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MED TERM LINK 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| CIRCULATORY SYSTEM | TRANSPORTS BLOOD THROUGHOUT THE BODY |
| LYMPHATIC SYSTEM | FIGHT AGAINST DISEASE AND PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN IMMUNITY |
| DIGESTIVE SYSTEM | BRINGS FOOD INTO THE BODY AND BREAKS IT DOWN SO THAT IT CAN ENTER THE BLOODSTREAM |
| ENDOCRINE SYSTEM | HORMONES INTO THE BLOOD TO ACT ON OTHER GLANDS AND ORGANS |
| FEMALE AND MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM | PRODUCE THE CELLS THAT JOIN TO FORM THE EMBRRYO. MALE TESTIS AND FEMALE OVARY SEX ORGANS PRODUCE HORMONES AS WELL |
| MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM | MUSCLES BONES JOINTS CONNECTIVE TISSUES SUPPORTS THE BODY AND ALLOWS IT TO MOVE |
| NERVOUS SYSTEM | CARRIES ELECTRICAL MESSAGES TO AND FROM THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD |
| RESPIRATORY SYSTEM | CONTROLS BREATHING PROCESS IN WHICH AIR ENTERS AND LEAVES THE BODY |
| SKIN AND SENSE ORGAN SYSTEM | SKIN AND EYES EARS RECEIVES MESSAGES FROM THE ENVIRONMENT AND SENDS THEM TO THE BRAIN |
| URINARY SYSTEM | PRODUCES URINE AND SENDS IT OUT OF THE BODY THROUGH THE KIDNEYS URETERS BLADDER URETHRA |
| CRANIAL CAVITY | SPACE WITHIN THE SKULL CONTAINING THE BRAIN |
| THORACIC CAVITY | SURROUNDED BY THE BREASTBONE AND RIBS THE LUNGS,HEART,WINDPIPE,BRONCHIAL TUBES AND OTHER ORGANS |
| PLEURA | DOUBLE MEMBRANCE SURROUNDING THE LUNGS |
| PLEURAL CAVITY | SPACE BETWEEN PLEURA AND SURROUNDING EACH LUNG |
| MEDIASTINUM | ENTIRE CHEST CAVITY CONTAINING THE LUNGS HEART TRACHEA ESOPHAGUS AND BRONCHIAL TUBES |
| ABDOMINAL CAVITY | SPACE CONTAINING THE LIVER GALLBLADDER STOMACH AND ALSO ABDOMEN |
| SPINAL CAVITY | SPACE WITHIN THE BACKBONES CONTAINING THE SPINAL CORD |
| PELVIC CAVITY | SPACE BELOW THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY CONTAINING THE URINARY BLADDER BONES OF HIP |
| DIAPHRAGM | MUSCLE BETWEEN THE THORACIC AND ABDOMINAL CAVITIES |
| PERITONEUM | MEMBRANCE THAT SURROUNDS THE ABDOMEN AND HOLDS THE ABDOMINAL ORGANS IN PLACE |
| CERVICAL REGION | NECK 7 BONES C1-C7 |
| THORACIC REGION | CHEST 12 BONES T1-T12 |
| LUMBAR REGION | LOIN OR WAIST 5 BONES L1-L5 |
| SACRAL REGION | SACRUM OR LOWER BACK 5N FUSED BONES S1-S5 |
| COCCYGEAL REGION | COCCYX OR TAILBONE 4 FUSED BONES |
| FRONTAL (CORONAL) PLANE | UP AND DOWN PLANE DIVIDES THE BODY OR BODY PART SUCH AS AN ORGAN INTO FRONT AND BACK PORTIONS. |
| SAGITTAL (LATERAL) PLANE | UP AND DOWN PLANE THAT DIVIDES THE BODY OR ORGAN INTO RIGHT AND LEFT SIDES. |
| TRANSVERSE (AXIAL) PLANE | HORIZONTAL PLANE THAT DIVIDES THE BODY OR ORGAN INTO UPPER AND LOWER PORTIONS AS IN A CROSS-SECTION |
| ABDOMIN O | ABDOMEN |
| ANTER O | FRONT |
| BRONCH O | BRONCHIAL TUBES |
| CERVIC O | NECK OF THE BODY OR NECK OF THE UTERUS |
| CHONDR O | CARTILAGE |
| COCCYG O | COCCYX,TAILBONE |
| CRANI O | SKULL |
| EPITHELI O | SKIN,SURFACE TISSUE |
| ESOPHAG O | ESOPAGUS TUBE FROM THE THROAT TO THE STOMACH |
| HEPAT O | LIVER |
| LAPAR O | ABDOMEN |
| LARYNG O | LARYNX VOICE BOX |
| LATER O | SIDE |
| LUMB O | LOIN WAIST |
| LYMPH O | LYMPH CLEAR FLUID IN TISSUE SPACES AND LYMPH VESSELS |
| MEDIASTIN O | MEDIASTINUM SPACE BETWEEN THE LUNGS |
| PELV O | PELVIS BONES OF THE HIP |
| PERITONE O | PERITONEUM MEMBRANE SURROUNDING THE ABDOMEN |
| PHARYNG O | PHARYNX THROAT |
| PLEUR O | PLEURA |
| POSTER O | BACK BEHIND |
| SACR O | SACRUM FIVE BONES IN THE LOWER BACK |
| SPIN O | SPINE BACKBONE |
| THORAC O | CHEST |
| TRACHE O | TRACHEA WINDPIPE |
| VERTEBR O | VERTEBRA BACK BONE |
| BRONCHIAL TUBES | RESPIRATORY |
| CEREBRUM | NERVOUS |
| COCCYXX TAILBONE | MUSCULOSKELETAL |
| COLON LARGE INTESTINE | DIGESTIVE |
| ESOPHAGUS FOOD TUBE | DIGESTIVE |
| KIDNEYS | URINARY |
| LARYNX VOICE BOX | RESPIRATORY |
| LUNGS | RESPIRATORY |
| OVARIES | FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINE |
| PHARYNX THROAT | DIGESTIVE RESPIRATORY |
| PITUITARY GLAND | ENDOCRINE |
| PROSTATE GLAND | MALE REPRODUCTIVE |
| SPINAL CORD | NERVOUS |
| TRACHEA WINDPIPE | RESPIRATORY |
| URETERS | URINARY |
| URETHRA | URINARY |
| UTERUS | FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE |
| VERTEBRAE BACKBONE | MUSCULOSKELETAL |
| SPINAL COLUMN | LONG ROW OF BONES FROM THE NECK TO THE TAILBONE |
| VERTEBRA | EACH BONE IN THE SPINAL COLUMN |
| VERTEBRAE | TWO OR MORE BONES |
| DISK DISC | PIECE OF FLEXIBLE CONNECTIVE TISSUE LIES BETWEEN EACH BACKBONE |
| CARTILAGE | IS CUSHION BETWEEN THE BONES |
| MRI | PRODUCING IMAGES OF THE BODY |
| CT SCAN | SERIES OF XRAY IMAGES SHOWING ORGANS IN CROSS-SECTION TRANSVERSE VIEW |