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✔✔the _________ is the outer layer of the peritoneum that lines the interior of the
abdominal wall - ✔✔parietal peritoneum.
✔✔a _______ gene is a fundamental physical and functional unit of heredity - ✔✔gene
✔✔the study of structure, composition, and function of tissues is known as -
✔✔histology
✔✔the term ______refers to the entire lower area of the abdomen - ✔✔inguinal
✔✔the study of how genes are transferred form parents to their kids and the role of
genes in health and disease is known as - ✔✔genetics
✔✔the location of the stomach is ___________ inferior to the diaphragm. - ✔✔inferior
✔✔the term meaning situated nearest the midline or beginning of a body structure is -
✔✔proximal
✔✔the term meaning situated in the back is - ✔✔posterior
✔✔the body is divided into anterior and posterior portions by the _______ plane -
✔✔frontal
✔✔the body is divided into equal vertical left and right halves by the ________ plane -
✔✔midsagittal
✔✔part of elbow is formed by the _______ end of humerus - ✔✔distal.
✔✔laryng/o - ✔✔larynx
✔✔-osis - ✔✔abnormal condition
✔✔nephr/o - ✔✔kidney
✔✔frontal plane - ✔✔vertical plane that divides body into front and back portions
✔✔sagittal plane - ✔✔vertical plane that divides body into unequal left and right
✔✔midsagittal - ✔✔equal left and right portions
, ✔✔transverse - ✔✔horizontal planes dividing the body into upper and lower portions
✔✔ventral / anterior - ✔✔refers to front/ belly side
✔✔dorsal/ posterior - ✔✔back side of body
✔✔superior - ✔✔situated above
✔✔inferior - ✔✔situated below
✔✔cephalic - ✔✔toward the head
✔✔caudel - ✔✔toward lower part of region
✔✔proximal - ✔✔situated nearest the midline, beginning of body structure, towards
midline
✔✔distal - ✔✔farthest from midline or beginning of the body structure; away
✔✔Medial - ✔✔towards/ near the midline
✔✔lateral - ✔✔towards/ near the side of body
✔✔dorsal cavity - ✔✔-located on the posterior surface
-contains organs of nervous system
✔✔cranial cavity - ✔✔has skull and protects brain; part of dorsal
✔✔spinal cavity - ✔✔has vertebrae of spinal column and protects the spinal cord; part
of dorsal cavity
✔✔ventral cavity - ✔✔-located on anterior surface
-contains organs of chest, abdomen, and pelvis
✔✔thoracic cavity - ✔✔-surrounds and protects heart and lungs
-portion above the diaphragm
✔✔abdominal cavity - ✔✔-contains organs o digestive system
-portions of ventral cavity thats inferior the diaphragm
✔✔pelvic cavity - ✔✔-surrounds by pelvic
-protects organs of reproductive system and urinary