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What is microscopic anatomy? What are examples?
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That which you must use a microscope to study. cytology and histology
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What is cytology?
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study of cells
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what is histology?
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study of tissues
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What is gross anatomy? What are the types?
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what you can see with the naked eye. regional and systemic approach
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what is regional approach?
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studying a specific place (brain, heart, foot, etc)
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what is systems approach?
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studying different organ systems
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what is embryology?
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developmental anatomy- study of embryos
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what is pediatrics?
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developmental anatomy- study of children
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what is gerontology?
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developmental anatomy- study of elderly
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What are the two methods of study?
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Dissection and medical imaging
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What is the anatomic position?
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Standing up straight with the palms facing out
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What are the two regional terms?
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axial (torso) and appendicular (appendages)
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anterior and posterior
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front/back
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dorsal and ventral
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front/back
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superior and inferior
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top/bottom
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medial and lateral
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center/away
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proximal and distal
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closer./farther
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superficial and deep
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outside/inside
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What are the body sections/planes?
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sagittal and midsagittal (left/right), frontal or coronal (front/back) transverse (up/down)...
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What is in the dorsal cavity?
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cranial and spinal
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what are the subdivisions of the ventral cavity?
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thoracic and abdominopelvic
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What are the cavities in the thoracic?
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pericardial and pleural
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what are the membranes in the pericardial?
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visceral pericardium (lines the cavity) and parietal paricardium (lines the heart)
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what are the membranes in the pleural cavities?
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visceral pleurae (lines the cavity) and parietal pleurae (lines the lungs)
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what are the membranes of the abdominopelvic cavities?
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visceral peritoneum and the Great Omentum (covers cavity, great omentum = flap over stomach) parietal...
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what are the abdominopelvic quadrants and regions?
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(top) left/right hypochondriac, epigastric region (middle) left/right lumbar, umbilical...
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