Question | Answer |
ANTER/O | FRONT |
CYT/O | CELL |
HIST/O | TISSUE |
INGUIN/O | GROIN |
LATER/O | SIDE |
POSTER/O | BACK |
PROXIM/O | NEAR |
VENTR/O | BELLY, FRONT, SIDE |
ANA, AN, A | NOT, WITHOUT |
CERVIC/O | NECK |
HYPO/SUB | UNDER, BELOW |
INTER | BETWEEN |
MEDI/O | MIDDLE |
UMBILIC/O | NAVEL |
EPI | UPON, OVER |
ABDOMINAL CAVITY | THE CAVITY BENEATH THE THORACIC CAVITY; CONTAINS THE LIVER, GALLBLADER, SPLEEN, STOMACH, PANCREAS, INTESTINES, AND KIDNEYS. |
ANAPLASIA | A CHANGE IN THE STRUCTURE AND ORIENTATION OF CELLS, CHARACTERIZED BY A LOSS OF DIFFERENTIATION AND REVERSION TO A MORE PRIMITIVE FORM. |
ANATOMICAL POSITION | THE STANDARD REFERENCE POSITION FOR THE BODY AS A WHOLE: THE PERSON IS STANDING WITH ARMS AT THE SIDES AND PALMS TURNED FORWARD; THE INDIVIDUAL'SHEAD AND FEET ARE ALSO POINTING FORWARD. |
ANTERIOR | PERTAINING TO THE FRONT OF THE BODY OR TOWARD THE BELLY OF THE BODY. |
APLASIA | A DEVELOPMENTAL FAILURE RESULTING IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY ORGAN OR TISSUE. |
CARDIAC MUSCLE | THE MUSCLE THAT MAKES UP THE MUSCLAR WALL OF THE HEART. |
CAUDAL | PRETAINING TO THE TAIL. |
CELL | THE SMALLEST AND MOST NUMEROUS STRUCTURAL UNIT OF LIVING MATTER. |
CELL MEMBRANE | THE SEMIPERMEABLE BARRIER THAT IS THE OUTER COVERING OF THE CELL. |
CERVICAL VERTEBRAE | C1-C7 |
COCCYX | THE TAILBONE |
CHROMOSOMES | THE THREAD LIKE STRUCTURES WITHIN THE NUCLEUS THAT CONTROL THE FUNCTIONS OF GROWTH, REPAIR, AND REPRODUCTION FOR THE BODY. |
CONNECTIVE TISSUE | TISSUE THAT SUPPORTS AND BINDS OTHER BODY TISSUE AND PARTS. |
CARNIAL | PERTAINING TO THE SKULL OR CRANIUM. |
CRANIAL CAVITY | THE CAVITY THAT CONTAINS THE BRAIN. |
CYTOLOGY | THE STUDY OF CELLS |
CYTOPLASM | A GEL-LIKE SUBSTANCE THAT SURROUNDS THE NUCLEUS OF THE CELL. |
DISTAL | AWAY FROM OR FARTHEST FROM THE TRUNK OF THE BODY. |
DORSAL | PERTAINING TO THE BACK. |
DORSUN | THE BACK OR POSTERIOR SURFACE OF A PART; IN THE FOOT THE TOP OF THE FOOT. |
DYSPLASIA | ANY ABNORMAL DEVELOPMENT OF TISSUE OR ORGANS |
EPIGASTRIC REGION | THE REGION OF THE ABDOMEN LOCTED BETWEEN THE RIGHT AND LEFT HYPOCHONDRIAC REGIONS IN THE UPPER SECTION OF THE ABDOMEN. |
EPITHELIAL TISSUE | THE TISSUE THAT COVERS THE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ORGANS OF THE BODY. |
FRONTAL PLANE | THE VERTICAL PLANES PASSING THROUGH THE BODY FROM THE HEAD TO THE FEET, DIVIDING THE BODY INTO FRONT AND BACK PORTIONS. |
GENES | SEGMENTS OF CHROMOSOMES THAT TRANSMIT HEREDITARY CHARACTERISTICS. |
HISTOLOGIST | A MEDICAL SCIENTIST WHO SPECIALIZES IN THE STUDY OF TISSUE |
HYPERPLASIA | AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CELLS OF A BODY PART. |
HYPOCHONDTRIAC REGION | THE RIGHT AND LEFT REGIONS OF THE UPPER ABDOMEN, BENEATH THE CARTILAGE OF THE LOWER RIBS; LOCATED ON EITHER SIDE OF THE EPIGASTRIC REGION. |
HYPOPLASIA | INCOMPLETE OR UNDERDEVELOPED ORGAN OR TISSUE |
INFERIOR | BELOW OR DOWNWARD TOWARD THE TAIL OR FEET. |
INGUINAL REGION | THE RIGHT AND LEFT REGIONS OF THE LOWER SECTION OF THE ABDOMEN. |
LATERAL | TOWARD THE SIDE OF THE BODY, AWAY FROM THE MIDLINE OF THE BODY. |
LUMBAR REGION | THE RIGHT AND LEFT REGIONS OF THE MIDDLE SECTION OF THE ABDOMEN. |
LUMBAR VERTEBRAE | THE LARGEST AND STRONGEST PART OF THE SPINAL COLUMN; L1-L5 |
LYSOSOMES | CELL ORGANS (OR ORGANELLES) THAT CONTAIN VARIOUS TYPES OF ENZYMES THAT FUNCTION IN INTRACELLULAR DIGESTION. |
MEDIAL | TOWARD THE MIDLINE OF THE BODY. |
MCBURNEY'S POINT | A POINT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ABDOMEN, ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE UMBILICUS AND THE ANTERIOR BONY PROMINENCE OF THE HIP. |
MEDIOLATERAL | PERTAINING TO THE MIDDLE AND SIDE OF A STRUCTURE. |
MEMBRANE | A THIN LAYER OF TISSUE THAT COVERS A SUFACE, LINES A CAVITY, OR DIVIDES A SPACE. |
MIDLINE OF THE BODY | DIVIDED INTO EQUAL RIGHT AND LEFT HALVES. |
MIDSAGITTAL PLANE | THE PLANE THAT DIVIDES THE BODY (OR A STRUCTURE) INTO RIGHT AND LEFT EQUAL PORTIONS. |
MITOCHANDRIA | WHICH PROVIDE THE ENERGY NEEDED BY THE CELL. |
MUNRO'S POINT | A POINT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ABDOMEN ABOUT HALFWAY BETWEEN THE UMBILICUS AND THE ANTERIOR BONY PROMINENCE OF THE HIP. |
MUSCLE TISSUE | THE TISSUE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MOVEMENT OF THE PARTS AND ORGANS OF THE BODY BY CONTRACTING AND RELAXING ITS FIBERS. |
NAVEL | UMBILICUS; THE BELLY BUTTON. |
NEOPLASIA | THE (NEW AND ABNORMAL) DEVELOPMENT OF CELLS THAT MAY BE BENIGN OR MALIGNANT. |
NERVOUS TISSUE | TISSUE THAT TRANSMITS IMPPULSES THROUGHTOUT THE BODY. |
NUCLEUS | THE CENTRAL CONTROLLING BODY WITHIN A LIVING CELL. |
ORGAN | TISSUES ARRANGED TOGETHER TO PERFORM A SPECIAL FUNCTION. |
PELVIC CAVITY | THE LOWER FRONT CAVITY OF THE BODY; CONTAINS THE URINARY BLADDER AND REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS. |
PERITONEUM | A SPECIFIC SEROUS MEMBRANE THAT COVERS THE ENTIRE ABDOMEN WALL OF THE BODY. |
PLANE | IMAGINARY SLICES (OR CUTS) MADE THROUGH THE BODY. |
PLANTAR | PERTAINING TO THE SOLE OR BOTTOM OF THE FEET |
POSTERIOR | PERTAINING TO THE BACK OF THE BODY. |
PRONATION | A MOVEMENT THAT ALLOWS THE PALMS OF THE HANDS TO TURN DOWNWARD AND BACKWARD. |
PRONE | LAYING FACE DOWN ON THE ABDOMEN. |
PROXIMAL | TOWARD OR NEAREST TO THE TRUNK OF THE BODY. |
RIBOSOMES | CELL ORGANS (OR ORGANELLES) THAT SNYTHESIZE PROTEINS "PROTEIN FACTORIES". |
SACRUM | THE SINGULAR TRIANGULAR-SHAPED DONE. |
SKELETAL MUSCLE | MUSCLE THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE BONE. |
SMOOTH MUSCLE | MUSCLE FOUND IN THE WALL OF THE HOLLOW INTERNAL ORGANS. |
SPINAL CAVITY | THE CAVITY THAT CONTAINS THE NERVES OF THE SPINAL CORD; AKA THE SPINAL CANAL. |
SUPERFICIAL | PRETAINING TO THE SURFACE OF THE BODY, OR NEAR THE SURFACE. |
SUPERIOR | ABOVE OR UPWARD TOWARD THE HEAD. |
SUPINATION | A MOVEMENT THAT ALLOWS THE PALMS OF THE HANDS TO TURN UPWARD OR FORWARD. |
SUPINE | LAYING HORIZONTALLY ON THE BACK; FACEUP. |
SYSTEM | ORGANS THAT WORK TOGETHER TO PERFORM THE MANY FUNCTIONS OF THE BODY AS A WHOLE. |
THORACIC CAVITY | THE CAVITY, WHICH CONTAINS THE LUNGS, HEART, AORTA, ESOPHAGUS, AND TRACHEA. |
THORACIC VERTEBRAE | THE SECOND SEGMENT T1-T12 |
TISSUE | A GROUP OF CELLS THAT PERFORMS SPECIALIZED FUNCTIONS. |
UMBILICUS | THE NAVEL; BELLY BUTTON |
TRANSVERSE PLANE | DIVIDING THE BODY INTO SUPERIOR (UPPER) AND INFERIOR (LOWER) PORTIONS. |
UMBILICAL REGION | REGION OF THE ABDOMEN LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE SECTION, BETWEEN THE RIGHT AND LEFT LUMBAR REGIONS. |
VENTRAL | FRONT; BELLY SIDE. |
VISCERAL | PERTAINING TO THE INTERNAL PRGANS. |
VISCERAL MUSCLE | SMOOTH MUSCLE. |