BODY AS A WHOLE
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 abdominopelvic cavity | CONTAINS THE DIGESTIVE AND REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS |
| ABDUCTION | MOVEMENT AWAY FROM THE MEDIAN PLANE OF THE BODY |
| ADDUCTION | Movement toward the median plane of the body |
| ANATOMICAL POSITION | PLACES THE BODY IN A WORLDWIDE ACCEPTED POSITION |
| ANTERIOR | front of the body |
| ANTEROLATERAL | PERTAINING TO THE FRONT SIDE REGION |
| AP | ANTERIOR-POSTERIOR |
| CELL | BUILDING BLOCK OF THE BODY |
| CERVICAL | pertaining to the neck |
| COCCYX | Tailbone |
| CRANIAL CAVITY | HOLDS THE BRAIN |
| CYTOLOGY | Study of cells. |
| DEEP | away from the surface of the body |
| DIAPHRAGM | muscle that separates the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities |
| DISTAL | farthest away from the point of attachment |
| DORSAL CAVITY | INCLUDES THE CRANIAL AND SPINAL |
| EPIGASTRIC | REGION UPON THE STOMACH |
| EVERSION | Turning outward |
| EXTERNAL | PERTAINING TO THE OUTSIDE |
| FRONTAL | FOREHEAD AREA |
| HYPODERMIC | PERTAINING TO UNDER THE SKIN |
| INFERIOR | away from the head |
| INFRACOSTAL | pertaining to below or beneath the ribs |
| INFRALUMBAR | Below or under the loin region. |
| INGUINAL | pertaining to the groin area |
| INVERSION | turning inward |
| LAT | lateral |
| LATERAL | to the side |
| LEFT HYPOCHONDRIAC | Upper left region beneath the ribs |
| LLQ | Left Lower Quandrant |
| LUMBAR | PERTAINING TO THE LOIN AREA |
| LUQ | Left Upper Quandrant |
| MEDIAL | PERTAINING TO THE MIDLINE OF THE BODY |
| MEDIOSTERNAL | PERTAINING TO MIDDLE OF THE STERUM |
| MIDSAGITTAL | MEDIAN PLANE |
| ORGAN | A GROUP OF TISSUES WORKING TOGETHER TO PERFORM AN ACTIVITY |
| ORGANISM | THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ORGANIZATION |
| PA | POSTERIOR-ANTERIOR |
| PARIETAL | Pertaining to the outer wall of a body cavity |
| PLANE | imaginary line that divides the body for anatomical purposes |
| POSTERIOR | back of the body |
| POSTEROLATERAL | PERTAINING TO BEHIND AND TO THE SIDE |
| PRONE | LYING HORIZONTAL WITH THE FACE DOWNWARD |
| PROXIMAL | CLOSEST |
| RIGHT HYPOCHONDRIAC | UPPER RIGHT REGION |
| RIGHT LUMBAR | Right middle lateral region |
| RLQ | RIGHT LOWER QUANDRANT |
| ROM | range of motion |
| RUQ | RIGHT UPPER QUANDRANT |
| SACRAL | PERTAINING TO THE LOWER BACK |
| SAGITTAL | DIVIDES THE BODY INTO LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES, NOT IN THE MIDDLE |
| SPINAL CAVITY | HOLDS THE SPINAL CORD |
| SUPERFICAL | towards the surface of the body |
| SUPERIOR | towards the head |
| SUPINE | lying on the back, face upward |
| SUPRARENAL | PERTAINING TO ABOVE THE KIDNEYS |
| SYSTEM | A GROUP OF ORGANS WORKING TOGETHER TO PERFORM AN ACTIVITY |
| THORACIC | pertaining to the chest |
| THORACIC CAVITY | CONTAINS THE HEART, LUNGS, AND ASSOCIATED STRUCTURES |
| TISSUE | A GROUP OF CELLS THAT PERFORM THE SAME BASIC ACTIVITY |
| TRANSPORT | TO CARRY ACROSS |
| TRANSVERSE | divides the body into upper and lower halves |
| UGI | UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL |
| VENTRAL CAVITIES | INCLUDES THE THORACIC AND ABDOMINOPELVIC CAVITIES |
| VISCERAL | PERTAINING TO AN ORGAN |
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