Word Parts
word part for gland
what is aden/o
a type of vertical plane that divides the body into equal left and right halves
what is the midsagittal plane?
Means lowermost, below, or toward the feet
What is inferior?
Located within the skull, surrounds and protects the brain
What is the cranial cavity?
The study of the anatomy, physiology, pathology, and chemistry of the cell
What is cytology?
word part for tissue
what is hist/o?
A type of horizontal plane that divides the body into superior and inferior portions
What is the transverse plane?
Means situated in the front
What is anterior?
Contains the major organs of digestion
What is the abdominal cavity?
Unspecialized cells that are able to renew themselves for long period of time by cell division
What are stem cells?
word part for head
what is cephal/o?
A type of vertical plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior portions
What is the frontal plane?
Means situated farthest from the midline or beginning of a body structure
What is distal?
Located within the spinal column, surrounds and protects the spinal cord
What is the spinal cavity?
The complete set of genetic information of an organism
What is the genome?
word part for development, growth, formation
what is plas/i, plas/o, -plasia?
Imaginary vertical and horizontal lines used to divide the body into sections for descriptive purposes
What are body planes?
Means toward the head
What is cephalic?
Space formed by the hip bones and contains the organs of the reproductive and excretory systems
What is the pelvic cavity?
A rare genetic disorder in which the essential digestive enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase is missing
What is phenylketonuria?
word part for control, maintenance of a constant level
what is -stasis, -static?
A type of vertical plane that divides the body into unequal left and right portions
What is the sagittal plane?
Means the direction toward, or nearer, the side of the body, away from the midline
What is lateral?
Also known as the chest cavity or thorax, surrounds and protects the heart and the lungs
What is the thoracic cavity?
An illness without a known cause
What is an idiopathic disorder?