Chapter 3 The Body as a Whole

The female egg cell is known as an _____ / ______

This term does not start with a prefix; it starts with a combining form and ends with a suffix.

Study of the cell: _____ / _____

This term also begins with a combining form, which is a root plus a combining vowel. The term ends with a suffix.

Pertaining to the cell: _____ / _____

Complete the medical term:

Within the cell _____ / cellul /_____

Complete the medical term:

Substance of a cell except for the nucleus _____ / plasm

Complete the medical term:

Chemical substance found in drugs _____ / oid

What is the term for small organ?

What is the term for thin layer of tissue covering a structure or cavity?

What is the term for electrically charged particles?

What is the term for functional center of a cell or structure?

Which term refers to an enzyme?

What term contains an element that means water?

Which term refers to breaking substances down?

What is the meaning of the word element -logy:

a. pertaining to

b. composed of

c. one who studies

d. study of

What is the meaning of the word element -al:

a. pertaining to

b. composed of

c. structure

d. study of

What is the meaning of the word element -logist:

a. one who studies

b. tissue

c. upon

d. structure

The element that changes every term is the (select one):

P R CF S

The suffix that means germ cell is:

The suffix that means break is:

The suffix that means cell is:

What is the description for term synovial?

What is the description for term meniscus?

What is the description for term tendon?

What is the description for term osteoblast?

Deconstruct term homeostasis

Deconstruct term urinary

Deconstruct term cardiovascular

Deconstruct term respiratory

When the cell is maintaining normal function, DNA and proteins are contained within thin strand of _____.

When the cell is dividing, DNA wraps around the proteins and is contained within densely coiled strand of _____.

The unit of nuclear DNA in the chromosomes is called a _____.

A _____ is a complete set of chromosomes.

The process of _____ occurs when a cell creates an exact copy of itself and divides into two identical cells.

The replacement of a mutated gene with a healthy copy is termed:

a. predictive medicine

b. cytogenetics

c. gene therapy

d. personalized medicine

The study of chromosome abnormalities in a cell is:

a. cytogenetics

b. dysmorphology

c. prenatal therapy

d. precise medicine

_____ medicine uses genetics to determine accurate treatments for an existing condition.
a. Personalized

b. Preventive

c. Cytogenetic

d. Predictive

What is the term for this definition:

Systematic treatment of a disease, dysfunction, or disorder.

What is the term for this definition:

Human organism from conception to the end of the eighth week.

What is the term for this definition:

Human organism from the end of the eighth week to birth.

What is the term for this definition:

Curing or capable of curing a disorder or disease.

Identify term that has opposite meaning:

Ventral _____ _____

Identify term that has opposite meaning:

caudal _____ _____

Identify term that has opposite meaning:

distal _____ _____

Identify term that has opposite meaning:

posterior _____ _____

Identify term that has opposite meaning:

superior _____ _____

This plane divides the body into right and left sides:

_____ _____

This plane is also known as the frontal plane:

_____ _____

This plane is also known as the horizontal plane:

_____ _____

The quadrants mark the areas of the _____ / al cavity.

The center of the abdominal regions is the _____ / al region.

The epigastric region is _____ the stomach (pick two)

a. above

b. below

c. superior

d. inferior

The umbilical region is so named because it is in the _____ of the abdomen.

a. center

b. back

The umbilical region is _____ to the epigastric region.

a. superior

b. inferior

In the abbreviation LLQ, the first “L” means:

a. lower

b. left

The spine is _____ to the heart:

a. anterior

b. posterior

The nose is _____ to the chin:

a. superior

b. inferior

The umbilicus is _____ to the spine:

a. dorsal

b. ventral

The toes are _____ to the knee:

a. distal

b. proximal

What is the meaning to secrete?

What is the meaning for helix?

What is the meaning for hormone?

What is the meaning for ligament?

What is the meaning for ligament?

What is the meaning for cell?

What is the meaning for matrix?

What is the meaning for matrix?

What is the meaning for mutation?

What is the meaning for membrane?

What is the meaning for cartilage?

What is the meaning for tendon?

Standing erect with feet flat on the floor, face and eyes facing forward, and arms at the side with palms facing forward is the anatomical position: T/F

A transverse plane is a horizontal plane: T/F

Frontal and sagittal planes are both vertical planes: T/F

Inferior is situated above another part of the body: T/F

Dorsal means the same as anterior: T/F

The abdominal cavity contains the urinary bladder: T/F

The thoracic cavity is superior to the pelvic cavity, and the pelvic cavity is inferior to the abdominal cavity: T/F

The diaphragm divides the pelvic cavity and the abdominal cavity: T/F

In RUQ, “Q” means quadrant: T/F

The RUQ and the LUQ are divided by a sagittal plane: T/F

Anabolism + catabolism = _____?

The largest organelle that directs all the activities of the cell is the _____.

This forms the tip of your nose, the shape of your ear, and the larynx _____.

The relatively constant internal environment in the body is _____.

Standing erect, with feet flat on the floor, face and eyes facing forward, and arms at the side, palms facing forward is _____.

Which of the following medical terms is NOT an anatomic plane?

a. transverse

b. frontal

c. sagittal

d. supine

e. coronal

Which of the following medical terms is NOT a correct pair of opposites?

a. anterior posterior

b. inferior superior

c. dorsal proximal

d. prone supine

e. caudal cephalic

Which of the following medical terms has an element meaning nearest?

a. ventral

b. proximal

c. supine

d. sagittal

e. superior

Which of the following terms means the same thing as coronal?

a. frontal

b. superior

c. ventral

d. dorsal

e. cephalic

If dorsal is equivalent to posterior, it means they are:

a. nouns

b. verbs

c. adjectives

d. the same

e. the opposite

The surgeon needs his patient in the _____ position to remove a lesion on his back.

To prepare for a knee arthroscopy, the patient will be in the _____ position.

A plane that divides the body into an upper, or superior, portion and a lower, or inferior, portion is called a _____ plane.

A frontal plane can also be called a _____ plane.

Which one of the following medical terms is not an organelle?

a. lysosomes

b. nucleolus

c. endoplasmic reticulum

d. sulcus

e. mitochondria

The fluid contained inside the cell is termed:

a. acytoplasm

b. bendoplasm

c. synovial fluid

d. cectoplasm

e. plasma

What surrounds and protects the cell?

a. Golgi complex

b. endoplasmic reticulum

c. lysosomes

d. ribosomes

e. cell membrane

What are the chemical messenger cells called?

a. lymphocytes

b. erythrocytes

c. electrolytes

d. hormones

e. minerals

What type of tasks do organelles carry out?

a. excretory

b. sensory

c. metabolic

d. communicative

e. reproductive

Finish the medical term meaning small mass:

molec / _____