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Title: Bones.

Description: Skeleton

Total Flash Cards: 7

Created: 09/10/2007 08:43:50

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Term
Axial Skeleton
 Definition
forms the longitudinal axis of the body and is divided into three parts - the skull, the vertebral column, and the bony thorax
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Appendicular Skeleton
 Definition
consisting of 126 bones of the limbs (appendages) and the pectoral and pelvic girdles, which attach the limbs (arms and legs) to the axial skeleton
Term
Anterior
 Definition
pertaining to or toward the front plane of the body
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Posterior
 Definition
pertaining to or toward the back plane of the body
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Superior
 Definition
higher in place or position; situated above another; toward the head
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Lateral
 Definition
of or pertaining to the side; situated at, proceeding from, or directed to a side
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Inferior
 Definition
lower in place or position; situated beneath another