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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 |
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| 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 |
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| The part of the abdomen (including abdominal organs) protected by the ribs |
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