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| Science of structure | Anatomy
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| Science of Body functions | Physiology
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| Atomic and molecular level | Chemical level
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| Smallest living unit of the body | Cellular level
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| Group of cells and the materials surrounding them that work together on one task | Tissue level
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| epithelium, muscle, connective tissue, and nerve | 4 basic tissue types
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| grouping of 2 or more tissue types into a recognizeable structure with a specific function | Organ level
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| collection of related organs with a common function | Organ system
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| one living individual | Organismic level
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| sum of all chemical processes (breakdown of large molecules into small/providing chemical energy for cells | Metabolism
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| detect and respond to changes in internal or external environment/musicle contraction, electrical signals, hormone or glandular secretion | Responsiveness
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| the body, an organ, a cell or cell component | Movement at any structural level
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| increase in number of size of cells or teh material found between cells | growth
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| specialization of cells for a specific function | differentiation
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| formation of new cells or new individuals | reproduction
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| postmortem examination of body dissection/confirm or determine cause of death/support findings of other tests/provide information on effects of drug usage/educate healthcare students/reveal congenital defects | Autopsy
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| maintaining the internal evnironment within physiological limits/example: blood glucose level is kept within narrow range 70-110/100ml | definition of Homeostatis
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| Nervous system and endocrine system maintain ____ in the body | Homeostatis
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| Standing upright/facing the observer, head level/eyes facing forward/feet flat on the floor/arms at the sides/palms turned forward | Anatomical position
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| Divides teh body or an organ into left and right sides | Sagittal plane
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| Produces equal halves | Midsagittal plane
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| produces unequal halves | Parasagittal plane
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| Divides the body or an organ into front (anterior) and back (posterior) portions | Frontal/Coronal plane
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| Divides the body or an organ into upper (superior ) or lower (inferior) portions | Transverse (cross-sectional) or horizontal plane
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| some combination of 2 other planes | oblique plane
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| Towards the head (direction) | Superior
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| away from the head (direction) | inferior
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| At the back of the body | Dorsal/Posterior
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| At the front of the body | Ventral or Anterior
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| Nearer to the midline of the body | Medial
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| Farther from the midline of the body | Lateral
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| Nearer to the attachment of the limb to the trunk | Proximal
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| Farther fromt eh attachment of the limb to the trunk | Distal
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| Has the cranial cavity and vertebral canal | Dorsal Body Cavity
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| Holds the brain/formed by the skull | Cranial cavity
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| Contains the spinal cord/formed by vertebral column | Vertebral canal
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| Has the thoracic cavity and abdominopelvic cavity | Ventral Body Cavity
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| inferior portion of ventral body cavity below diaphragm/Encircled by abdominal wall, bones and muscles of pelvis | Abdominal pelvic cavity
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| Encircled by ribs, sternum, vertebral column and muscle/Divided into 2 pleural cavities by mediastinum/Mediastinum contains all ______ organs except lungs | Thoracic Cavity
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| Allows visualization of structures without surgery | Medical Imaging
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| A single burst of xrays/Produces 2-D image on film/poor resolution of soft tissues/major use is osteology | Conventional Radiography
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| moving xray beam/image produced on a video monitor of cross section through body/Multiple scans used to build 3D views | Computed tomography (CT scan)
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| Radiopaque material injected into blood vessels/Before and after images compared with a computer program | Digital subtraction angiography
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| High frequency sound waves emitted by hand-held device/Safe, noninvasive and painless/image or sonogram is displayed on video monitor | Ultrasound (US)
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| Body exposed to high energy magnetic field/protons align themselves relative to magnetic field/pulse of radiowaves used to generate an image on video monitor/can not use on patient with metal in their body | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
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| Substance that emits postively charged particles is injected into body/collision with negatively charged electrons in tissues releases gamma rays | Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
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| Head/Neck/thorax/Abdominopelvic/upper limg/lower limb | Regions of the body (anterior)
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| Frontal/Temporal/Orbital/Nasal/Buccal/Oral/Mandibular | Parts of the Head
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| Anterior Cervical/Lateral Cervical/Supraclavicular | Parts of the Neck
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| Pectoral | Part of the Chest
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| Abdominal/Inguinal/Pelvic/Pubic/Genital/Pudenal/Perineal | Parts of the Amdominopelvic area
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| Deltoid/Axillary/Brachial/Antecubital/Antebrachial/Hand: Palmar/Hand: Digital | Parts of the Upper Limb
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| Coxal/Femoral/Patellar/Crural/Fibular/Tarsal/Foot: Dorsum/Foot: Digital | Parts of the Lower Limb
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| Head/Neck/Back/Upper Limb/Lower Limb | Regions of teh Body (posterior)
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| Parietal/Occipital | Parts of the Head
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| Post cervial/Nuchal | Part of the Neck
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| Right Hypochondriac Region | Upper Right Region
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| Epigastric Region | Upper middle region
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| left hypochondriac region | upper left region
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| right lumbar region | middle right region
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| umbilical region | middle region
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| left lumbar region | middle left region
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| right iliac (inguinal) region | lower right region
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| Hypogastric (pubic) region | lower middle region
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| left iliac (inguinal) region | lower left region
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