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Chapter 2: Reading the Map - Test

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Anatomical position   a human standing erect, face forward, with feet parallel & arms hanging at the side, and with palms facing forward  
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Prone   laying face downward on your stomach  
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Supine   laying face upward on your back  
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Fowler's   sitting in bed with head elevated to a 45-60 degrees  
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Plane   imaginary line that seperates the body into separate sections  
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Transverse plane   divides the body in inferior & superior sections (top & bottom)  
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Top   Superior & Cranial  
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Bottom   Inferior & Caudal  
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Midsagittal plane   divides the body into right & left sides  
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Medial   near the midline  
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Lateral   far from the midline  
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Midsagittal   divide the body into equal right & left sides  
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Sagittal   cuts the body into right & left sides lengthwise (unequal)  
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Coronal plane   or frontal plane - divides the body into front & back  
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Anterior   (ventral) towards the front  
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Posterior   (dorsal) towards the back (dorsal fin is on the fishes back)  
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Proximal   body parts close to a point of reference of the body  
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Distal   the body parts are furthur away from a point of reference  
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External   the outside  
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Internal   on the inside  
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Superficial   at the body surface  
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Deep   under the body surface  
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Central   locations around center of body  
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Peripheral   surrounding or outer regions - extremities (arms & legs or nerves coming from central nervous system)  
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2 large body cavities   Dorsal cavity & Ventral cavity  
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Dorsal cavity   on the back - made up of Cranial cavity & Spinal cavity  
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Cranial cavity   houses the brain  
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Spinal cavity   houses the spine  
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Ventral cavity   on the front - made up of Thoracic cavity & Abdominopelvic cavity  
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Thoracic cavity   top (chest) - heart, lungs, & large blood vessels  
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Abdominopelvic cavity   bottom - made up of the abdominal cavity & pelvic cavity  
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Abdominal cavity   digestive organs: stomach, small part of intestines, liver, gall bladder, spleen, and pancreas  
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Pelvic cavity   urinary & reproduction organs, and large part of the intestines  
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The diaphragm   seperates the abdominal & pelvic cavities  
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# of divisions of the abdominal region   nine  
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Epigastric region   above the stomach (epi = above)  
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Hypochondriac region   below the ribs - left & right sides (hypo = below - chondriac = ribs)  
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Umbilical region   bellybutton  
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Lumbar region   lower back - left & right sides  
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Hypogastric region   below the stomach  
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Inguinal (iliac) region   where the thigh meets the body trunk - referring to the groin - left & right sides  
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4 quadrants   RLQ, LLQ, RUQ, LUQ  
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Right lower quadrant   all digestive organs  
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Left lower quadrant   all digestive organs  
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Right upper quadrant   Liver  
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Left upper quadrant   Stomach  
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axillary   armpit  
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brachial   upper arm  
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buccal   cheek  
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carpal   wrist  
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cervical   neck  
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digital   fingers  
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femoral   upper inner thigh  
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gluteal   buttocks  
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lumbar   lower back  
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nasal   nose  
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oral   mouth  
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patellar   knee  
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pedal   foot  
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plantar   sole of foot  
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pubic   genital region  
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sternal   breastbone area  
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thoracic   chest  
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