Medical terms chp 2 (4/4)

Question 1

function of the skeletal system?

Answer 1

provide framework, protect soft tissues, provide attachments for muscles, produce blood cells, store inorganic salts

Question 2

function of the muscular system?

Answer 2

cause movements, maintain posture, produce body heat

Question 3

function of the nervous system?

Answer 3

receive and interpret sensory information and , in response, stimulate muscles, glands, and others organ systems

Question 4

function of the endocrine system?

Answer 4

control metabolic activities of organs

Question 5

function of the cardiovascular system?

Answer 5

move blood and thransport substances throughout the body

Question 6

function of the lymphatic system?

Answer 6

defend body against infection, return tissue fluid to blood, carry certain absorbed food molecules

Question 7

function of the digestive system?

Answer 7

recieve, breakdown, and absorn food, eliminate unabsorbed material

Question 8

function of the respiratory system?

Answer 8

intakes and output air, exchange gases between air and blood

Question 9

function of the urinary system?

Answer 9

remove wastes from blood, maintain water and electrolyte balance, store and transport urine

Question 10

function of the reproductive system (male)

Answer 10

produce and maintain sperm cells, transfer sperm cells into female reproductive tract

Question 11

function of the reproductive system (female)

Answer 11

Produce and maintain eggs cells, recieve sperm cells, support development of an embryo, function in birth process

Question 12

Cardiovascular

Answer 12

pertaining to the heart and blood vessels

Question 13

Diegestion

Answer 13

breakdown of food into elements suitable for cell metabolisim

Question 14

Digest (r)

Answer 14

break down food

Question 15

endo- (p)

Answer 15

within

Question 16

-crine (r)

Answer 16

to secrete

Question 17

endocrine

Answer 17

a gland that produces an internal or hormonal substance

Question 18

homeostasis

Answer 18

maintaining the stability of a system or the bodys internal enviroment

Question 19

-stasis (s)

Answer 19

standstill, control

Question 20

Home/o (r/cf)

Answer 20

the same

Question 21

integument

Answer 21

organ system that covers the body, the skin being the main organ within the system

Question 22

integument- (r)

Answer 22

covering of the body

Question 23

Lymph

Answer 23

clear fluid collected from body tissues and transported by lymph vessels to the venous ciculation

Question 24

lie flat down flat on your back with palms upward

Answer 24

supine

Question 25

lie down flat on your belly with your palms facing the floor

Answer 25

prone

Question 26

how many atomical planes?

Answer 26

3

Question 27

what are the 3 major atamical planes?

Answer 27

sagittal, frontal, transverse

Question 28

anterior

Answer 28

front

Question 30

what does the tranverse plane divide

Answer 30

divides the body into an upper/superior and a lower/inferior portion

Question 31

what does the sagittal plane divide

Answer 31

it divides the body into a left and right portion

Question 32

what does the frontal plane divide

Answer 32

it divides the body into the font (anterior) and back (posterior) portions

Question 33

caudal

Answer 33

pertaining to or nearer to the tailbone

Question 34

cephalic

Answer 34

pertaining tp or nearer to the head

Question 35

cephal- (r)

Answer 35

head

Question 36

caud- (r)

Answer 36

tail

Question 37

-ior (s)

Answer 37

pertaining to

Question 38

coronal

Answer 38

pertaining to the vertical plane dividing the body into anterior and posterior portions

Question 39

Distal

Answer 39

situated away from the center of the body

Question 40

dist- (r)

Answer 40

waway from center

Question 41

dors- (r)

Answer 41

back

Question 42

dorsal

Answer 42

pertaining to the back or situated behind

Question 43

inferior

Answer 43

situated below

Question 44

-al (s)

Answer 44

pertaining to

Question 45

lateral

Answer 45

pertaining to the side of a structure

Question 46

medi- (r)

Answer 46

middle

Question 47

Posterior

Answer 47

pertaining to the back surface of the body, situated behind

Question 48

prone

Answer 48

lying face down, flat on your belly

Question 49

proximal

Answer 49

situated nearest to the center of the body

Question 50

saggital

Answer 50

divides body into left and right portions

Question 51

sagitt- (r)

Answer 51

arrow

Question 52

superior

Answer 52

situated above

Question 53

supine

Answer 53

lying face up , flat on your spine

Question 54

transverse

Answer 54

divides body into upper and lower portions

Question 55

ventral

Answer 55

pertaining to the belly or situated nearer the surface of the belly

Question 56

Regional anatomy

Answer 56

RUQ,RLQ,LUQ,LLQ epigastric, umbilical , hypogastric hypochondriac, lumbar, inguinal

Question 57

five closed cavities

Answer 57

cranial, thoracic, abdominal, pelvic, spinal

Question 58

Cranial cavity organs

Answer 58

brain

Question 59

thoracic cavity organs

Answer 59

heart, lungs, thymus gland, trachea and esophagus and numerous blood vessels and nerves

Question 60

abdominal cavity organs

Answer 60

stomach, intestines, liver, spleen, pancreas, and kidneys

Question 61

pelvic cavity organs

Answer 61

urinary bladder, part of the large intestine , the rectum, and anus, and the internal reproductive organs

Question 62

spinal cavity organs

Answer 62

spinal cord

Question 63

diaphragm

Answer 63

muscular sheet that separates the abdominal cavity and the thoracic cavities

Question 64

umbilic- (r)

Answer 64

navel (bellybutton)

Question 65

umbilicus

Answer 65

pit in the abdomen where the umbilical cord entered the fetus