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| Made of a group of similar cells that work together on a specific task |
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| Structure made up of two or more tissues, organized to carry out a specific function |
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| Groups of organs with related functions |
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| The tendency to resist change in order to maintain a stable, relatively constant internal environment. |
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| "higher" or "above"- toward the head (also referred to as cranial - toward the head) |
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| "lower" or "below", away from the head (also referred to as caudal - toward the tail) |
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| The mouth is ____________ to the chin |
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| The nose is _____________ to the forehead. |
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| Anterior (Ventral= belly) |
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| "front"- toward the front of the body |
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| "behind"- toward the back of the body |
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| The teeth are __________ to the throat |
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| The brain is ____________ to the eyes. |
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| "middle"- toward the middle or midline of the body |
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| "side"- toward the side of the body, away from the midline |
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| The bridge of the nose is ______ to the eye |
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| The nipple is__________ to the breastbone. |
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| "external"- on the outside |
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| "internal"- on the inside |
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| The skin is ___________ to muscle. |
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| The lungs are __________ to the ribs. |
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| The skin lies above and on the outside of muscle tissue so it would be considered ______________ |
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| "closer"- closer to a point of attachment |
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| "distant"- farther from a point of attachment |
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| The elbow is ____________ to the wrist. |
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| The knee is____________ to the hip. |
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| Movement away from the midsagittal (median) plane of the body or one of its parts |
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| Movement toward the midsagittal plane of the body |
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| Pertaining to the outer wall of the body cavity |
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| Pertaining to the viscera, or internal organs, especially the abdominal organs |
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| Lying horizontally on the back, face up |
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| Lying on the abdomen, face down |
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| Turning inward or inside out |
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| divides the body into superior and inferior sections. This provides a cross-sectional view of the body |
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| divides the body into right and left halves |
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| This provides us with a longitudinal view of body structures |
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| mid-sagittal, or median, plane. |
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| If the plane divides the body along the exact midline, into equal halves right and left, the plane is referred to as a |
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| also referred to as a "frontal" plane |
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| This divides the body into anterior and posterior sections. |
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| chest cavity located above the diaphragm |
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| Divided into right and left sections by the Mediastinum |
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| lungs are located in the _________ on each side of the mediastinum in the left and right pleural cavitie |
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| houses the heart, thymus, trachea, esophagus, and other structures |
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| Located below the diaphragm |
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| houses the stomach, intestines, liver, spleen, pancreas, and kidneys. |
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| Smaller cavity located below the abdominal cavity |
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| houses the urinary bladder, part of the large intestine, and reproductive organs. |
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| Four quadrants of abdomen |
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Right-upper quadrant (RUQ)
Left-upper quadrant (LUQ)
Right-lower quadrant (RLQ)
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| Nine (9) regions of abdominal cavity |
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right hypochondriac,
Epigastric
left hypochondriac
right lumbar
umbilical
left lumbar
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| Muscular wall that divides the thoracic cavity from the abdominopelvic cavity. |
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| Sum of all physical and chemical changes that take place in a cell or an organism |
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| The patient is assisted into a kneeling position with the buttocks elevated. The head and chest are on the table, and the arms are extended above the head and flexed at the elbow |
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| first 7 vertebrae start below skull |
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| pertaining to the palm of hand. |
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| is made up of 12 vertebrae, located below the top 7 vertebrae. |
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| the lowest part of the spine. Usually has 5 vertebrae, some people are born with 6. |
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| Magnetic Resonance Imaging, shows an image of the internal organs and tissues |
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| Positron Emission Tomography, uses a tracer to see how the organs and tissues are working |
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| separates the thoracic cavity in half and houses the heart, trachea, esophagus, and the thymus |
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| body lies flat with chest down and back up |
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| radiographic technique that uses a fluorescent screen to produce a visual image from x-rays |
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