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MT Short Course Ch 2
Organization of the Body - Divisions and roots
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| circulatory system | heart, blood, blood vessels to circulate blood to transport oxygen, nutrients, etc. |
| lymphatic system | lymph vessels and nodes. Delivers lymph fluids pertains highly to immunity |
| digestive system | from mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestines, large intestines, gallbladder, liver, to anus. Processes food. |
| endocrine system | composed of glands that send chemical messengers (hormones) into the blood to act on other glands and organs. eg. pituitary, thyroid, pancreas, adrenal, etc. |
| reproductive system | produces cells that join to form the embryo. Male: testis Female: ovary |
| musculoskeletal system | bones, ligaments, tendons, muscles to allow the body to move |
| nervous system | brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves carries electrical messages |
| respiratory system | trachea, bronchi, lungs controls breathing |
| skin and sense organs | receive messages from the environment and deliver to the brain |
| urinary system | kidney, ureters, bladder, urethra - filters and excretes urine |
| cranial cavity | contains brain, pituitary gland - in the skull |
| spinal cavity | contains spinal cord |
| thoracic cavity | in the chest contains heart and lungs |
| abdominal cavity | below the diaphragm contains stomach, liver, gallbladder, intestines |
| pelvic cavity | below abdominal cavity contains bladder, uterus in females, rectum and anus |
| cervical spine | neck region - 7 bones (remember breakfast at 7) |
| thoracic spine | chest region - 12 bones (remember lunch at 12) |
| lumbar spine | loin or waist region - 5 bones (remember supper at 5) |
| sacrum or sacral | 5 fused bones |
| coccyx | tailbone - 4 fused bones |
| frontal plane | up and down division creating front and back portions |
| sagittal (lateral) plane | up and down division creating right and left portions (if midsagittal - equal portions) |
| transverse plane (axial) | horizontal division creating top and bottom portions |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| anter/o | front |
| bronch/o | bronchial tubes (leads from windpipe to lungs) |
| cervic/o | neck of the body or neck of the cervix(uterus) |
| chondro/o | cartilage |
| coccyx/o | coccyx, tailbone |
| crani/o | skull |
| epitheli/o | skin, surface tissue |
| esophag/o | esophagus (tube from throat to stomach) |
| hepat/o | liver |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| later/o | side |
| lumb/o | loin (waist) |
| lymph/o | lymph (clear 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 (covering around the lungs) |
| poster/o | back, behind |
| sacr/o | sacrum (fives fused bone in the low back) |
| spin/o | spine (backbone) |
| thorac/o | chest |
| trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
| vertebr/o | vertabra (bone of the backbone) |
| Regions (9) | Right hypochondriac; epigastric; left hypochondriac; right lumbar; umbilical; left lumbar; right inguinal; hypogastric; left inguinal |
| Quadrants (4) | RUQ; LUQ; RLQ; LLQ |
Created by:
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