Terms Flashcards
Ventral
Pertaining to the belly/front side of the body. The ventral side of the body contains the stomach and the intestines
Idiopathic
(Of diseases) arising from an unknown cause
Stenosis
The abnormal narrowing of the passage in a body
Corporal
Related to the body not the mind
Mesomorphic
Having a strong muscular body
Osteoporosis
Weak bones due to loss of bone tissue from lack of calcium, mostly seen in postmenopausal women
Menopause
A natural decline in reproductive hormones when a woman reaches her 40s or 50s.
Phonology
Study of sounds in human speech
Perirhinal
Located near the nose area
Ptosis
Dropping of upper eyelid due to paralysis or weakness
Olfactory
Related to sense of smell
Geriatric pregnancy
pregnancies where the birthing person is 35 or older at the estimated date of delivery
Epithelial
relating to or denoting the thin tissue forming the outer layer of a body’s surface and lining the alimentary canal and other hollow structures.
Alimentary
relating to nourishment or sustenance.
Alimentary
relating to nourishment or sustenance.
Concave
Curved inward on both sides
Pharynx
Passage to the stomach and lungs
Antra
A small natural hollow in a bone
Intrinsic
Naturally part of something
Pathogen
Organism/agent produces disease
- “infectious giant” or “germ”
Ataxia
poor muscle control that causes clumsy movements.
Ataxia
poor muscle control that causes clumsy movements.
Prenatal brain development
Trimester 1: neural tube forms.
2nd Trimester: brain becomes fully developed.
3rd Trimester: last prenatal stage, fetus brain has as many neurons as an adult brain.
Pronate
To turn your palm downwards
Trachea
Tube conveys inhaled air from larynx to lungs
Larynx
the hollow muscular organ forming an air passage to the lungs and holding the vocal cords in humans and other mammals; the voice box.
Distinction
Act of swelling or stretching out
Supine
Lying face up
Stenosis
Abnormal narrowing of a passage in the body
Crural
Related to Lower part of the leg
Sphincter
A ring-shaped muscle that relaxes or tightens to open or close a passage or opening in the body.
Gonads
glands that produce hormones that are involved in reproduction and other functions of the body.
Anodyne
Something that calms or soothes pain