Chapter 5 The Body as a Whole Study Guide Flashcards
Intracellular means:
within a cell
Leukocytes are:
white blood cells
External organs are located:
outside the body
Ventral means:
belly side
Location of Internal organs:
inside the body
Caudal means:
tail
Definition of immunocompromised:
weakened immune response / system
Meaning of anterolateral:
front toward the side
Meaning of posterolateral:
back toward the side
Transverse plane divides the body into:
top and bottom portions
Sagittal plane divides the body into:
right and left sides
The opposite of proximal is:
distal
The peritoneum is:
a membrane that lines the abdominal cavity
This cavity contains the brain:
cranial cavity
Cephalad means:
toward the head
Anteromedian means:
in the front toward the middle
Term meaning from the back to the front
posterioanterior
Term for uppermost or situated above:
superior
Term for lowermost or situated below
inferior
Proximal means:
nearest the origin or point of attachment
Susceptibility means:
lack of resistance to disease
Term for pus in urine:
pyuria
Term for deficiency of white blood cells (WBC’s):
leukopenia
Abdominothoracic pertains to:
the abdomen and thorax
Term for headache:
cephalgia
Erythropoiesis means:
production of red blood cells (RBC’s)
Anemia means:
deficiency in RBC’s, hemoglobin, or both
Term for inflammation of toes or fingers:
dactylitis
Leukopenia means:
deficiency in WBC’s
Lacrimation is a term that refers to:
crying
Four main types of tissue are:
connective, epithelial, muscular, and nervous
Another term for sweat glands:
sudoriferous
Term for distant from origin or point of attachment:
distal
What is the main difference between exocrine and endocrine glands?
endocrine glands secrete within the body and do not have ducts; exocrine glands secrete to the surface of the body and have ducts
Onych/o means:
nail
myc/o means:
fungus
-osis means:
condition
Sudoriferous glands are the same as:
sweat glands
Opposite of proximal:
distal
dactyl/o means:
finers/toes
cephal/o means:
head
-algia means:
pain
-itis means:
inflammation
-penia means:
deficiency
py/o means:
pus
-poesis means:
production
endo- means:
within; inside
exo- means
outside
Resistance to disease means your patient has:
immunity
Prefixes a- and an- mean:
without
Erythr/o means:
red
cyt/o means:
cell
-cyte means:
cell
leuk/o means:
white
