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ventral mesentery
is the part of the peritoneum closest to the navel
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dorsal mesentery
The portion of mesentery attached to the greater curvature of the stomach
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mesentery
A fold of the peritoneum that attaches the stomach and other organs to the posterior wall of the abdomen.
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serosa
The tissue of a serous membrane, which secretes a watery, lubricating serous fluid.
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ventral cavity
houses the viscera
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vertebral cavity
houses the spinal cord
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cranial cavity
houses the brain
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dorsal body cavity
houses the central nevous system and is futher subdivided into a cranial cavity
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plantar surface
sole of the foot
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popliteal fossa
behind the knee
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antecubital fossa
front of the elbow
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vertebral lumbar
lower back
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sternal and mammary
breast
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trunk
is divided in to the thoracic, abdomal, and pelvic
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occipital
back of the head
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cephalic
head region: includes the nasal, oral, frontal, orbital, buccal. mental, otic, and occiptial
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apperdicular region
this consists of the limbs or appendages of the body.
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axial region
- the part that comprises tha main axis of the body, is know as the.
- it includes the cephalic, cervical, and the trunk
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anatomical regions
when the body is divided into two regions, the axial region and the appendicular region. these are known as the?
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anatomical postion
when the human body is in this postion the body is erect and the head, toes, and palms are facing anteriorly
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organism
the organ system comprise this
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organ systems
one or more organs working together to preform one of more specific fuctions in the body comprise this.
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organs
these are aggregations of tissues working togther to preform one or more specific fuctions in the body
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tissues
cells and associated intercellular material working together to perform one of more specific function in the body form this.
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cells
atoms combine to form moecules, and moecules form this.
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distal
the part of the vessel that is furthers from the heart
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proximal
- the part of the vessel that is closest to the heart

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inferior
- the morphologically posterior direction

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superior
- upward, the morphological anterior direction in the human body

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lateral
the direction away from the median sagittal plane
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medial
the direction toward the median sagittal plane
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ventral
the direction from the back toward the belly
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dorsal
the direction from the belly towars the back
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posterior
backwards
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anterior
the direction in which the animal (normally) moves.
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tangential section
cut in the obique planes
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oblique planes
any other plan that is not at a right angle to the midplane or tranverse plane
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frontal planes
cut the body into to "upper" and "lower" parts. (front and back for humans) we can specify this plane at the level of the jaw joints.
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tranverse or cross-section
a cut in the tranverse plane
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transverse plane
a plane stright across the body, at right angle to the longitudinal axis
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median
structures around the median sagittal plane, and hence unpaired are said to be in this position
EX: spinal cord
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parasagittal planes
sagittal planes other than the median sagittal plane
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sagittal plane
there are nearly infanate amount of these and they are parallel with the median sagittale plane
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MEDIAN SAGITTAL PLANE
the plane of divison that divides the animal or human into right and left halves that are approximately mirror images of eachother
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