Unit 2 Study Flashcards

abdomin/o

abdomen

astr/o

star or star shaped

anter/o

front

bol/o

cast or throw

carcin/o

cancer

caud/o

tail

cephal/o

head

chondr/o

cartilage

crani/o

skull

cyt/o

cell

dist/o

away from the point of origin; distant

dors/o

back of the body

fibr/o

fiber

gastr/o

stomach

hemat/o

blood

hist/o

tissue

infer/o

below

is/o

same/equal

kary/o

nucleus

later/o

side

lumb/o

lumbar region; loin

medi/o

middle

path/o

disease

pelv/i

pelvis

physi/o

function

poster/o

back of body

proxim/o

closer to point of origin

spin/o

spine

super/o

above

thorac/o

chest

ton/o

tone/tension

umbilic/o

umbilicus

ventr/o

belly side of body

viscer/o

internal organs

a-

not/without

ana-

apart

endo-

in;within

epi-

on;over;upon

eu-

good;normal

exo-

outward

hyper-

above normal or excessive

hypo-

below normal; deficient

pro-

before;forward

trans-

across

-al, -ar, -iac, -ic, -ior, -tic

pertaining to

-blast

developing cell

-cyte

cell

-gen

substance that produces

-genesis

formation

-ism

process or condition

-logy

study of

-osis

process or abnormal condition

-plasia

development or formation

-tomy

process of cutting; incision

anatomy

study of structures

physiology

study of function

pathophysiology

study of disease as a result of a functional change

what is the patient position shown here

high fowlers

what is the patient position shown here

low fowlers

what is the patient position shown here

lateral

what is the patient position shown here

prone

what is the patient position shown here

supine

what are the 2 main body cavities/

dorsal and ventral

what is the body cavity that encompasses the heart and other various organs in the chest?

thoracic

what is the body cavity that encompasses the digestive tract and some reproductive organs?

abdominal

what is the body cavity that the pink arrow is point to?

pelvic

What separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity?

Diaphragm

what is the name of the abdominal and pelvic cavity combined?

abdominopelvic

what is the name of the cavity that encompasses the skull?

cranial

what is the name of the body cavity that encompasses the spinal cord?

spinal

label the right upper quadrant on the following diagram

A

label the left lower quadrant in the following diagram

D

Identify which number represents the epigastric region

2

identify which number represents the left lumbar region

6

identify which number correlates with the hypogastric region

8

Name the 5 levels of organization of the body in the correct order

cell-tissue-organ-organ system-organism

what is homeostasis?

hormonal balance/equilibrium of the body

what body system is responsible for giving support and shape to the body?

skeletal system

what body system is responsible for transmitting messages in the body?

nervous system

what body system is responsible for hormone production and metabolism?

endocrine

what body system is responsible for delivering oxygen to the blood?

respiratory