Language of AP Flashcards

4963784386	Sagittal plane	Down the middle making a left and right half	0
4963784387	Superior	Above	1
4963784388	Inferior	Below	2
4963784389	Superficial	Toward the body surface	3
4963784390	Anterior	Toward the front	4
4963784391	Posterior	Toward the back	5
4963784392	Cephalic	Head	6
4963784393	Axillary	Armpit	7
4963784394	Brachial	Arm	8
4963784395	Femoral	Thigh	9
4963784396	Occipital	Back of head	10
4963784397	Vertebral	Vertebral column Spine	11
4963784398	Lumbar	Lower back	12
4963784399	Gastric	Stomach	13
4963784400	Renal	Kidneys	14
4963784401	Pulmonary	Lungs	15
4963784402	Pericardial Cavity	Fluid Space around the Heart	16
4963784403	Pericardial Membrane	The fibroserous sac enclosing the heart and the roots of the great vessels, consisting of two layers: the visceral layer or epicardium	17
4963784404	Iliac region	hip bone	18
4963784405	Blood capillaries	smallest of the body's blood vessels. They are only one cell thick, and they are the sites of the transfer of oxygen and other nutrients from the bloodstream to other tissues in the body	19
4963784406	Gonads	an organ that produces gametes; a testis or ovary.	20
4963784407	Hepatic	Liver failure	21
4963784408	Afferent	conducting or conducted inward or toward something (for nerves, the central nervous system; for blood vessels, the organ supplied).	22
4963784409	Efferent	conducted or conducting outward or away from something (for nerves, the central nervous system; for blood vessels, the organ supplied).	23
4963784410	Cortex	Outer layer	24
4963784411	Proximal	situated nearer to the center of the body or the point of attachment.	25
4963784412	Distal	situated away from the center of the body or from the point of attachment.	26
4963784413	Convoluted	Folded twisted	27