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| what consists of the human anatomical position? |
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1) eyes facing foward
2) feet parallel and flat on floor and together
3) head level
4) palms forward-- thumbs pointing out |
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| when body is laying down but face up |
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| structures on the same side of the body |
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| structures on the opposite sides of the body |
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| near or towards front of the body |
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| towards or near back of body |
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| towards head end (upper part of body) |
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| away from upper part of body |
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| towards or at body surface |
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| closer to origination of body parts or near the attachment to the limb of trunk (used with upper and lower limbs) |
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| farther from origination of parts |
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| what are the 2 divisions of the body? |
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| what are the 2 divisions of the body? |
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| this division of the body contains the head, neck, and trunk (thorax, abdomen, and pelvis) |
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| this division of the body contains the appendages or limbs |
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| what are the 2 major regions of the upper limb? |
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| what are the 2 major regions of the lower limbs? |
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| what are the 2 major regions of the lower limbs? |
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thigh (hip and knee)
leg (knee and ankle) |
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| this plane creates left and right parts (avertical plane) |
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| this cuts body into equal right and left parts |
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| this plane cuts body into unequal left and right parts |
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| divides body or body part into anterior and posterior parts |
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| frontal or coronal planes |
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| divides body or body parts into superior and inferior parts |
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| transverse or horizontal plane |
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| what are the 2 body cavities? |
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| dorsal and ventral body cavity |
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| what are the 2 major subdivisions of the dorsal body cavity? |
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| cranial cavity (houses brain) and vertebral cavity (spinal cavity--houses spinal cord) |
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| this body cavity houses internal organs known as viscera |
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| what are the 2 subdivisions of the ventral body cavity? |
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| thoracic cavity and abdominal pelvic cavity |
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| divides ventral body cavity from superior to inferior |
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| what cavity within the thoracic cavity houses the lungs? |
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| what are the 3 parts of the thoracic cavity? |
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pleural cavity (lateral)
mediastinum (medially) (contains trachea, thymus, esophagus, etc.)
pericardial cavity (this is housed in the mediastinum) |
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| the cavity that contains the heart |
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| what are the two parts of the abdominal cavity? |
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1) abdominal cavity
2) pelvic cavity |
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