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Chapter 2- Terms Pertaining to the Body as a Whole Flashcards

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What is the Digestive System?

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Pharynx
Esophagus
Stomach
Intestines (Small then Large)
Liver
Gallbladder
Pancreas
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What is the Urinary/ Excretory System?

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Kidneys
Ureters
Bladder
Urethra

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What is the Respiratory System?

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Nose
Pharynx
Larynx
Trachea
Bronchial Tubes
Lungs
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What is the Reproductive System?

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Female:
Ovaries
Fallopian Tube
Uterus
Vagina
Mammary Glands
Male:
Testes
Tubes
Urethra
Penis
Prostate gland
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What is the Endocrine System?

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Thyroid Gland
Pituitary Gland
Sex Glands
Adrenal Glands
Pancreas
Parathyroid Gland
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What is the Nervous System?

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Brain
Spinal Chord
Nerves
Collection of Nerves

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What is the Circulatory System?

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Heart
Blood Vessels (Veins, Arteries, Capillaries, lymphatic vessels, nodes, spleen, thymus gland)
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What is the Musculoskeletal System?

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Muscles
Bones
Joints

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What is the Skin, and sense Organs System?

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Skin
Hair
Nails
Sweat Glands
oil glands
eye
ear
nose
tongue
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How many body cavities are there? What are they?

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  1. Cranial
  2. Thoracic
  3. Abdominal
  4. Pelvic
  5. Spinal
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What organs are in the CRANIAL CAVITY?

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Brain and Pituitary Gland.

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What organs are in the THORACIC CAVITY?

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Lungs, Heart, Esophagus, Trachea, bronchial tubes, thymus gland, aorta.
The thoracic cavity is divided into the Pleural Cavity and the Mediastinum

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What organs are in the ABDOMINAL CAVITY?

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Contains stomach, small and large intestines, spleen, pancreas, liver and gallbladder. the abdominal cavity begins at the diaphgrahm.

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What organs are in the PELVIC CAVITY?

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Contains portions of the small and large intestines, rectum, urinary bladder, urethra, ureters, (uterus and vagina(only in females))

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What organs are in the SPINAL CAVITY?

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Nerves and spinal cord.

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What are the different Quadrants of the abdominopelvic area?

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Right Hypochondriac Area
Left Hypochondriac Area
Epigastric Region
Right Lumbar region
Left Lumbar Region
Umbilical Region
Right Inguinal Region (Groin)
Left Inguinal Region
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What are the 4 Quadrants?

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RUQ- Right Upper Quadrant
RLQ- Right Lower Quadrant
LUQ- Left Upper Quadrant
LLQ- Left Lower Quadrant

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What are the divisions of the Back/ Spinal Column?

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Cervical
Thoracic
Lumbar
Sacral
Coccygeal
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What are the positional and directional terms?

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Anterior (Ventral)
Posterior (Dorsal)
Deep
Superficial
Proximal
Distal
Inferior
Superior
Medial
Lateral
Supine
Prone
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What is the Anterior (Ventral)?

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The front side of Body

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What is the Posterior (Dorsal)?

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The backside of the body (Think Dorsal fin on a shark)

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What is the Deep?

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Away from the surface

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What is the Superficial?

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On the Surface

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What is the Proximal?

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Near something, Trunk or the beginning of a structure

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What is the Distal?

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far from the point of the trunk or the beginning of a structure

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What is the Inferior?

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Below another structure

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What is the Superior?

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Above another structure

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What is the Medial?

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Pertaining to the middle or nearer to the medial plane

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What is the Lateral?

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Pertaining to the side

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What is the Supine?

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lying on the back

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What is the Prone?

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Lying on the belly

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What are the planes of the body?

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Frontal Plane (Coronal)
Sagittal Plane (Lateral)
Transverse Plane (Axial)
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What is the Frontal Plane?

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the vertical line dividing the body along with the belly button.

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What is the Sagittal Plane?

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Lengthwise vertical plane dividing the body in half (along the right and left sides)

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What is the Transverse Plane?

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Horizontal cross-section of body along the body parallel to the ground.

36
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What is abdomin/o?

A

Abdomen

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What is adip/o?

A

fat

38
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What is anter/o?

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Front (Anterior Pituitary(in front))

39
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What is cervic/o?

A

The neck of the body/ uterus

40
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What is chondr/o?

A

cartilage (type of connective tissue)

41
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What is chrom/o?

A

Color (Think Chromosomes)

42
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What is Coccyg/o?

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Coccyx (Tailbone (Remember the funny tailbone story))

43
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What is crani/o?

A

Skull (My poor cranium- tweety)

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What is cyt/o?

A

cell (think cytoplasm (jelly inside a cell))

45
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What is dist/o?

A

far, distant

46
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What is dors/o?

A

the back portion of the body (think dorsal fin of a shark)

47
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What is hist/o?

A

Tissue

48
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What is ili/o?

A

ilium (upper part of hip bone)

49
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What is inguin/o?

A

groin

50
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What is kary/o?

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Nucleus (Think Karyotype)

51
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What is Later/o?

A

side

52
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What is lumb/o?

A

Lower back (think lumbar support)

53
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What is medi/o?

A

middle

54
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What is nucle/o?

A

nucleus

55
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What is pelv/i?

A

pelvis

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What is pharyng/o?

A

pharynx

57
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What is poster/o?

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back, or behind. (think posterior pituitary)

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What is proxim/o?

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nearest (think approximately)

59
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What is sacr/o?

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Sacrum

60
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What is sarc/o?

A

flesh

61
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What is spin/o?

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spine, backbone nipple.

62
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What is thel/o, theli/o?

A

nipple (Epithelial)

63
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What is Thorac/o?

A

chest (Think Thorax)

64
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What is Trache/o?

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Trachea, Windpipe

65
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What is Umbilic/o?

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navel, umbilicus (think Umbilical cord)

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What is ventr/o?

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belly side of the body (think ventral)

67
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What is vertebr/o?

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Vertebra(e), backbone

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What is viscer/o?

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internal organs (think visceral fat- fat that wraps around organs for protection)

69
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What is ana-?

A

up

70
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What is cata-?

A

down

71
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What is epi-?

A

above (think epinephrine)

72
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What is hypo-?

A

below (think hypoglycemia)

73
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What is inter-?

A

between (Think interspecies relationship (relationship BETWEEN 2 species))

74
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What is intra-?

A

within

75
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What is meta-?

A

change (Think Metamorphosis (caterpillar into a butterfly))

76
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What is -eal?

A

pertaining to

77
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What is -iac?

A

pertaining to

78
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What is -ior?

A

pertaining to

79
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What is -ism?

A

process, condition

80
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What is -ose?

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Pertaining to, full of

81
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What is -plasm?

A

formation (think endoplasm or ectoplasm)

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What is -somes?

A

bodies (think chromosomes)

83
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What is -type?

A

Picture, or classification

ITMS100 Medical Terminology (17 decks)

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