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| a person standing, facing forward, with his palms open forward |
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| an imaginary line down the center of the body, dividing it into left and right halves |
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| refers to a position closer to the midline |
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| refers to a position farther from the midline |
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| refers to both sides of anything |
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| an imaginary line drown vertically from the middle of the armpit to the ankle, dividing the body in to front (anterior) and back (posterior) regions |
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| the front of the body or body part |
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| the back of the body or body part |
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| the front of the body or body party (synonym for anterior) |
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| the back of the body or body part (synonym for posterior) |
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| closer to the head, further up |
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| further away from the head, further down |
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| further away from the torso |
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| referring to the palm of the hand |
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| referring to the sole of the foot |
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| line through the center of each clavicle (collarbone) and the nipple below it (there are two of the lines because there are two clavicles) |
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| four divisions of the abdomen, from the patients perspective: right upper quadrant (RUQ), left upper quadrant (LUQ), right lower quadrant (RLQ), and left lower quadrant (LLQ) |
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| lying flat on one's abdomen |
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| recovery position (aka lateral recumbent position) |
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| a sitting position (anywhere from a 45 degree to a 60 degree angle) |
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| in a reclined, sitting position |
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| a position where the person is lying on their back, with their head slightly lower than their feet |
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| the system of bone and skeletal muscles that support and protect the body and permit movement |
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| the bones of the body, consisting of the skull, spine, ribs, sternum, shoulders, upper and lower extremities, and pelvis |
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| tissue that contracts to allow movement of a body part |
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| tissue that connects bone to bone |
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| tissue that connects muscle to bone |
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| the bony structure of the head, with the main function to protect the brain |
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| the top, back, and sides of the skull |
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| the two fused bones forming the upper jaw |
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| the bones of the nose which provide some structure to the nose |
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| the bony structures around the eyes |
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| form the structure of the cheeks |
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| the 33 bones of the spinal column |
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| the superior portion of the sternum |
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| the inferior portion of the sternum |
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| the basin-shaped bony structure that supports the spine and is the point of proximal attachment for the lower extremities |
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| the superior and widest portion of the pelvis |
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| the lower, posterior portions of the pelvis |
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| the medial anterior portion of the pelvis |
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| the pelvic socket into which the ball at the proximal end of the femur fits to form the hip joint |
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