| plane running vertically through the body separating it into right and left portions | SAGITTAL
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| (midsagittal) a sagittal plane that passes throught the midline of the body dividing it into equal right and left halfs | MEDIAN
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| horizontal plane that runs parellel to the ground dividing the body into superior and inferior portions | TRANSVERSE
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| the rib cage surrounds the _________ cavity and the muscular diaphragm and separates it from the abdominal cavity | THORACIC
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| the thoracic cavity is divided into right and left parts by a median partition called the _________. | MEDIASTINUM
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| the abdominal and pelvic cavities are not physically separated and are called the ___________________ cavity. | ABDOMINOPELVIC
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| ______________ Membranes cover organs of the trunk cavities and line the trunk cavities | SEROUS
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| __________ serous membranes cover the organs in cavities that dont open to the outside | VISCERAL
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| __________ serous membranes line cavities that dont open to the outside | PARIETAL
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| The abdominopelvic cavity contains a serous membrane-lined cavity called the _______cavity. | PERITONEAL
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| ___________ which consist of 2 layers of peritoneum fused together, connect the visceral peritoneum of some abdominopelvic organs to the parietal peritoneum on the body wall or to the viseral peritoneum of other abdominopelvic organs | MESENTERIES
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