“Bottom” in Latin. A number of organs have a part called the fundus or fundic region. Confusingly, the fundus is typically the top of these organs such as the top of the uterus, the top of the urinary bladder, the […]
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When did you first begin classes in the anatomy lab? How often are you there? Anatomy is taken in the first of year of the clinical programs and the Master of Science in Anatomy program (MSA.). For the D.O., D.P.M.,
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You might guess the region of anatomy from associations with puberty. The pubic symphysis is the point at which the two halves of our pelvic bones come together over the genitalia. Symphysis comes from the Greek and means a “coming
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“Burned as a sacrifice, incense” in Greek. A lymphoid organ lying directly above the heart, more prominent in the young than adults. This gland provides the T-lymphocytes so important in the immune process and the primary cell type attacked by
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Des Moines University will grant 539 degrees at its 2014 Commencement Ceremony, the 114th in the university’s history, on Saturday, May 24, at 10 a.m. at Hy-Vee Hall in the Iowa Events Center, 730 Third Street, Des Moines. The dean
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Just after 10 a.m. on an unseasonably warm October morning, 52 physical therapy students enter the chill of the anatomy lab. In groups of five and six, they huddle around the stainless steel dissection tables and prep for the day’s
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Des Moines University will honor 63 individuals from across the state who left generous gifts to further medical education by donating their bodies. The family of each donor, the DMU community and the public are invited to celebrate the lives
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A “little fountain or spring” (derived from the Latin). In laymen’s terms, the “soft spots” of a baby’s head are membranous areas between the skull bones that allow changes in shape of the head as it traverses the birth canal.
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This term is a combining of two Greek words meaning “to put together with an egg” and describes the construction of certain joints in the body. For example, your knee joint is a membrane lined cavity (synovial membrane, synovial cavity)
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