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What is Nervous System?
The human body system that detects and processes sensory information.
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What is Plantar?
Sole of foot
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What is distal?
Describes a position in a limb that is farther from the point of attachment.
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What is the cranial cavitiy?
The cavity that holds the brain.
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What is homeostasis?
Steady state of body systems that living organisms maintain.
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What is the function of the Urinary System?
Controls water balance in the body and removes wastes from blood and excretes them.
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What is the buttock region?
Gluteus
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What is Anterior?
Describes the front or the direction toward the front of the body.
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What is thoracic cavity?
Superior subdivision of the anterior cavity, and is enclosed by the rib cage.
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What is Anatomy
Science that studies the form and composition of the body's structures.
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What are the parts of the Integumentary System?
Hair, Skin, and Nails
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What is the thumb?
Pollex
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What is Sagittal plane?
The plane that divides the body or organ vertically into right and left sides.
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What is Abdominopelvic cavity?
Largest body cavity that includes both the abdominal and pelvic cavities.
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What is organ?
Functionally distance structure composed of two or more types of tissues.
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What is the function of the Endocrine System?
Secretes hormones and regulates bodily processes
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What is the Patellar?
Kneecap
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What is prone?
Face down orientation?
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What is dorsal body cavity?
Include the cranial cavity and the vertebral cavity.
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What is gross anatomy?
Study of the larger structures of the body, typically with the unaided eye.
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What is the Cardiovascular System
This human body system delivers oxygen and nutrients to tissues and equalizes temperature in the body.
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What is the neck region?
Cervical
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What is anatomical position?
Position where the body is standing upright, with the feet at shoulder width and parallel, toes forward and the upper limbs are held out to each side with the palms of the hands facing forward.
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What is ventral body cavity?
Contains thoracic cavity and the abdominopelvic cavity.
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What is physiology?
Science that studies the chemistry, biochemistry, and physics of the body's functions.
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