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The muscular tube that connects the pharynx with the stomach.
What is the esophagus?
The largest internal organ in the body.
What is the liver?
A doctor who treats diseases and disorders of the digestive system.
What is a gastroenterologist?
A doctor who treats bone and joint injuries and disorders.
What is an orthopedist?
A doctor who treats diseases and disorders of the nervous system.
What is a neurologist?
The largest artery in the body.
What is the aorta?
The nerve cells of the body.
What are neurons?
Refers to the heart.
What is cardio-?
Means "heat".
What is therm- or thermo-?
Means "killing".
What is -cide?
A dangerous surface current formed when large quantities of water recede rapidly in the sea.
What is a rip current?
Means "fat or fatty".
what is lip-or lipo-?
Refers to the arm.
What is brachia?
Means "inflammation".
What is -itis?
Means "condition".
What is -ia?
Coordinates complex movements of skeletal muscles.
What is the cerebellum?
Interprets sensory information.
What is the cerebrum?
Contains nerve fibers that connect the brain and the spinal cord.
What is the brain stem?
Refers to the liver.
What is hepat- or hepato-
Refers to muscle.
What is my- or myo-?
The two major parts of the skeletal system.
What is the axial skeleton and the appendicular skeleton?
The two types of nerves in the peripheral nervous system.
What are spinal nerves and cranial nerves?
Parts of the central nervous system.
What are the brain and spinal cord?
Controls involuntary muscles and activities.
What is a brain stem?
Controls memory and thought processes.
What is the cerebrum?