Directional Terms/Building A Word
The 4 ingredients that form a Medical Term/word
What is prefix, root & suffix, combining vowel
Gives the body shape and support and protects internal organs and
What is skeletal
Condition of a slow heart rate
What is bradycardia
What system eliminates waste from the body
What is the Urinary System
The brain and spinal cord system belongs to what part of the nervous system
What is the Central Nervous System (CNS)
In medical terminology it is the name for the backside of our body
What is posterior (dorsal)
Eliminates waste through sweat
Integumentary
What is the condition of a fast heart rate
The system used to break down food into nutrients in which the body uses for growth, energy and cell repair.
What is the digestive system.
There are 2 parts to the nervous system. One is the Central Nervous System, the other is.
What is the peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
It is the medical term for a "plane" that divides the body in an upper half and a lower half
what is the transverse plane
Another word for the leg bone.
What is Femur
The smallest blood vessel of the body
What is capillary
Made up of the kidneys, urethra,ureters and bladder.
What is the Urinary System.
The Thyroid, Adrenal and Pituitary glands are a part of what system in the body
What is the Endocrine System
Name three Common Root words with their meaning
What is Cardio-heart, pulmo-lung, Rhino-nose , Naso-nose,cyto-cell,Nephro-kidney & Hepato-liver. (other examples accepted)
system that protects the body from dehydration
What is Integumentary System.
Carries blood away from the heart
What is arteries
Mouth, Teeth, Salivary glands, Esophagus, Stomach, Intestines are all part of what system?
What is the Digestive System.
This co-ordinates behaviors and transmits signals to different parts of the body
What is the function of the Nervous System
Define Homeostasis
What is the steady state (balanced)
Made up of cardiac, skeletal, smooth
What is Muscular
Define the medical term Phleb/o/tomy
What is vein incision
Genitalia and Gamete-producing gonads are part of what system.
What is the reproductive system.
Metabolizes the breakdown of food to get energy from the nutrients
What is the endocrine system