| Question |
Answer |
| abdomen |
space below the chest that contains the stomach, liver intestiones. gall bladder |
| abdominal cavity |
lies between the diaphrahm and pelvis |
| anterior |
pertaining to the front |
| bronchial tubes |
tube that carries air form the treache to the lungs |
| bronchoscopy |
isual exam of the bronchial tubes |
| cartilage |
fibrous connective tissues |
| cervical |
pertaing to the neck or the neck of uterus |
| circulatory system |
group of organs that carry blood through the body |
| coccygeal |
pertaining to the tail bone |
| coccyx |
tailbone |
| cranial cavity |
space surrounding the by the skull |
| craniotomy |
insicison of the skull |
| diaphragm |
muscle that seperates the chest from the abdomen |
| digestive system |
group of organs that bring food into the the body and breaks it down |
| disk (disc) |
pad of cartiledge that is between each backbone (vertebrae) |
| endocrine system |
endocrine glands, pituitary, adreanal, thyroid, pancreas |
| epithelial |
pertaining to skin surface |
| esophagael |
pertaining to the esophagus tube leadin to the throat to the stomach. |
| female reproductimv system |
group of organs that transport and produc egg cells and excrete hormones wher the fetus will grow |
| frontal plane |
pertainin to the front anterior |
| hepatitis |
inflammation of the liver, viral infection, highly contagious, various strains |
| hpyochondriac |
pertainin to the upper abdomen beneath the lower rib cage |
| laparoscopy |
view the abdomen using an instrument |
| laparotomy |
incision of the abdomen |
| laryngeal |
pertaining to the larynx voice box |
| laryngectomy |
removal of larynx voice box |
| larynx |
voice box |
| lateral |
pertaining to the side |
| lumbar |
pertaing to the waist, loins verebrae in the lower back |
| lymphocyte |
white blood cell that is found in lymphs. |
| mediastinal |
pertainin to the mediastinum |
| musculoskeleal system |
goroup of organs that suppport the body and allow it to move |
| nervous system |
group of organs that transmit electrical messages throughout the body.brain, spinal cord, nerves |
| ovary |
one of 2 organs in the female abdomen that produce egg cells and hormoanrs. |
| pelvic cavity |
space between the hipsbones and lower part of the back bone |
| pelvis |
the bone of the hips |
| peritoneal |
pertainitnig to the peritonium |
| peritoneum |
membrane that surround bone |
| pharyngeal |
pertaining to the pharynx throat |
| pharynx |
organ behind the mouth that receives swallowed food and takes to the esophogus |
| pituitary gland |
organ at the base of the brain that secrets hormones |
| pleura |
double membrane that surrouonds the lungs |
| nervous system |
group of organs that transmit electrical messages throughout the body.brain, spinal cord, nerves |
| ovary |
one of 2 organs in the female abdomen that produce egg cells and hormoanrs. |
| pelvic cavity |
space between the hipsbones and lower part of the back bone |
| pelvis |
the bone so the hips |
| peritoneal |
pertainitnig to the peritonium |
| peritoneum |
membrane that surround bone |
| pharyngeal |
pertaining to the pharynx throat |
| pharynx |
organ behind the m outh that recieves swallowed food and takes to the esophogus |
| pituitary gland |
organ at the base of the brain that secrets hormones |
| pleura |
double membrane that surrouonds the lungs |
| thoracotomy |
incision of the chest |
| trachea |
windpipe, carries air from the throat to the bronchial tubes |
| tracheotomy |
incision of the windpipe (bronchial tubes) |
| transverse plane |
across |
| ureter |
1 of 2 tubes that lead from the kidney to the urinary bladder |
| urethra |
tube that carries urine form the bladder to the outside of the body |
| urinary system |
group of organs that produce and sends urine ort of the body, kidneys, urethra, ureter.bladder |
| vertebrae |
back bones |
| vertebra |
one back bone |
| vertebral |
pertaining to back bones |
| abdonmin/o |
abdomen |
| anter.o |
front |
| bronch/o |
bronchial tubes |
| cervic/o |
neck |
| chondr/o |
cartilage |
| coccyg/o |
tailbone coccyx |
| crani/o |
brain |
| epitheli.o |
skin tissue |
| hepat/o |
liver |
| lapar/o |
abdomen |
| laryng/o |
voice box |
| later/o |
side |
| lumb/o |
waist |
| lymph/o |
lymph |
| midiastin/o |
mediastinum |
| pelv/o |
pelvis |
| peritone/o |
peritonium |
| pharyng/o |
voice box |
| pleur/o |
pleura |
| poster/o |
back |
| sacr/o |
sacrum |
| spin/o |
backbones |
| throac/o |
chest |
| trache/o |
wind pipe |
| vertebr/o |
back bones |
| -ac, -al, -ar, -eal, -ic |
pertaining to |
| -cyte |
cell |
| -oma |
tumor |
| the five divisions of the spinal column |
cervical, thoracic,lumbar, sacral, coccygeal |
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