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body regions & tissues

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Describe Anatomical Position   universally accepted -- arms straight out by the sides with palms facing forward  
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axial   head, neck and trunk [the AXIS of the body]  
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appendicular   limbs and their atachments to the axis  
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Cephalic   head  
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Frontal   forehead  
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Orbital   eye  
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Nasal   nose  
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Buccal   cheek  
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oral   mouth  
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mental   chin  
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occipital   back of head  
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cervical   neck  
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nuchal   back of neck  
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thoracic   chest  
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acromial   shoulder  
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scapular   shoulder blade  
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vertebrae   spine  
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lumbar   low back  
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abdominal   belly  
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inguinal   groin  
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genital   pubic  
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coxal   hip  
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axillary   armpit  
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brachial   arm  
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cubital   elbow  
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antebrachial   forearm  
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carpal   wrist  
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manual   hand  
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pollex   thumb  
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digital   finger  
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femoral   thigh  
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patellar   knee  
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popliteal   back of knee  
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crural   leg  
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sural   back of leg  
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gluteal   buttock  
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tarsal   ankle  
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pedal   foot  
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digital   toe  
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plantar   sole  
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calcaneal   heel  
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superior/inferior   above/below  
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anterior/posterior   in front/ in back  
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medial/lateral   toward midline/away from middle  
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proximal/distal   near the trunk/away from the trunk  
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superficial/deep   toward surface/toward core  
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cephalad/caudal   toward head/ toward tail  
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ventral/dorsal   toward the front/ back  
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sagittal plane   divides body into left and right  
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frontal or coronal plane   divides body from front to back  
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transverse plane   divides body top to bottom  
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Pleura refers to   the lungs  
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Pericardium refers to   the heart  
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Peritoneum refers to   the serosa lining the abdominal cavity and organs  
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Visceral layer of a covering refers to   the most external layer surrounding an organ  
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Parietal layer of a covering refers to   the layer that lines the cavity  
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