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| studies the structure of body parts & their relationship to one another. (greek = to cut apart)(there are 3 types) |
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| Concerns with the function of the body. How the body works and sustain life. |
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| a subdivision of developmental anatomy, concerns developmental changes that occur before birth |
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| feeling organs with your hands |
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| listening to organs with a stethoscope |
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opposites: superior -
anterior -
medial -
Cephalad (cranial)-
dorsal
proximal
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inferior (above, below)
posterior (front, back)
lateral (toward the midline / away from the midline)
caudal (toward the head/ tail end)
ventral (backside/bellyside)
distal(near trunk/ further from trunk)
deep (toward skin/ away from skin) |
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| when a section is made through the body wall or organ (imaginary) |
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| a cell's ability to by shortening |
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| the serosa lining covering the lung |
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| two layered serous membrane that lines thoracic cavity and covers the external surface of the lung |
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| a plane that divides the body into left and right parts |
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| frontal planes or coronal plane |
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| divides the body from anterior (front) and posterior parts (back) |
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| transverse or horizontal plane |
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| divides the body into superior (upper/top) and inferior (bottom/lower)parts |
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| a subdivision of the thoracic cavity contraing the pericardial cavity |
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