ITHS Chapter 5 Flashcards

Academic Knowledge: Medterm and Body Organization

1
Q

What is the special vocabulary that is used in healthcare and is often formed from Latin or Greek?

A

medical terminology

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2
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What does MRI stand for?

A

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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3
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What does ECG stand for?

A

Electrocardiography

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4
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What are the physical structures or parts of the body known as?

A

anatomy

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5
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What are the functions or inner workings of the body known as?

A

physiology

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6
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What are the parts of the cell that have a specific task known as?

A

organelles

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7
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What are the small groups of organelles that fulfill a specific purpose and are held together by a membrane?

A

cells

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8
Q

What is the semi permeable outer covering a cell with holes that act as its doors and windows?

A

the cell membrane

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9
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What organelle allows larger enzymes and waste molecules to pass through the cell membrane?

A

vacuoles

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10
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What organelle is semi fluid and contained within the cell walls?

A

cytoplasm

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11
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What organelle control’s the cell’s activity?

A

nucleus

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12
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What organelle is located at the center of the nucleus?

A

the nucleolus

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13
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What organelle is responsible for building proteins?

A

ribosomes

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14
Q

What organelle completes plans for items the cell builds?

A

deoxyribonucleic acid

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15
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What organelle moves ribosomes in and out o the nucleus?

A

endoplasmic reticulum

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16
Q

What organelle is made of layers of membranes and packages proteins for use within or outside of the cell?

A

the golgi apparatus

17
Q

What organelle produces adenosine triphosphate?

A

mitochondria

18
Q

What organelle destroys used, dead, or foreign left-behind materials?

A

lysosomes

19
Q

What is a group of cells of the same type that work together for the same purpose?

A

tissue

20
Q

What are the four types of tissues?

A

connective, nervous, muscular, epithelial

21
Q

What tissue is important for providing support, absorbing shock, and storing or transporting nutrients?

A

connective tissue

22
Q

What tissue conducts impulses to and from body organs?

A

nervous tissue

23
Q

What tissue is important for the movement of the body?

A

muscular tissue

24
Q

What tissue forms the outside sin and membranes that cover the organs and line body cavities?

A

epithelial tissue