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Navigating the Body

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Posterior Upper Body Regions   cranial, cervicle, scapular and thoracic  
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Poster Lower Body Regions   pelvic, gluteal, popiteal, sural  
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Anterior Upper Body Regions   facial, mandibular, supraclavicular, pectoral, axillary, brachial, cubital, antecubital, abdominal  
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Anterior Lower Body Regions   inguinal, pubic, femoral, patellar, crural  
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Sural   back of leg (calf region)  
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Crural   front of leg (tibia region)  
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Cubital   elbow (olecranon process)  
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Antecubital   anterior portion of elbow  
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Sagittal Plane   divides body into left and right halves  
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Frontal (Coronal) Plane   divides the body into anterior and posterior portions  
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Transverse Plane   divides the plane into superior and inferior portions  
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Cranial   closer to the head  
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Caudal   closer to the buttocks  
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Medial   closer to the midline  
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Lateral   further away from the midline  
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Distal   further away from the trunk or the body's midline  
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Proximal   closer to the trunk (only used in refering to portions of the limbs)  
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Superficial   closer to the body's surface  
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Deep   further from the body's surface  
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Flexion   movement that bends a joint to bring bones closer together  
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Extension   movement that straightens or opens a joint  
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Adduction   movement that brings a limb towards the body's midline  
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Abduction   movement that takes a limb away from the midline  
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Medial rotation   (aka internal rotation) rotation towards the midline  
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Lateral rotation   (aka external rotation) rotation away from the midline  
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Rotation   movement along a transverse plane, pertains only to the axial skeleton  
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Circumduction   combo of flexion, extension, adduction, and abduction, cone shaped movement at either shoulder or hip  
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Prone   lying face down  
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Supine   lying face up (on your spine)  
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Lateral Flexion   only occurs only at the axial skeleton ex. moving right ear closer to right shoulder  
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Supination   describes the pivoting action of the forearm to put palm up (as in carrying a bowl of soup)  
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Pronation   pivoting movement of forearm required to put palm down (prone to spill soup)  
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Opposition   happens only at the carpometacarpal joint of the thumb, when thumb crosses to touch fifth phlange (pinkie finger)  
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Inversion   turning feet inward and upward  
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Eversion   turning feet outward and upward  
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Plantar Flexion   refers only to movement of the ankle putting toes toward the ground  
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Dorsiflexion   refers only to movement of the ankle movin toes up  
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Protraction   refers only to the clavicle, head, and jaw, anterior movement  
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Retraction   refers only to the clavicle, head, and jaw, posterior movement  
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Deviation   wandering from the usual course  
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Scapula   (latin) shoulder blade  
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Fossa   (latin) shallow depression  
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Infra-   inferior  
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-spinous   reffering to the spine of scapula  
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Axial Skeleton   skeletal center: crainium, vertebral column, ribs, sternum, and hyoid bone  
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Appendicular Skeleton   appendages: arms, legs, pectoral girdle (scapula and clavicle), and pelvic girdle (hips)  
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pound for pound bone is as strong as   steele, and three times stronger than the same quantity of reinforced concrete  
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the skeleton is what percent of the bodies weight   fifteen  
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amount of calcium and phosphorus in the body   two pounds calcium and one pound phosphorus  
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Ball and Socket Joint   capable of movement on every plane ex. shoulder  
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Ellipsoid Joint   oval shaped bone articulating with the elliptical basin of another, permits flexion/ extension and abduction/adduction ex. radiocarpal wrist joint  
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Hinge Joint   allows only flexion/extension similar to door hinge ex. elbow joint  
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Saddle Joint   modified ellipsoid joint, a concave and a convex articulating surfaces (like two saddles) ex. trapezium and first metacarpal  
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Gliding Joint   usually between two flat surfaces, allows least amount of movement of all synovial joints ex. between carpals and between tarsals  
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Pivot Joint   rotation of one bone around another ex. first and second cervical vertebra (atlantoaxial joint)  
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Tendon   attaches muscle to bone (Latin to stretch)  
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Origin   a muscles attachment to a bone, usually the more stationary attachment  
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Insertion   a muscles attachment to a bone, usually the more movable attachment  
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number of muscles in the human body   639  
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Galen   one of the first anatomists (AD 130-200)gave muscles numbers  
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William Cowper and James Douglas   18th cent anatomists that developed the current myological terminology (muscle names)  
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mucsle fibers   over 6 trillion in the body, each thinner than human hair, supports up to 1000 times their own weight  
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Fascia   (latin) band or bandage  
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Retinaculum   (Latin) halter, band, or rope  
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Aponeurosis   (Greek) apo- from neuro- nerve or tendon  
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Arteries   carry blood away from the heart (Greek windpipe)  
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Veins   carry blood toward the heart (Latin hairlike)  
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Arterioles   smallest branches of arteries  
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Capillaries   the exchange site for nutrients, gases, and wastes (Latin vessel)  
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Venules   smallest branches of veins  
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Length of all Arteries, Veins, and Capillaries in an average adult male   60,000 miles or 317 million feet  
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homeostasis   body's natural equlibrium  
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Central Nervous System   brain and spinal cord  
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Peripherial Nervous System   nerves that branch off of the spinal cord  
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Plexus   group of nerves in the peripherial nervous system ex. cervical, brachial, lumbar, and sacral (Latin Interwoven)  
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Nerve   Latin sinew  
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Lymphatic System   drains interstitial fluid that excapes from capillaries and transports it back to the heart, also transports fats from the intestines to the blood, and helps body's immune system defend againes foreign cells, microbes, and cancer cells  
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Lymph   yellow fluid found in lymph nodes and lymphatics (Latin pure spring water)  
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Lymph Nodes   collections of lymph  
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Lymphatics   lymph vessels  
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Interstitial   Latin placed between  
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Sagittal   Latin arrowlike  
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Coronal   Latin crownlike  
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Transverse   Latin across, turned across  
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Dorsi   Latin of the back  
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Plantar   Latin the sole of the foot  
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ab-   Latin away from  
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ad-   Latin toward  
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Appedicular   Latin to hang to  
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Axial   Latin axle  
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Skeleton   Greek dried up  
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Synovial   Latin joint fluid  
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Muscle   Latin musculus, little mouse  
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