Vocabulary
Directional Terms
Organ System
Organ System
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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 food?
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 send chemical messages.
What is endocrine system?
200
The major organ is skin.
What is integumentary system?
200
Swollen lymph nodes is the direct result of aggregation of this type of cell.
What is white blood cell?
300
The voice box.
What is the larynx?
300
The gluteus maximus is on the _______ side of the body.
What is posterior?
300

What are the types of neurons?

Anaxonic, unipolar, bipolar, multipolar

300
Hematopoeisis takes place here.
What is skeletal system?
300

The breakdown of glucose that starts the cellular respiration process

Glycolysis

400
A fluid made of mostly water and white blood cells.
What is lymph?
400
The patella (knee) is _______ to the femur (thighbone).
What is distal?
400
The major function is gas exchange.
What is respiratory system?
400
Major organ is the spleen.
What is lymphatic system?
400
The name for a kidney specialist (requiring 4 years of college, 4 years of medical school, 4 years of Internal Medicine Residency (paid), 3 years of kidney fellowship (paid))
What is nephrologist?
500
Formation of red blood cells.
What is hematopoeisis?
500
The spine is _______ to the ribcage.
What is medial?
500

Name the bones that make up the axial skeleton.

Skull bones, ribs, vertebrae, sternum

500
The nitrogenous waste that is removed from blood by the kidneys.
What is urea?
500

This tissue lines cavities

Epithelial (simple squamous)

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