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| anatomical position | the standard nuetral reference position for the body used to describe sites or motions of various body parts; gives the directional terms meaning, |
| anatomy | The study of structure of an organism and the relationships of its parts |
| anterior | Front |
| cell | The basic structural part of the body consisting of a nucleus surrounded by sytoplasma nd enclosed by a membrane. |
| chemical level | The level of the bodys organization that includes atoms and molecules |
| cranial | Toward the head |
| deep | further away from the bodies surface |
| disease | A significant abnormality in the body's structure and function that disrupts a person's function or physical, mental or social well being. |
| distal | toward to end of something |
| dorsal | The back. Posterior=dorsal |
| frontal | Lengthwise plane running from side to side, dividing the body into anterior and posterior portions |
| inferior | Lower |
| lateral | Toward the side |
| medial | Toward the middle |
| midsagittal plane | A division that divides the body or any of its parts into two equal halves |
| organization (structural levels) | ( Going from small to large) cell-> Tissue-> Organ-> Organ System-> Organism |
| physiology | The study of body structure |
| planes (of body) | Any completely flat cut though the body or any of its parts. It is used to visualize the body from different perspectives |
| posterior | To the back |
| prone | Used to describe the body laying in a horizontal positon facing downward |
| proximal | Next to or near |
| sagittal plane | Longitudinal- A strait cut up and down |
| superficial | Closer to the surface |
| superior | Higher |
| supine | The body lying in a horizontal position facing upwards |
| system | Group of organs working goether to perfom a complex function that no one organ can perfom by itself. |
| tissue | a group of similar cells that perform a common function |
| transverse plane | A flat cut though the body that is hoprizontal or crosswise and thus divides the body into upper and lower portions |
| pathology | The scientific study of disease |
