Vocabulary
Directional Terms
Organ Systems
Organ Systems
Miscellaneous
100
The study of the STRUCTURE of the human body.
What is anatomy?
100
The forehead is ________ to the chin.
What is superior?
100

The heart and blood vessels.

What is cardiovascular system?

100

The main function is to obtain nutrients from food.

What is digestive system?

100
A disease characterized by a high level of blood glucose.
What is diabetes?
200

The study of the FUNCTION of the human body.

What is physiology?

200
Muscles are _______ to the skin.
What is deep?
200

The main function is producing chemical messages.

What is endocrine system?

200

Produces gametes.

What is reproductive system?

200
Swollen lymph nodes is the direct result of aggregation of this type of cell.
What is white blood cell?
300
Formation of red blood cells.
What is hematopoeisis?
300
The spine is _______ to the ribcage.
What is medial?
300

This organ produces ova.

What is ovary?

300
The nitrogenous waste that is removed from blood by the kidneys.
What is urea?
300

The protein located on red blood cells

What is hemoglobin?

400

The fluid component of blood

What is plasma?

400
The patella (knee) is _______ to the femur (thighbone).
What is distal?
400
The major function is gas exchange.
What is respiratory system?
400

Umami is one of these senses.

What is taste?

400

The largest human body organ. 

What is the skin?

500

The voice box.

What is the larynx?

500
The gluteus maximus is on the _______ side of the body.
What is posterior?
500
A major organ is the ureter.
What is urinary system?
500
Hematopoeisis takes place here.
What is skeletal system?
500

This heart chamber pumps blood from the left ventricle to the body.

What is aorta?

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