Week 1 terminology

Question 1

anterior

Answer 1

pertaining to the front of the body or toward the belly of the body

Question 2

aplasia

Answer 2

a developmental failure resulting in the absence of any organ or tissue

Question 3

caudal

Answer 3

pertaining to the tail

Question 4

chromosome

Answer 4

threadlike structure within the nucleus that control the functions of growth, repair, and reproduction for the body.

Question 5

cranial

Answer 5

pertaining to skull and cranium

Question 6

cytology

Answer 6

the study of the cell

Question 7

cytoplasm

Answer 7

fluid or gel like substance in cell where organelles are found

Question 8

deep

Answer 8

within the body

Question 9

genes

Answer 9

segments of chromosomes that transmit hereditary characteristics

Question 10

histology

Answer 10

the study of tissue samples shit for biopsies

Question 11

inferior

Answer 11

below or downward toward that tail or feet

Question 12

lateral

Answer 12

toward the side of the body, away form the midline of the body

Question 13

lysomes

Answer 13

cell organ (organelle) that contains various types of enzymes that function in intracellular digestion.

Question 14

medial

Answer 14

toward the midline of the body

Question 15

navel

Answer 15

the umbilicus or bellybutton

Question 16

plane

Answer 16

imaginary slides (or cuts) made through the body as if a dividing sheet were passed through the body at a particular angle and in a particular direction, permitting a view from a different direction

Question 17

plantar

Answer 17

pertaining to the sole of or the bottom of the foot

Question 18

supination

Answer 18

the act of turning the palm upward or forward

Question 19

Anaplasia

Answer 19

a change in the structure and orientation of cells characterized by a loss of differentiation and reversion to a more primitive form.