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Anatomical positions and directional terms

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show Erect, feet on floor, facing observer with palms facing observer  
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Biopsy:   show
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show A tumor that has spread or metastasized  
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show Laying down, facing ceiling  
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show Laying down, facing floor  
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Front:   show
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Another word for front:   show
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Back:   show
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Another word for back:   show
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Superior: (Another word)   show
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show Closer to the legs; Caudal  
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Palpate:   show
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Axial Regions:   show
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show Skull, rip cage, spine  
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Appendage   show
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show Nearer to attachment to body  
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show Farther from attachment to body  
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Medial (example)   show
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show Imaginary line dividing body in two equal parts  
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show Farther from the midline The lungs are lateral to the heart  
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Intermediate: (example)   show
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Ipsilateral: (example)   show
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show On the opposite side of the body as another structure The ascending colon and descending colon are contralateral  
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Superficial: (Example)   show
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show Away from the surface of the body The ribs are deep to the skin of the chest and back  
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show ANTERIOR POSITION  
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show Neck  
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What separates the superior thorax from inferior abdomen?   show
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show Abdominal pelvic cavity  
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Perineum   show
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show DORSAL VIEW  
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show Under cervical to pelvis  
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Sacral:   show
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Lumbar:   show
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show the chest cavity (excludes the lung): Pleura: Thin membrane that covers the lung Mediastinum: Median portion of the thoracic cavity covered by the pleura.  
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Cervical:   show
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show fore or front  
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show The shoulder girdle, which connects the upper limb shoulder to the body.  
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What is the axillary?   show
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Brachial:   show
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What is the scientific name of the region infront of the elbow?   show
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What is the antebrachium?   show
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show A series of eight bones which are lined in two rows of four each; this defines the wrist area  
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What is the back of the hand called?   show
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What is the hand pullex?   show
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Meta carpals:   show
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show Nearest to the meta carpals, when going toward the nail  
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Distal philangees:   show
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show Digiti minime  
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show anular finger  
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Back of elbow:   show
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show 27  
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Hollow behind knee is called:   show
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What is the groin called?   show
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show Pelvic girdle  
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show Lower extremity  
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How will you remember what the femeral region refers to?   show
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show Petellar  
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show Crural  
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What is the ankle called   show
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What is unique about the thumb and the toe?   show
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show Meta tarsals  
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show Hallux  
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Meidastinum:   show
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show Otic  
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Nose region:   show
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show Maximallary teeth  
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show Orbital  
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