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Vocabulary - Intro to A&P

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Term
Definition
Anatomy   The structure of body parts  
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Sagittal Plane   Median plane  
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Coronal Plane   Frontal plane  
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Transverse Plane   Horizontal plane  
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Axial Parts   Head, neck, and body  
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Appendicular Parts   arms and legs  
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Superior/Cranial   Towards the top  
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Inferior/caudial   Towards the bottom  
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Proximal   Towards the center (trunk)  
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Distal   Farther away from the center (trunk)  
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Physiology   How the parts function  
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Anterior   front, ventral  
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Posterior   back, dorsal  
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Medial   towards mid line  
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Lateral   away from mid line  
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Superficial   towards body surface  
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Deep   away from body surface  
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Frontal   plane divides body into anterior and posterior; also called coronal  
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Thoracic cavity   chest space  
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Pleural cavities   2 spaces for lungs  
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Pericardial cavity   heart space; also inferior mediastinum  
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Superior mediastinum   space for esophagus, trachea superior and posterior to heart  
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Abdominopelvic cavity – space for digestive and urogenital organs; superior = abdominal; inferior = pelvic   space for digestive and urogenital organs; superior = abdominal; inferior = pelvic  
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Serosa   double membranes covering lining body cavities and organs (parietal= layer along cavity wall; visceral =- layer over organs)  
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Serous fluid   lubrication between visceral and parietal serosa  
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Chemical Bond   attractions between atoms or molecules  
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Chemical reaction   converts reactants to products by breaking and/or building bonds  
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Ion   charged atom due to gaining or losing electrons  
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Ionic bong   joined when electrons transferred from one atom to another to form ions  
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Covalent bond   atoms joined by sharing pair of electrons  
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Hydrogen bonds   attraction between a hydrogen and a polar atom  
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Polar compound   compound with partial positive and negative sides  
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Synthesis reaction   build new molecules; stores energy in chemical bonds  
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Decomposition reaction   break down molecules, release energy  
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Organic compound   compound with C-H bond  
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Acid   releases H+ ions and lowers PH  
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Base   Releases OH- ions and raises PH  
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pH   measuses H+ in concentration  
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buffer   resists pH changes  
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