Med term 5 Whole Body

Question 1

Supine position

Answer 1

Laying down face up, palms down

Question 2

Prone position

Answer 2

Laying down face down, palms up

Question 3

What are the 5 body cavities?

Answer 3

1. Cranial
2. Spinal
3. Thoracic
4. Abdominal
5. Pelvic

Question 4

Abdomin/o

Answer 4

abdomen

Question 5

Cephal/o

Answer 5

head

Question 6

Cephaled

Answer 6

toward the head

Question 7

Lapar/o

Answer 7

abdominal wall

Question 8

Abdominocentesis

Answer 8

removing fluid from the abdomen

Question 9

Laparoscopy

Answer 9

endoscopic examination of the abdomen

Question 10

Cephalalgia

Answer 10

headache/ head pain

Question 11

pelv/i

Answer 11

pelvis

Question 12

thorac/o

Answer 12

chest (thorax)

Question 13

thoracocentesis

Answer 13

surgical puncture of chest wall to remove fluid.

Question 14

thoracic

Answer 14

pertaining to the chest

Question 15

caud/o

Answer 15

toward the tail

Question 16

Transverse plane cuts into…

Answer 16

top and bottom

Question 17

frontal plane cuts into…

Answer 17

front and back

Question 18

sagittal plane cuts into…

Answer 18

left and right

Question 19

midsagittal plane cuts into…

Answer 19

perfectly even left and right

Question 20

What are the 4 types of tissue

Answer 20

nervous
muscular
epithelial
connective

Question 21

Palmar vs plantar

Answer 21

Palm
Sole of foot

Question 22

Anemia

Answer 22

blood condition with deficiency of RBC’s/hemoglobin

Question 23

dacry/o, lacrim/o

Answer 23

tear, tearing, crying

Question 24

Lacrimation

Answer 24

crying

Question 25

-emia

Answer 25

condition of the blood

Question 26

hem/o, hemat/o

Answer 26

blood

Question 27

Hematoma

Answer 27

localized bleed under the skin

Question 28

sudoriferous hidr/o

Answer 28

sweat gland

Question 29

abscess

Answer 29

a localized collection of pus

Question 30

Hemophillia

Answer 30

condition where someone bleeds often

Question 31

Intracellular

Answer 31

within a cell

Question 32

Leuk/o

Answer 32

white

Question 33

-cyte

Answer 33

cell

Question 34

-penia

Answer 34

deficiency

Question 35

leukocytopenia, leukopenia

Answer 35

decrease (deficiency) in WBC's

Question 36

Susceptibility

Answer 36

vulnerability to a disease or disorder

Question 37

Benign

Answer 37

not having tendency to spread, no cancer

Question 38

Malignant

Answer 38

Cancerous

Question 39

metastasis, metastasize

Answer 39

cells are malignant and spread from one part of the body to another

Question 40

What are the two kinds of body defense?

Answer 40

-nonspecific resistance -specific resistance

Question 41

Specific resistance

Answer 41

-Antigen -Antibody

Question 42

Nonspecific resistance

Answer 42

-Phagocytosis -Interferon -Complement