Summary: Anatomy And Physiology

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  • The study of the function of the living organism and its parts, as well as the chemical processes involved

    Physiology
  • The body is erect and the palms, arms and hands face forward. Important in determining where a section came from and its relation to others around it.

    Anatomical Position
  • An anatomical section that divides the body into left and right halves in the median plane

    midsagittal section
  • Any cut that is parallel to the median plane and divides the body into left and right portions

    Sagittal section
  • Results in front and back portions of a body and is so called because the plane is parallel to the coronal suture of the skull, which roughly divides the body in half along that axis

    Frontal or coronal section
  • pertaining to the belly or anterior surface

    ventral
  • pertaining to the back of the body or distal

    dorsal
  • toward body or root of free extremity

    proximal
  • follows sagittal suture of skull

    sagittal plane
  • at right angles to the sagittal. it is parallel to the coronal suture or to the forehead. it cuts the 'front' off

    frontal or coronal plane
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