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| the study of body structures visible to the naked eye |
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| the position the body is in when studying it, the human body is erect, with the feet only slightly apart, head and toes pointed forward, and arms hanging at the sides with palms facing forward |
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| Relating to head, neck, and trunk, the axis of the body |
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| relating to limbs and their attachments to the axis |
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| Pertaining to the anterior body trunk region inferior to the ribs |
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| Pertaining to the forearm |
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| Pertaining to the anterior surface of the elbow |
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| Pertaining to the neck region |
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| Pertaining to the fingers or toes |
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| Pertaining to the forehead |
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| Pertaining to the great toe |
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| Pertaining to the bony eye socket (orbit) |
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| Pertaining to the palm of the hand |
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| Pertaining to the anterior knee (kneecap) region |
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| Pertaining to the pelvis region |
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| Pertaining to the side of the leg |
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| Pertaining to the genital region |
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| Pertaining to the region of the breastbone |
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| Pertaining to the point of the shoulder |
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| Pertaining to the heel of the foot |
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| Pertaining to the buttocks or rump |
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| Pertaining to the area of the back between the ribs and hips; the loin |
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| Pertaining to the posterior aspect of the head or base of the skull |
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| Pertaining to the posterior aspect of the elbow |
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| Pertaining to the region between the anus and external genitalia |
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| Pertaining to the sole of the foot |
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| Pertaining to the back of the knee |
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| Pertaining to the region between the hips (overlying the sacrum) |
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| Pertaining to the scapula or shoulder blade area |
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| Pertaining to the calf or posterior surface of the leg |
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| Pertaining to the area of the spinal column |
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| toward the head end or upper part of a structure or the body; above |
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| away from the head end or toward the lower part of a structure or the body; below |
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| toward or at the front of the body; in front of |
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| toward or at the back of the body; behind |
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| toward or at the midline of the body; on the inner side of |
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| away from the midline of the body; on the outer side of |
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| pertaining to the back; posterior |
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| pertaining to the front; anterior |
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| toward the attached end of a limb or the origin of a structure |
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| farther from the origin of a body part or the point of attachment of a limb to the body trunk |
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| toward or at the body surface |
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| toward or at the body surface |
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| away from the body surface; more internal |
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| away from the body surface; more internal |
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| a cut through the body (or an organ) that is made along a particular plane; a thin slice of tissue prepared for microscopic study |
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| an imaginary surface or line |
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| a plane that runs longitudinally and divides the body into right and left parts |
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a plane that divides the body into equal parts, right down the median plane of the body specific sagittal plane that lies exactly in the midline |
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| specific sagittal plane that lies exactly in the midline |
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all other sagittal planes offset from the midline |
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a longitudinal plane that divides the body (or an organ) into anterior or posterior parts |
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| a longitudinal plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior parts |
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| a plane running from right to left, dividing the body into superior and inferior parts |
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| a cut running horizontally from right to left, dividing the body into superior and inferior parts |
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| when the brain is enclosed within the rigid skull and vertebral cavity |
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| the area that houses the stomach, intestines, liver, and other organs |
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| the region that is partially enclosed by the bony pelvis and contains the reproductive organs, bladder, and rectum |
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| double-layered extensions of the peritoneum that support most organs in the abdominal cavity |
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| two-layered serous membrane that lines the thoracic cavity and covers the external surface of the lung |
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| double-layered sac enclosing the heart and forming its superficial layer; has fibrous and serous layers |
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| serous membrane lining the interior of the abdominal cavity and covering the surfaces of abdominal organs |
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| pertaining to the walls of a cavity |
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| pertaining to an internal organ of the body or the inner part of a structure |
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| literally, toward the tail; in humans, the inferior portion of the anatomy |
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| the moist membrane found in closed ventral body cavities |
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