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Essentials of human anatomy and physiology
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Anatomy
12th Grade
01/11/2012

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Frontal or coronal
Definition
A longitudinal plane that divides the body or an organ into anterior and posterior parts.
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Transverse
Definition
To cut or view in slices
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Anterior
Definition
The front of an organism, organ, or part; the surface
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Posterior
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The back of the body
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Superior
Definition
Refers to the head Or upper body regions
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Inferior
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Pertaining to a position near the tail end of the axis of the body
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Cephalic
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Directly toward, situated on, or near the head
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Caudal
Definition
(human) the inferior portion (tail)
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Medial
Definition
Lying or extending toward the median axis of the body
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Lateral
Definition
Lying at or extending toward the right or left side
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Proximal
Definition
Toward the attached end of a limb or origin of a structure
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Distal
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Farthest from the point of attachment of a limb or origin of a structure
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Afferent
Definition
Toward a center (mostly refers to the heart)
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Efferent
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Carrying away or away from (mostly referring to the heart)
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Supination
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Refers to a body lying with the face upward
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Pronation or prone
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Refers to a body lying with the face downward
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Abduction
Definition
To move away from the midline of the body (muscle)
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Adduction
Definition
To move toward the midline of the body (muscle)
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Inversion
Definition
To turn inward
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Eversion
Definition
Turning outward (inside out)
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Visceral
Definition
The guts
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Dorsal
Definition
The back
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Ventral
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Anterior or front
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Cranial
Definition
Skull
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Anatomy
Definition
The branch of biology which deals with the study of gross features that can be seen with the unaided eye.

One of the oldest biological branches
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Physiology
Definition
The branch of biology that is concerned with all the physical and chemical process that occur within the body of a living organis
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