Chapter 5

Question 1

What do you call the main back cavity?

Answer 1

Dorsal cavity

Question 2

What do you call the main front cavity?

Answer 2

Ventral cavity

Question 3

What contains the brain?

Answer 3

Cranial cavity

Question 4

What contains the digestive organs?

Answer 4

Abdominal cavity

Question 5

What contains the reproductive organs?

Answer 5

Pelvic cavity

Question 6

The muscle that separates two body cavities

Answer 6

Diaphragm

Question 7

Upright or face-up with palms turned upward

Answer 7

Anatomic position

Question 8

Toward the surface; to the side

Answer 8

Peripheral

Question 9

Near; closest to the point of origin

Answer 9

Proximal

Question 10

Sole of the foot; toes pointing downward

Answer 10

Plantar

Question 11

Opposite of caudal

Answer 11

Superior, cranial

Question 12

Opposite of dorsal

Answer 12

Anterior, ventral

Question 13

Opposite of medial

Answer 13

Lateral, away from the midline

Question 14

Opposite of prone

Answer 14

Supine, face up

Question 15

Opposite of superficial

Answer 15

Deep, away from the surface of the body

Question 16

Which area is the epigastric region?

Answer 16

Stomach area

Question 17

Which area is the hypochondriac region?

Answer 17

Rib area

Question 18

Which area is the iliac region?

Answer 18

Hip area

Question 19

Which area is the lumbar region?

Answer 19

Spine area

Question 20

Which area is the umbilical region?

Answer 20

Navel area

Question 21

Carcinogen

Answer 21

Agent or substance that incites or produces cancer

Question 22

Hyperplasia

Answer 22

The excess development of a certain type of tissue or organ.

Question 23

Malignant

Answer 23

Cancerous.

Question 24

Metastasis

Answer 24

Spreading process of cancer from a primary site to a secondary site.

Question 25

Prognosis

Answer 25

Describe the forecast of the disease’s outcome.