Chapter 2 Flashcards
What is located all over the body and forms the lining of internal organs and the outer surface of the skin covering of the body?
epithelial tissue
What is voluntary muscle found in arms and legs and parts of the body where movement is under conscious control
muscle tissue
what type of muscle is found in the heart and digestive system?
involuntary muscle
- unconscious movement
What types of connective tissue are there?
- adipose (fat)
- cartilage (elastic, fibrous attached to bones)
- bone
- blood
What is the function of nerve tissue?
conducts electrical impulses
What word means internal organs
viscera
which cavity of the body pertains to the front?
ventral
which cavity pertains to the back of the body
dorsal
what gland is just above the ear and right below the brain?
pituitary
What region lies the brain
cranium
What lies between the thoracic and upper abdominal region
diaphragm
What major organs pertain to the thoracic cavity?
- larynx
- trachea
- esophagus
- bronchial tubes
- lungs
- heart
- diaphragm
The lungs are lines with a double membrane, what is it called?
pleura
Between the 2 pleura membranes, what is that space called?
pleural cavity
Between the lungs, what is the space called?
mediastinum
What major organs pertain to the peritoneal cavity (abdominal cavity)?
- liver
- stomach
- kidney
- large intestine
- small intestine
- uterus
- urinary bladder
- urethra
- rectum
- anus
- vagina (females
What membranes outlines the peritoneal cavity?
peritoneum
What area contains the kidneys and is outside the peritoneum membrane?
retroperitoneal
Viewing the right-ventrical, thoracic and peritoneal cavities, what majors organs whould be easily visible?
- traches
- lung
- diaphragm
- liver
- gallbladder
- pancreas
- colon
- appendix
- bladder
Viewing the left-ventrical, thoracic and peritoneal cavities, what majors organs whould be easily visible
- thyroid gland
- lung
- aorta
- spleen
- stomach
- small intestine
- sigmoid colon
How many ribs does and average adult have?
12
viewing the right-dorsal, thoracic and perotineal cavities, what major organs/ some bones would be easily visible?
- lung
- liver
- kidney
- colon
- ilium (upper pelvic bone)
- sacrum (bone between ilium)
- rectum
viewing the left-dorsal, thoracic and perotineal cavities, what major organs/ some bones would be easily visible?
- lung
- diaphragm
- kidney
- colon
- uretur
- bladder
What are the 9 abdominopelvic regions?
- right hypochondriac
- epigastric region
- left hypochondriac
- right lumbar
- umbilical region
- left lumbar
- right iliac
- hypogastric region
- left iliac
what major organs pertain to the right hypochondriac?
- liver
- gallbladder
- right kidney
- small intestine
What major organs pertain to the epigastric region?
- stomach
- liver
- pancreas
- duodenum
- spleen
- adrenal glands
What major organs pertain to the left hypochondriac?
- spleen
- colon
- left kidney
- pancreas
What major organs pertain to the right lumbar?
- gallbladder
- liver
- right colon
What major organs pertain to the umbilical region?
- umbilicus (navel)
- part of small intestine
- duodenum
What major organs pertain to the left lumbar?
- descending colon
- left kidney
What major organs pertain to the right iliac?
- appendix
- cecum
What major organs pertain to the hypogastric region?
- urinary bladder
- sigmoid colon
- female reproductive organs
What major organs pertain to the left iliac?
- descending colon
- sigmoid colon
Which plane divides the body from left to right?
sagittal plane
Which plane divides the body from dosal to ventral?
frontal plane
Which plane divides the body at the pelvic region (top to bottom)
transverse plane
What word means pertaining distant?
distal
What word means pertaining to the lower portion of the body?
inferior
What word means pertaining to the side?
lateral
What word means pertaining to the middle?
medial
What word means pertaining to back surface of body?
posterior
What word means lying on stomach?
prone
What word means pertaining to near the point of attachment to the trunk?
proximal
What word means pertaining on the surface?
superficial
What word means pertaining to above another structure?
superior
What word means lying on the back?
supine
What word means pertaining to the abdomen?
abdominal
What word means pertaining to fat?
adipose
What word means pertaining to the front of the body?
anterior
What word means pertaining to the neck?
cervical
What word means benign tumor of cartilage?
chondroma
What word means malignant tumor of cartilage?
chondroscarcoma
What word means pertaining to the coccyx (tailbone)?
coccygeal
What word means incision into the skull?
craniotomy
What word means pertaining to distant?
distal
What word means study of tissue?
histology
What word means pertaining to the ilium?
iliac
What word means pertaining to the groin?
iguninal
What word means pertaining to two sides?
bilateral
What word means pertaining to one side?
lateral
What word means pertaining to the lower back and sacrum?
lumbosacral
What word means pertaining to the pelvis?
pelvic
What word means malignant fletch tumor?
sarcoma
What word means incision into the chest?
thoracotomy
What word means pertaining to the trachea or windpipe?
tracheal
What word means pertaining to the navel?
umbilical
What word means pertaining to the vertebra?
vertebral
Define the Prefixes:
ana-
epi-
hypo-
inter-
intra-
meta-
- up
- above
- below
- between
- within
- change
Define the suffixes:
-eal
-lac
-lor
-ism
-ose
-plasm
-eal, -lac, -lor:
pertaining to
-ism:
process/condition
-ose:
pertaining to/full of
-plasm:
formation
What is the largest artery?
aorta
