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Chapter 2- Terms Pertaining to the Body as a Whole Flashcards

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What is the Digestive System?

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Pharynx
Esophagus
Stomach
Intestines (Small then Large)
Liver
Gallbladder
Pancreas
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What is the Urinary/ Excretory System?

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Kidneys
Ureters
Bladder
Urethra

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What is the Respiratory System?

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Nose
Pharynx
Larynx
Trachea
Bronchial Tubes
Lungs
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What is the Reproductive System?

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Female:
Ovaries
Fallopian Tube
Uterus
Vagina
Mammary Glands

Male:
Testes
Tubes
Urethra
Penis
Prostate gland
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What is the Endocrine System?

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Thyroid Gland
Pituitary Gland
Sex Glands
Adrenal Glands
Pancreas
Parathyroid Gland
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What is the Nervous System?

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Brain
Spinal Chord
Nerves
Collection of Nerves

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What is the Circulatory System?

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Heart
Blood Vessels (Veins, Arteries, Capillaries, lymphatic vessels, nodes, spleen, thymus gland)
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What is the Musculoskeletal System?

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Muscles
Bones
Joints

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What is the Skin, and sense Organs System?

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Skin
Hair
Nails
Sweat Glands
oil glands
eye
ear
nose
tongue
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How many body cavities are there? What are they?

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  1. Cranial
  2. Thoracic
  3. Abdominal
  4. Pelvic
  5. Spinal
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What organs are in the CRANIAL CAVITY?

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Brain and Pituitary Gland.

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What organs are in the THORACIC CAVITY?

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Lungs, Heart, Esophagus, Trachea, bronchial tubes, thymus gland, aorta.
The thoracic cavity is divided into the Pleural Cavity and the Mediastinum

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What organs are in the ABDOMINAL CAVITY?

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Contains stomach, small and large intestines, spleen, pancreas, liver and gallbladder. the abdominal cavity begins at the diaphgrahm.

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What organs are in the PELVIC CAVITY?

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Contains portions of the small and large intestines, rectum, urinary bladder, urethra, ureters, (uterus and vagina(only in females))

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What organs are in the SPINAL CAVITY?

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Nerves and spinal cord.

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What are the different Quadrants of the abdominopelvic area?

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Right Hypochondriac Area
Left Hypochondriac Area
Epigastric Region
Right Lumbar region
Left Lumbar Region
Umbilical Region
Right Inguinal Region (Groin)
Left Inguinal Region
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What are the 4 Quadrants?

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RUQ- Right Upper Quadrant
RLQ- Right Lower Quadrant
LUQ- Left Upper Quadrant
LLQ- Left Lower Quadrant

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What are the divisions of the Back/ Spinal Column?

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Cervical
Thoracic
Lumbar
Sacral
Coccygeal
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What are the positional and directional terms?

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Anterior (Ventral)
Posterior (Dorsal)
Deep
Superficial
Proximal
Distal
Inferior
Superior
Medial
Lateral
Supine
Prone
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What is the Anterior (Ventral)?

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The front side of Body

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What is the Posterior (Dorsal)?

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The backside of the body (Think Dorsal fin on a shark)

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What is the Deep?

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Away from the surface

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What is the Superficial?

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On the Surface

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What is the Proximal?

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Near something, Trunk or the beginning of a structure

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What is the Distal?
far from the point of the trunk or the beginning of a structure
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What is the Inferior?
Below another structure
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What is the Superior?
Above another structure
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What is the Medial?
Pertaining to the middle or nearer to the medial plane
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What is the Lateral?
Pertaining to the side
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What is the Supine?
lying on the back
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What is the Prone?
Lying on the belly
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What are the planes of the body?
``` Frontal Plane (Coronal) Sagittal Plane (Lateral) Transverse Plane (Axial) ```
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What is the Frontal Plane?
the vertical line dividing the body along with the belly button.
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What is the Sagittal Plane?
Lengthwise vertical plane dividing the body in half (along the right and left sides)
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What is the Transverse Plane?
Horizontal cross-section of body along the body parallel to the ground.
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What is abdomin/o?
Abdomen
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What is adip/o?
fat
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What is anter/o?
Front (Anterior Pituitary(in front))
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What is cervic/o?
The neck of the body/ uterus
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What is chondr/o?
cartilage (type of connective tissue)
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What is chrom/o?
Color (Think Chromosomes)
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What is Coccyg/o?
Coccyx (Tailbone (Remember the funny tailbone story))
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What is crani/o?
Skull (My poor cranium- tweety)
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What is cyt/o?
cell (think cytoplasm (jelly inside a cell))
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What is dist/o?
far, distant
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What is dors/o?
the back portion of the body (think dorsal fin of a shark)
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What is hist/o?
Tissue
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What is ili/o?
ilium (upper part of hip bone)
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What is inguin/o?
groin
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What is kary/o?
Nucleus (Think Karyotype)
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What is Later/o?
side
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What is lumb/o?
Lower back (think lumbar support)
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What is medi/o?
middle
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What is nucle/o?
nucleus
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What is pelv/i?
pelvis
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What is pharyng/o?
pharynx
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What is poster/o?
back, or behind. (think posterior pituitary)
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What is proxim/o?
nearest (think approximately)
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What is sacr/o?
Sacrum
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What is sarc/o?
flesh
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What is spin/o?
spine, backbone nipple.
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What is thel/o, theli/o?
nipple (Epithelial)
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What is Thorac/o?
chest (Think Thorax)
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What is Trache/o?
Trachea, Windpipe
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What is Umbilic/o?
navel, umbilicus (think Umbilical cord)
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What is ventr/o?
belly side of the body (think ventral)
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What is vertebr/o?
Vertebra(e), backbone
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What is viscer/o?
internal organs (think visceral fat- fat that wraps around organs for protection)
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What is ana-?
up
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What is cata-?
down
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What is epi-?
above (think epinephrine)
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What is hypo-?
below (think hypoglycemia)
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What is inter-?
between (Think interspecies relationship (relationship BETWEEN 2 species))
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What is intra-?
within
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What is meta-?
change (Think Metamorphosis (caterpillar into a butterfly))
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What is -eal?
pertaining to
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What is -iac?
pertaining to
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What is -ior?
pertaining to
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What is -ism?
process, condition
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What is -ose?
Pertaining to, full of
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What is -plasm?
formation (think endoplasm or ectoplasm)
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What is -somes?
bodies (think chromosomes)
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What is -type?
Picture, or classification

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