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        | Divides the body into equal right and left halves |  | 
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        | Any plane parallel to the median plane; divides the body into right and left halves but not equal |  | 
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        | Cut across at a right angle to the longitudinal axis of an organ or part; divides body into cranial and caudal part |  | 
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        | Runs at a right angle to the median and transverse planes thus divides the body into dorsal and ventral portions |  | 
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        | Towards the vertebral column |  | 
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        | Away from the vertebral column |  | 
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        | Towards the nose (only use when discussing the head) |  | 
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        | Near the origin (near the starting point) |  | 
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        | Away from the median plane |  | 
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        | When we pass the carpus (antebrachiocarpal joint) - towards carpus is dorsal, away from it is palmar |  | 
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        | When we pass the tarsus (tarsocrural joint) - towards tarsus is dorsal, away from it is plantar |  | 
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        | Closer to the longitudinal axis of the limb |  | 
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        | Further from the longitudinal axis of the limb |  | 
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        | Near the center of a structure |  | 
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        | Away from the center of a structure |  | 
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        | Towards the front; replaces cranial for the structures of the head |  | 
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        | Towards the back; replaces caudal for the structures of the head |  | 
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        | Towards the top; replaces dorsal for the structures of the head |  | 
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        | Towards the bottom; replaces ventral for the structures of the head |  | 
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        | One hole - singular; e.g. foramen magnum |  | 
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        | Multiple vertebrae - plural |  | 
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        | Front limbs attached to trunk by extrinsic muscles of the thoracic limb |  | 
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        | Rear limbs attached to the trunk by the sacroiliac joint |  | 
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        | Separates the nasal and oral cavities |  | 
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        | Found in nasal cavity; very fragile bone structures covered in mucous (hard and soft at same time) |  | 
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        | Houses upper portion of the alimentary and respiratory organs |  | 
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        | Divides the nasal cavity into right and left sides |  | 
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        | Oral fissure leads to the oral cavity which leads caudally to the oropharynx |  | 
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        | Nostrils lead to the nasal cavity which leads caudally to the nasopharynx |  | 
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        | 12 named nerves originating from the brain (residing in the cranial cavity) |  | 
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        | Nerves originating from the spinal cord, which is protected by the vertebral column |  | 
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        | Your cranial and spinal nerves which supply all structures of the body |  | 
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        | Group of spinal nerves branch and do funky stuff to form a network of nerves supplying structures of thoracic limb |  | 
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        | Group of spinal nerves branch and do funky stuff to form a network of nerves supplying structures of pelvic |  | 
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        | Space of the neck; contains structures running to/from head and the thoracic cavity (trachea, esophagus, vessels, and nerves) |  | 
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        | Extrinsic muscles of the thoracic limb |  | Definition 
 
        | Muscles having one attachment on the thoracic limb and another somewhere else |  | 
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        | Coming together via muscles (syn = together; sarcosis = muscle attachment) |  | 
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        | Anything past the thoracic cavity (after neck all the way to beginning of pelvic limb) |  | 
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        | Sacral portion of the vertebral column and the ilium bone portion of the pelvic bone |  | 
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        | Two bones come together and form a joint |  | 
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        | Separates the thoracic and abdominal cavities; has openings for structures that continue through the abdominal cavity from the thoracic cavity |  | 
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        | Line the body cavities; three of them: pleura, peritoneum, and pericardium |  | 
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        | Part of the serous membrane that lines the walls |  | 
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        | Part of the serous membrane that covers the organs |  | 
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        | Part of the body located between the neck and the abdomen - includes thoracic cavity and the thoracic wall |  | 
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        | Begins at the aortic valve to the level of the beginning of the arch (not visible) |  | 
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        | Curved part of the aorta; gives rise to branches that supply body structures cranial to its level |  | 
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        | Thoracic and abdominal aorta |  | 
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        | Indirect branch of aortic arch - continues as axillary artery once it passes first rib (main blood supply to the thoracic limb) |  | 
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        | Indirect branch of the aortic arch - main blood supply to the head |  | 
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        | Indirect branch of the abdominal aorta - main blood supply to the pelvic limb |  | 
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        | Intrathoracic part of the abdominal cavity |  | Definition 
 
        | The part of the abdomen (including abdominal organs) protected by the ribs |  | 
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