Word Parts
Directional Terms
Abbreviations
Body Cavities
Routes of Transmission
100

adeno

What is gland?

100

anter/o

What is front?

100

Phenylketonuria

What is PKU?

100

the two main body cavities

What are dorsal and ventral?

100

caused by contact with an contaminated surface

What is indirect?

200

adipo

What is fat?

200

poster/o

What is behind?

200

CD

What is communicable disease?

200

This body cavity contains the organs of the nervous system

What is the dorsal cavity?

200

Bloodborne transmission

What is spread of disease through blood/body fluids?

300

tisssue

What is hist/o, histi/o

300
top

What is superior?

300

DNA

What is deoxyribonucleic acid?

300

This body cavity is located along the front of the body

What is ventral?

300

spread by large respiratory droplets through sneezing or coughing

What is droplet?

400

development

What is plas/i, plas/o, -plasia

400

proximal

What is towards the midline?
400

HD

What is Huntington's Disease?

400

This body cavity is responsible for maintaining homeostasis

What is ventral?

400

Spread by contact with germs floating in the air (ex. TB)

What is airborne?

500

maintenance of constant level

What is -stasis, -static?

500
Dorsal

What is toward the lower part of the body, tail?

500

GP

What is general practioner?

500

What are the cavities of the ventral cavity?

Thoracic, abdominal and pelvic

500

vector borne

What is spread of disease due to the bite of a vector?

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