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What is gross anatomy?
Considers relatively large structures and features visible to the unaided eye.
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What is microscopic anatomy?
Considers structures that cannot be seen without magnification.
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What are the abdominal quadrants?
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What are the directional references?
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What are the regions of the human body?
- (Know cephalon, cervicis, thoracis, brachium, antebrachium, carpus, manus, abdomen, pelvis, pubis, inguen, lumbus, gluteus, femur, patella, crus, sura, tarsus, pes, planta)
- Refer to Table 1.1 and Figure 1.8
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What are the planes of section?
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What is this system?
Integumentary system
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What is this system?
Skeletal system
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What is this system?
Muscular system
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What is this system?
Nervous system
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What is this system?
Endocrine system
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What is this system?
Cardiovascular system
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What is this system?
Lymphoid system
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What is this system?
Respiratory system
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What is this system?
Digestive system
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What is this system?
Urinary system
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What is this system?
Reproductive system
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What are the body cavities?
- (Pleural cavity, pericardial cavity, abdominal cavity, pelvic cavity)
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What are the cavity layer names with respect to the organs it surrounds?
- (Visceral vs. parietal)
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What is a pericardium?
It is the serous membrane covering the heart.
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What is the mediastinum?
Separates the left and right pleural cavities. It contains the esophagus, major vessels and certain nerves.
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What is a pleura?
It is the serous membrane lining the pleural cavity.
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What is the peritoneum?
It is a serous membrane that lines the peritoneal cavity. It supports the digestive system.
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What is the peritoneal cavity?
Space created by the parietal peritoneum lining the wall of the abdominopelvic cavity.
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What is the mesentery?
- Supports the intestines.
- Made by double sheets of peritoneum.
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What is the greater omentum?
- Protective, fatty serous membrane attached to stomach and transverse colon of larger intestine.
- Flaps over the front like an apron.
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What can x-rays look at?
Bone structures
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What does MRI stand for and what can it look at?
- It stands for Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
- Can look at soft tissues better than x-rays.
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What does PET stand for and what can it look at?
- It stands for positron emission topography.
- It can look at direct functional imaging (it lights up where there is most glucose being taken up by injecting patient with tagged glucose (where there is most activity).
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