Chapter 2- Terms Pertaining to the Body as a Whole Flashcards
What is the Digestive System?
Pharynx Esophagus Stomach Intestines (Small then Large) Liver Gallbladder Pancreas
What is the Urinary/ Excretory System?
Kidneys
Ureters
Bladder
Urethra
What is the Respiratory System?
Nose Pharynx Larynx Trachea Bronchial Tubes Lungs
What is the Reproductive System?
Female: Ovaries Fallopian Tube Uterus Vagina Mammary Glands
Male: Testes Tubes Urethra Penis Prostate gland
What is the Endocrine System?
Thyroid Gland Pituitary Gland Sex Glands Adrenal Glands Pancreas Parathyroid Gland
What is the Nervous System?
Brain
Spinal Chord
Nerves
Collection of Nerves
What is the Circulatory System?
Heart Blood Vessels (Veins, Arteries, Capillaries, lymphatic vessels, nodes, spleen, thymus gland)
What is the Musculoskeletal System?
Muscles
Bones
Joints
What is the Skin, and sense Organs System?
Skin Hair Nails Sweat Glands oil glands eye ear nose tongue
How many body cavities are there? What are they?
- Cranial
- Thoracic
- Abdominal
- Pelvic
- Spinal
What organs are in the CRANIAL CAVITY?
Brain and Pituitary Gland.
What organs are in the THORACIC CAVITY?
Lungs, Heart, Esophagus, Trachea, bronchial tubes, thymus gland, aorta.
The thoracic cavity is divided into the Pleural Cavity and the Mediastinum
What organs are in the ABDOMINAL CAVITY?
Contains stomach, small and large intestines, spleen, pancreas, liver and gallbladder. the abdominal cavity begins at the diaphgrahm.
What organs are in the PELVIC CAVITY?
Contains portions of the small and large intestines, rectum, urinary bladder, urethra, ureters, (uterus and vagina(only in females))
What organs are in the SPINAL CAVITY?
Nerves and spinal cord.
What are the different Quadrants of the abdominopelvic area?
Right Hypochondriac Area Left Hypochondriac Area Epigastric Region Right Lumbar region Left Lumbar Region Umbilical Region Right Inguinal Region (Groin) Left Inguinal Region
What are the 4 Quadrants?
RUQ- Right Upper Quadrant
RLQ- Right Lower Quadrant
LUQ- Left Upper Quadrant
LLQ- Left Lower Quadrant
What are the divisions of the Back/ Spinal Column?
Cervical Thoracic Lumbar Sacral Coccygeal
What are the positional and directional terms?
Anterior (Ventral) Posterior (Dorsal) Deep Superficial Proximal Distal Inferior Superior Medial Lateral Supine Prone
What is the Anterior (Ventral)?
The front side of Body
What is the Posterior (Dorsal)?
The backside of the body (Think Dorsal fin on a shark)
What is the Deep?
Away from the surface
What is the Superficial?
On the Surface
What is the Proximal?
Near something, Trunk or the beginning of a structure
What is the Distal?
far from the point of the trunk or the beginning of a structure
What is the Inferior?
Below another structure
What is the Superior?
Above another structure
What is the Medial?
Pertaining to the middle or nearer to the medial plane
What is the Lateral?
Pertaining to the side
What is the Supine?
lying on the back
What is the Prone?
Lying on the belly
What are the planes of the body?
Frontal Plane (Coronal) Sagittal Plane (Lateral) Transverse Plane (Axial)
What is the Frontal Plane?
the vertical line dividing the body along with the belly button.
What is the Sagittal Plane?
Lengthwise vertical plane dividing the body in half (along the right and left sides)
What is the Transverse Plane?
Horizontal cross-section of body along the body parallel to the ground.
What is abdomin/o?
Abdomen
What is adip/o?
fat
What is anter/o?
Front (Anterior Pituitary(in front))
What is cervic/o?
The neck of the body/ uterus
What is chondr/o?
cartilage (type of connective tissue)
What is chrom/o?
Color (Think Chromosomes)
What is Coccyg/o?
Coccyx (Tailbone (Remember the funny tailbone story))
What is crani/o?
Skull (My poor cranium- tweety)
What is cyt/o?
cell (think cytoplasm (jelly inside a cell))
What is dist/o?
far, distant
What is dors/o?
the back portion of the body (think dorsal fin of a shark)
What is hist/o?
Tissue
What is ili/o?
ilium (upper part of hip bone)
What is inguin/o?
groin
What is kary/o?
Nucleus (Think Karyotype)
What is Later/o?
side
What is lumb/o?
Lower back (think lumbar support)
What is medi/o?
middle
What is nucle/o?
nucleus
What is pelv/i?
pelvis
What is pharyng/o?
pharynx
What is poster/o?
back, or behind. (think posterior pituitary)
What is proxim/o?
nearest (think approximately)
What is sacr/o?
Sacrum
What is sarc/o?
flesh
What is spin/o?
spine, backbone nipple.
What is thel/o, theli/o?
nipple (Epithelial)
What is Thorac/o?
chest (Think Thorax)
What is Trache/o?
Trachea, Windpipe
What is Umbilic/o?
navel, umbilicus (think Umbilical cord)
What is ventr/o?
belly side of the body (think ventral)
What is vertebr/o?
Vertebra(e), backbone
What is viscer/o?
internal organs (think visceral fat- fat that wraps around organs for protection)
What is ana-?
up
What is cata-?
down
What is epi-?
above (think epinephrine)
What is hypo-?
below (think hypoglycemia)
What is inter-?
between (Think interspecies relationship (relationship BETWEEN 2 species))
What is intra-?
within
What is meta-?
change (Think Metamorphosis (caterpillar into a butterfly))
What is -eal?
pertaining to
What is -iac?
pertaining to
What is -ior?
pertaining to
What is -ism?
process, condition
What is -ose?
Pertaining to, full of
What is -plasm?
formation (think endoplasm or ectoplasm)
What is -somes?
bodies (think chromosomes)
What is -type?
Picture, or classification
