Directional Terms
Anterior vs. Posterior
What is the front vs. the back?
The scientific study of the structure of the body
What is anatomy?
Hema-
What is blood?
The blood vessels that carry deoxygenated blood toward the heart
What are the veins?
The hinge joints
What are elbow, knee, ankle, fingers and toes?
What is the back/upper side vs. the front or lower side?
The scientific study of the function of the heart
What is cardiology?
Gastr-
What is stomach?
Exocrine gland responsible for secreting insulin
What is the pancreas?
Largest bone of the body
What is the Femur ?
Superior vs. Inferior to
What is toward the head vs. away from the head (toward the feet)?
What is the diaphram?
Hist-
What is tissue?
The body's ability to maintain a stable internal environment despite external changes
What is homeostasis?
I hold the body up from top to bottom. Name my parts
What is the spine. C spine, Thoracic, Lumbar, Sacral, Coccyx?
Medial vs. Lateral
What is towards the midline vs. away from the midline?
Part of the brain responsible for vital functions like breathing
What is the brainstem?
Nephr-
What is kidney?
Is largest artery in the body
What is the Aorta?
Large wholes
What are foramen?
Proximal vs. Distal
What is towards the body's center point vs. away from the center point?
What three on left, two on right?
Hepta-
What is pertaining to the liver?
Group of three bones: ilium, ischium, and pubis
What is the pelvis (hip bone)?
The bone that forms the lower jaw and is the only movable bone of the skull
What is the mandible?