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| Divides the body symmetrically into right and left halves. |
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| Divides the body into symmetrical right and left halves. |
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| Divides the body into symmetrical right and left halves. |
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| Divides the body into symmetrical right and left halves. |
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Divides the body into two parts in a line that is parallel to the midsagittal plane.
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| Divides the body into anterior and posterior halves |
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| Slices through the body horizontally, perpendicular to the sagittal plane |
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| trunk upright (in humans) |
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| trunk horizontal (quadrupeds) |
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| Toward the head end of the hominid body. |
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| synonymous terms that can be used for bipeds and quadrupeds |
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| Opposite of superior; body parts away from the head (human) |
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| towards the tail (quadrupeds) |
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| Towards the front of the hominid body. |
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| Towards the belly (for bipeds and quadrupeds) |
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| toward the back of the individual |
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| toward the back (quadruped) |
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| toward the midline (i.e. the left side of the tongue is medial to the left side of the mandible) |
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| Away from the midline (i.e. the thumb is lateral to the pinky in standard anatomical position) |
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| nearest the axial skeleton, usually used for limb bones (i.e. proximal end of humerus is nearest the shoulder) |
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| farthest from the axial skeleton (i.e. the distal end of the terminal foot phalanx fits into the front end of a shoe) |
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| inner surface of the cranial vault (i.e. the brain fills the endocranial cavity) |
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| outer surfaces of the cranial vault (i.e. the temporal line is on the ectocranial surface of the parietal) |
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| far from the surface (i.e. the dentine core of a tooth is deep to the enamel) |
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| Just below the skin (i.e. the anteromedial surface of the tibia is subcutaneous) |
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| toward the midline of the incisors (TEETH) |
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| Away from the midline of the mouth (i.e the distal half of a premolar is the posterior half of the tooth) |
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| towards the tongue (TEETH) |
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| towards the lips (usually referring for incisors and canines, i.e. the labial surfaces of incisors are observed when a person smiles) |
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| towards the cheeks (normally used for premolars and molars) |
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| in contact with adjacent teeth in the same jaw (i.e. dental floss goes into interproximal areas) |
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| facing the opposing dental arch (the chewing surfaces of the teeth) |
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| the biting (occlusal) end of the incisors (the incisal edges of the incisors are used to bite into an apple) |
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| Axis running from mesial to distal |
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| axis from buccal or labial to lingual (i.e. the incisors of Neanderthals often have large labiolingual dimensions) |
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| Top of the foot or back of the hand |
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| appendage being moved in a cone-shaped path (abduction and adduction, as well as flexion and extension are happening simultaneously) |
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| motion that occurs as one body part turns on an axis (i.e. the head of the radius rotates on the distal humerus) |
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| Motion in which body parts are brought together (i.e. thumb and fingertips) |
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| a body prominece (ex: mastoid process behind ear) |
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| a body projection, usually not as prominent as a process |
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| a longer, thinner, sharper process than an eminence (i.e. the vertebral spines are used in the identification of various vertebrae) |
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| a large, roughened eminence of variable shape, often sites of tendons or ligament attachments (i.e. deltoid tuberosity) |
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| a small eminence, often a site of tendon or ligament attachment |
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| two large, prominent, blunt processes found on the femur: the greater trochanter and the lesser trochanter |
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| a rounded protuberance adjacent to the ankle joint; it is easy to touch both the lateral and medial malleoli |
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| A smooth, round, broad eminence (i.e. female skulls tend to show more bossing of the frontal bone than those of males) |
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| where adjacent bones contact (i.e. the most proximal surface of the tibia articulates with the distal end of the femur) |
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| A rounded articular process. |
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| a nonarticular projection adjacent to a condyle |
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| the large, rounded, usually articular end of a bone |
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| diaphysis! the long, straight section between the ends of a long bone |
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| the end portions of long bones |
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| The section of the bone between tht head and shaft |
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| a body thickening (ex: the supraorbital torus) |
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| A prominent, usually sharp and thin ridge of bone (i.e. sagittal crest in gorillas) |
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| a raised linear surface, not as thick as a torus or as sharp as a crest |
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| a hook-shaped projection (ex: hamate in wrist) |
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| a small articular surface, OR tooth contace |
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| a depressed area, usually broad and shallow |
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| a pitlike, depressed area, usually smaller than a fossa |
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| a space between cranial bones of an infant (i.e. soft spot) |
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| Where adjacent bones of the skull meet (articulate) |
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| an opening through a bone, usually a passage for blood vessels and nerves |
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| A tunnel-like, extended foramen |
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| a short canal (ex: auditory meatus connects middle and outer ear) |
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| a cavity within a cranial bone |
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| Number of bones in the adult human |
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| Number of bones in newborn humans |
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| Number of bones in vertebral column, inluding sacrum and coccyx |
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| Number of bones in Axial Skeleton (including skull) |
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| Number of bones in cranium |
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| Number of bones in Appendicular skeleton |
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1. Protects and supports soft tissues
2. Achor muscles, tendons, and ligaments
3. Levers that muscles operate to produce movement
4. Centers for production of blood cells
5. Storage facilities for fat
6. Resovoirs if important elements like calcium |
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| any connection between different skeletal elements, connected to one another by ligaments and cartilage |
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| packed bundles of collagen fibers |
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| 1. Synovial, Cartilaginous, Sydesmoses |
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| i.e. hip, elbow, flexible joints. Have hyaline cartilage and a joint cavity filled with synovial fluid. Types of synovial joints include hall and socket, hinge, saddle-shaped, and planar. |
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| aka synchondroses, semi-flexible bones united by cartilage. ex: unfused epiphyses o a long bone. |
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| tight, inflexible fibrous joints between bones. ex: cranial sutures, gomphosis (the joint between the root of the teeth and the bones of the jaws) |
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| when two bones fuse together (i.e. cranial sutures) |
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