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storage sacs for sperm and seminal fluid, which empty into the urethra prostate

the nerves that carry sensations of touch, taste, heat, cold, pain, or other modalities from the body to the central nervous system

the position that has the head and torso supine and the lower extremities elevated 6" -12". this helps to increase blood flow to the brain, also referred to as the modified Trendelburgs position

the promimal portion of the extremity, made up of the clavicle the scapula and the humerous

muscle that is attached to bones and usually crosses at least on joint, striated, or voluntary, muscle

the framework that gives us our recognizable froms, also designed to allow motion of the body and protection of vital organs

the portion of thedigestive tube between the stomach and the cecum, consisting of the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum

nonstriated involuntary muscle, it constitutes the bulk of the gastrointestinal tract and is present in nearly every organ to regulate automatic activity

the part of the nervous system that regulates activities over which there is voluntary control

an extension of the brain, composed of virtually all the nervers carrying messages between the brain and the rest of the body, it lies inside of and is protected by the spinal canal

the muscles on either side of the neck that allow movement of the head

the breastbone

muscle that has characteristics stripe, or striations, under the microscope, voluntary or skeletal, muscle

tissue, largely fat, that lies directley under the dermis and serves as an insulator of the body

closer to or on the skin

the part of the body, or any body part, nearer to the head

one of the two largest veins in the body: carries blood from the upper extremities, head, neckm and chest into the heart

the position in whicht the body is lying face up

the glands that secrete weat, located in the dermal layer of the skin

the contraction or period of contraction of the heart, especially that of the ventricles

the lateral portions on each side ot the cranium

the joint where the mandible meets with the temporal bone of the cranium just in front of eaach ear

a male genital gland that contains specialized cells that produce hormones and sperm

the chest or rid cage

the 12 vertebrea that lie between the cervical vertebrea and the lumbar vertebrea. One pair of ribs is attached to each of the thoracic vertebrea

the chest cavity that contains the heart, lungs, esophagus, and great vessels ( the aorta and the two venae cavae)

a firm prominence of cartilage that forms the upper part of the larynx, the adams apple

the shinebone, the larger of the two bones of the lower leg

the superficial landmarks of the body that serve as guides to thestructures that lie beneath them

the trunck without the head and limbs