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| the study of structures and their relationship with other body parts; "what it is" |
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| The study of body functions and how body parts work, as well as how they coordinate together; "what it does" |
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| patient stands erect, facing clinician, with eyes facing forward; feet are flat an forward pointing, arms at the side with palms facing forward |
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| towards the head, or upper part of a structure |
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| towards the feet, or lower part of a structure |
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| nearer to or at the front of the body; AKA ventral |
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| nearer to or at the back of the body; AKA dorsal |
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| nearer to the midline or midsagittal plane |
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| farther from the body midline or midsagittal plane |
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| nearer to the attachment of a limb to the trunk |
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| farther from the attachment of a limb to the trunk |
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| toward or on the body surface |
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| away from the surface of the body |
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| palms face up or facing anterior |
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| palms face down or facing posterior |
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| soles pointing in or medially |
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| soles pointing out or laterally |
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| pointing the foot with toes up and toward the body |
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| pointing the foot down and away from the body |
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| toward the head or superior end of the body |
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| toward the tail or inferior end of the trunk (cauda equina) |
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| situated on or pertaining to the same side of the body |
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| situated on or pertaining to the opposite side |
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| situated in front of elbow |
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| small pyramidal space between the upper lateral chest and arm |
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| pertaining to the arm (from shoulder to elbow) |
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| pertaining to the neck, or the neck of an organ or structure |
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| finger manipulation or imprint |
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| smooth area on the frontal bone, between the eyebrows |
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| the juncture between the abdomen and thigh (groin) |
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| the part of the back between the thorax and pelvis (loins) |
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| the posterior inferior portion of the cranium |
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| bony cavity that contains the eyeball |
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| the sesamoid bone situated at the front of the knee |
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| the posterior surface of the knee |
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| anterior inferior portion of the hip bone |
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| the flat triangular bone in the back of the shoulder (blade) |
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| pertaining to the chest or spinal region |
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| pertaining to the 24 bones of the spinal column |
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| a vertical plane that divides the body or an organ into right and left sides |
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| when the right and left sides are equal in size and runs through the midline of the body or organ |
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| when the body or organ is divided into unequal right and left sides |
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| divides the body or organ into anterior and posterior portions; AKA coronal |
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| divides the body into superior and inferior portions |
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| passes through the body or an organ at a diagonal angle |
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| located in the posterior portion of the body; subdivides into the cranial and vertebral cavities |
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| located in the anterior portion of the body; subdivided by the diaphragm into the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities |
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| center of abdomen; area surrounding umbilicus |
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| heart, blood, blood vessels |
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| lungs, trachea, pharynx, larynx |
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| skeletal muscles, cardiac and smooth muscle |
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| mouth, esophagus, stomach, small and large intestine, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, salivary glands |
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| brain, spinal cord, nerves, sense organs |
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| testes, penis, ovaries, uterus, vagina |
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| kidneys, urinary bladder, ureter, urethra |
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| lymph nodes, vessels, spleen, thymus |
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