Medical English

1. SKELETOARTICULAR SYSTEM
2. BLOOD
3. MUSCULAR SYSTEM
4. ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
5. CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM AND LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
6. NERVOUS SYSTEM
7. GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM
8. RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
9. URINARY SYSTEM
10. REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM

Frontal plane Midsagittal plane

Axial plane

Superior External
Inferior Internal
Anterior (ventral, Peripheral
Rostral, cephalic ) Central
Posterior (dorsal, Caudal) Plantar (palmar, volar)
Medial Dorsal
Lateral Parietal
Proximal Visceral
Distal Afferent
Superficial Efferent
Deep

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1. The thigh is … to the knee, the knee is … to the thigh
2. The toes are … to the heel, and the heel is … to the toes
3. The nose is … to the eyes, and the eyes are … to the nose.
4. The shoulder is to the wrist, and the wrist is … to the forearm.

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THE SKELETAL SYSTEM

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 THE SKELETAL SYSTEM
The appendicular skeleton
• The upper extremities
The axial skeleton • scapula
• The skull • clavicle
• cranial skull • humerus
• facial skull • ulna
• The vertebral column • radius
• 7 cervical • carpal bones
vertebrae • Metacarpal bones
• 12 thoracic • phalanges
vertebrae
• The lower extremities
• 5 lumbar vertebrae
• hipbones
• sacrum
• femur
• coccyx
• tibia
• The thorax
• fibula
• 12 pairs of ribs
• tarsal bones
• 12 costal cartilages
• metatarsal bones
• sternum
• phalanges

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 THE BLOOD

Volume
Serum
Solution

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THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM

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THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM

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CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM

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GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM

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RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

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