Ch. 2 Special Terms

Question 1

Lavage

Answer 1

Irrigation or washing out of an organ or cavity

Question 2

Malignant

Answer 2

Tending to become progressively worse

Question 3

Membrane

Answer 3

Thin layer of tissue that covers a surface, lines a cavity, or divides a space or an organ

Question 4

Peritoneum

Answer 4

Membrane surrounding the organs of the abdomen

Question 5

Pharynx

Answer 5

Throat

Question 6

Physiology

Answer 6

Study the the body’s function

Question 7

Ureter

Answer 7

Tube that carries urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder

Question 8

Urethra

Answer 8

Tube that carries urine from the urinary bladder to outside of the body

Question 9

Viscera

Answer 9

Internal organs

Question 10

Evisceration

Answer 10

Displacement of internal organs outside the cavity that should contain them

Question 11

Hernia

Answer 11

Abnormal protrusion of an organ or tissue through the structure that should contain it

Question 12

Prolapse

Answer 12

Abnormal protrusion of an organ or tissue through a natural opening