Module 6- Growth and Development, and Body Orientation

Question 1

Benign

Answer 1

Mild, not spreading, not recurrent

Question 2

Biopsy

Answer 2

Removing tissue from a living body and examining it under a microscope

Question 3

Circumocular

Answer 3

Pertaining to around the eye

Question 4

Cyst

Answer 4

Closed sac or pouch that contains fluid, semifluid, or solid material

Question 5

Distal

Answer 5

Remote, or farthest, from the point of attachment to the trunk

Question 6

Dorsal

Answer 6

On or near the back

Question 7

Ectopic

Answer 7

Outside of its normal location

Question 8

Endocranial

Answer 8

Pertaining to inside the head

Question 9

Endocystoscopy

Answer 9

Examination of inside the bladder

Question 10

Endogenous

Answer 10

Originating or produced inside of (a cell)

Question 11

Epigastric

Answer 11

The region of the belly over or upon the stomach

Question 12

Hydodermic

Answer 12

Pertaining to under the skin

Question 13

Infiltration

Answer 13

Slipping into and between normal cells of the body

Question 14

Lateral

Answer 14

Farther from the midline

Question 15

Lesion

Answer 15

An area of unhealthy (morbid) tissue, such as an injury, would, burn, or infected patch of skin

Question 16

Lumbar

Answer 16

The loin, the part of the back and sides between the ribs and pelvis

Question 17

Malignant

Answer 17

Of a bad kind, growing worse, resisting treatment, and tending or threatening to produce death

Question 18

Medial

Answer 18

Closer to the midline

Question 19

Metastasis

Answer 19

Movement of cells, especially cancer cells, from one part of the body to another

Question 20

Neoplasm

Answer 20

– New formation of tissue, abnormal because it serves no useful function, grows at the expense of a healthy body
– Any tissue growing autonomously and that has no useful function

Question 21

Papilla

Answer 21

A small, nipplelike protuberance or elevation, may be located anywhere on the body, may be normal or abnormal

Question 22

Papilloma

Answer 22

A hypertrophied papilla covered by a layer of skin

Question 23

Papules

Answer 23

A pimple, red elevated spot on skin, solid and circumscribed

Question 24

Polyp

Answer 24

A tumor with a little foot or stem, typically benign

Question 25

Proximal

Answer 25

Nearest to the point of attachment to the trunk

Question 26

Tumor

Answer 26

Swelling or enlargement, new growth of tissue, mass of tissue without function, interchangeable with neoplasm

Question 27

Ventral

Answer 27

On or near the belly

Question 28

Ectoderm

Answer 28

The outer layer of cells in the primary germ layers of the developing embryo -- Skin (Epidermis) -- Mucous membranes of nose, mouth, anus (Epithelium) -- Nervous tissue and sensory organs

Question 29

Mesoderm

Answer 29

The middle of the three primary germ layers of the embryo -- All connective tissues -- All body musculature -- Blood, cardiovascular, lymphatic systems -- Most of urogenital system -- Lining of the pericardial, pleural, and peritoneal cavities

Question 30

Endoderm

Answer 30

The innermost of the three primary germ layers of the embryo -- Lining of the gut -- Its glands (spleen, pancreas, liver) -- Component structures of the gut (esophagus, stomach, intestine, colon) -- Respiratory tract

Question 31

Ectocytic

Answer 31

Of, or pertaining to, outside the cell

Question 32

Endocarditis

Answer 32

Inflammation of inside of the heart

Question 33

Endoscopy

Answer 33

Examination by looking inside of (a body cavity)

Question 34

Ectogenous

Answer 34

Originating outside of a cell or organism

Question 35

Hydrocyst

Answer 35

A cyst containing fluid (water)

Question 36

Cystectomy

Answer 36

Surgical removal of a cyst

Question 37

Vascular

Answer 37

Relating to, affecting, or consisting of a vessel or vessels, especially those which carry blood

Question 38

Polypectomy

Answer 38

Surgical removal of polyp(s)

Question 39

Excrescence

Answer 39

A useless structure growing out of the surface of a part, such as a wart or mole

Question 40

Condyloma

Answer 40

A wart-like growth of the skin, occurring specifically in the genital area

Question 41

Dorsalgia

Answer 41

Backache

Question 42

Ventrotomy

Answer 42

Incision into the belly

Question 43

Ventrodorsad

Answer 43

Of or pertaining to belly to back

Question 44

Peritonsillar

Answer 44

Pertaining to around the tonsil

Question 45

Periumbilical

Answer 45

Relating to around the belly button

Question 46

Peridontal Gum Disease

Answer 46

Disease tissue around the teeth

Question 47

Abduction

Answer 47

Moving away

Question 48

Circumduction

Answer 48

Moving around

Question 49

Perioral

Answer 49

Relating to around the mouth

Question 50

Circumoral

Answer 50

Relating to around the mouth

Question 51

Circumscribed

Answer 51

A ring or border of normal tissue around a lesion

Question 52

Circumrenal

Answer 52

Pertaining to around or surrounding the kidney

Question 53

Perirenal

Answer 53

Pertaining to around or surrounding the kidney

Question 54

Epigastralgia

Answer 54

Pain in the area of the belly over the stomach

Question 55

Epigastrocele

Answer 55

Hernia in the area of the belly over the stomach

Question 56

Epicranium

Answer 56

The tissues (muscle and skin) that cover and surround the cranium

Question 57

Epidermis

Answer 57

The skin (that covers the entire body)

Question 58

Extrauterine

Answer 58

Outside the uterus

Question 59

Extramarginal

Answer 59

Outside the edge or outer limits of a structure or organ

Question 60

Patella

Answer 60

Kneecap

Question 61

Infrapatellar

Answer 61

Pertaining to an area under, below the kneecap

Question 62

Subpatellar

Answer 62

Beneath, under the kneecap

Question 63

Sublingual

Answer 63

Under the tongue

Question 64

Hypoglossal

Answer 64

Under the tongue

Question 65

Sternum

Answer 65

Breastbone

Question 66

Substernal, infrasternal, suprasternal

Answer 66

Pertaining to below the breastbone

Question 67

Subpubic

Answer 67

Area beneath the pubic arch (bone)

Question 68

Suprapubic

Answer 68

Above the pubic arch (bone)

Question 69

Umbicial

Answer 69

Area that is near/around the umbilicus

Question 70

Chondros

Answer 70

Cartilage (of ribs)

Question 71

Hypochondrium

Answer 71

Beneath the ribs

Question 72

Inguinal

Answer 72

Below the lumbar region

Question 73

Periumbilical

Answer 73

Pertaining to around the umbilicus

Question 74

Subabdominal

Answer 74

Relating to below the abdomen

Question 75

Supralumbar

Answer 75

Relating to above the loin

Question 76

Infrapubic

Answer 76

Pertaining to below the pubic arch

Question 77

Circuminstestinal

Answer 77

Pertaining to around the intestine

Question 78

Extravisual

Answer 78

Relating to outside the field of vision