Medical Terminology Ch 2 Pt 1

1) What is the term for the anterior portion of the body between the thorax and pelvis; contains the stomach, large and small intestines, spleen, etc.

abdomen

2) What is the combining form for the word "abdomen"

Abdomin/o

3) What is the term for "pertaining to the abdomen"

abdominal

4) What is the term for the space below the chest containing organs such as liver, stomach, gallbladder, and intestines

abdominal cavity

5) What is the term for the abdominal and pelvic cavities as one single unit

abdominopelvic cavity

6) What is the term for "pertaining to fat"

adipose

7) What is the term for a collection of fat cells

adipose tissue

8) What is the combining form for the word "fat"

adip/o

9) What is the term for a fat cell

adipocyte

10) What is the prefix for "up", as in building up

ana-

11) What is the term for "pertaining to casting up; building up substances (proteins) in the cell"

anabolic

12) What is the term for the building-up process in a cell; proteins are synthesized for use in the body

anabolism

13) What is the term for "pertaining to the front"

anterior

14) What is the combining form for the word "front"

anter/o

15) What is the combining form for the words "to cast/throw"

bol/o

16) What is the term for the flexible connective tissue at joints

cartilage

17) What is the prefix for the word "down" (not position, but numbers)

cata-

18) What is the term for the process of casting down; breaking down material in the cell to release energy

catabolism

19) What is the term for being closer to the tail than another structure

caudal

20) What is the term for the basic structural and functional unit of the body

cell

21) What is the term for the structure that allows materials to pass into and out of the cell

cell membrane

22) What is the term for being closer to the head than another structure

cephalic

23) What is the combining form for the word "neck"

cervic/o

24) What is the term for "pertaining to the neck"

cervical

25) What is the combining form for the word "cartilage"

chondr/o

26) What is the term for a benign tumor of cartilage

chondroma

27) What is the term for a malignant tumor of cartilage

chondrosarcoma

28) What is the term for a rod-shaped nuclear structure

chromosome

29) What is the term that means "Colored bodies"; contain genetic chromosomes material and are located in the nucleus of a cell?

chromosomes

30) What is the combining form for the word "color"

chrom/o

31) What is the term for the vast network of organs and vessels that are responsible for flow of nutrients, blood hormones, oxygen to and from cells?

circulatory system

32) What is the term for the tailbone

coccyx

33) What is the term "pertaining to the tailbone"

coccygeal (cox-SID-jee-al)

34) What is the combining form for the word "coccyx"

coccyg/o

35) What is the term for the material that provides support and connects organs and other body tissues

connective tissue

36) What is the combining form of the word skull

crani/o

37) What is the term for "pertaining to the skull"

cranial

38) What is the term for the body cavity where the pituitary gland is located

cranial cavity

39) What is the term for an incision into the skull

craniotomy

40) What is the term for the material within the cell membrane that is not part of the nucleus; the liquid contents of cells

cytoplasm

41) What is the term for "away from the surface"

deep

42) What is the term for the muscular wall separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; lies inferior to the organs in the thoracic cavity

diaphragm (DIE-a-fram)

43) What is the term for the group of organs working together to convert food into energy for the body

digestive system

44) What is the term for the piece of cartilage between backbones

disk or disc

45) What term is used for one structure on a limb being farther away from the heart than another structure on the limb

distal

46) What is the combining form for the word "far"

dist/o

47) What is the term for Deoxyribonucleic acid; genes are composed of this

DNA

48) What is the term "pertaining to the back of the organ or body"

dorsal (posterior)

49) What is the combining form for the word "back"

dors/o

50) What is the suffix that means "pertaining to"

-eal

51) What is the term for the collection of glands that produce hormones

endocrine system

52) What is the term for the part of the cell where formation of protein occurs (ribosomes are there)

rough endoplasmic reticulum

53) What is the prefix that means "above"

epi-

54) What is the term for "pertaining to above the stomach"

epigastric

55) What is the term for the region above the stomach

epigastric region

56) What is the term for the tissue that covers the outside of the body and also lines all the tubes inside the body

epithelial tissue

57) What is the term for skin cells

epidermis (all epidermis is epithelium, but not all epithelium is epidermis)

58) What is the plane that divides the body into front (anterior) and back (posterior)

frontal plane

59) What is the term for particular regions of DNA within each chromosome

genes

60) What is the combining form for the word "tissue"

hist/o

61) What is the term for someone who specializes in the study of tissue

histologist

62) What is the term for the study of tissues

histology

63) What is the prefix that means "below"

hypo-

64) What is the term for the region in the abdomen that is located deep to the rib cartilages

hypochondriac region

65) What is the term for the region below (deep to) the stomach

hypogastric region

66) What is the suffix for "pertaining to"

-iac & -ior

68) What is the prefix that means "between"

inter-

69) What is the suffix for "condition"

-ism

70) What is the term for "pertaining to the ilium

iliac

71) What is the term for the regions on the left and right sides over the hip bones

iliac regions

72) What is the combining form for the word "ilium"

Ili/o

73) What is the term for being closer to the feet than another structure

"Inferior" if the structures are not on the limbs "distal" if the structures are on the limbs.

74) What is the combining form for the word for "groin"

inguin/o

75) What is the term for "pertaining to the groin"

inguinal

76) What is the region near the groin

inguinal regions

77) What is the prefix for the word "between"

inter-

78) What is the term for "pertaining to between the vertebrae"

intervertebral

79) What is the term for a photograph of an individual's chromosomes, in the nucleus

karyotype

80) What is the combining form for the word "nucleus"

kary/o or nucle/o

81) What is the term for the voicebox

larynx (LAR-inks)

82) What is the term for "pertaining to the side" (away from the midline of the body)

lateral

83) What is the combining form for the word "lateral"

later/o

84) What is the term for the area encompassing portions of the small and large intestines, left ureter, ovary, uterine tube, and spermatic duct

left lower quadrant (LLQ)

85) What is the term for the area encompassing portions of the small and large intestines, the appendix, right ureter, right ovary, uterine tube, and spermatic duct

right low (RLQ)

86) What is the term for the area encompassing the left lobe of the liver, stomach, spleen and parts of the pancreas and large intestines

left upper quadrant (LUQ)

87) What is the term for the area encompassing the right lobe of the liver, gallbladder, parts of the pancreas and portions of the small and large intestines

right up quad (RUQ)

88) What is the term for the region on left and right sides near the inward curve of the spine at the low back

lumbar region

89) What is the term for "pertaining to the low back and tailbone regions"

lumbosacral

90) What is the combining form for the words "lower back"

lumb/o

91) What is the term for being closer to the midline of the body compared to another structure

medial

92) What is the term for the exact middle of an area

median

93) What is the combining form for the word "middle"

medi/o

94) What is the term for the space in the chest between the lungs

It contains the heart. mediastinum (media-STY-num)

95) What is the term for the state of building up or making new substances in a cell

anabolism

96) What is the term for breaking down substances in a cell

catabolism

97) What is the term for the sum of the chemical processes in a cell (anabolism plus catabolism)

metabolism

98) What is the prefix for the word "change"

meta-

99) What is the term for the part of a cell where catabolism primarily occurs; structures in a cell where food is burned to produce energy

mitochondria