Anatomical Planes & Directions
Body Cavities
Key Word Parts
Pathology & Transmission
Clinical Terms & Acronyms
100

This plane, also known as the frontal plane, divides the body into anterior and posterior portions.

Coronal Plane

100

Name one of the two main body cavities.

Dorsal & Ventral

100

The word part Aden/o refers to this body structure.

Gland

100

Transmission or spread of a disease through contact with blood or other body fluids that have been contaminated with blood is known as?

Bloodborne Transmission

100

An acronym for life-saving chest compressions and rescue breathing.

CPR

200

A term meaning "toward the head" or above another part.

Superior

200

This cavity is within the vertebral column.

Spinal Cavity

200

The word part path/o means this.

Disease

200

An outbreak of the Ebola virus disease affected several countries in West Africa during 2014-2016. Which term best describes this outbreak?

Epidemic

200

The acronym DNR stands for this, regarding a patient's wishes for resuscitation.

 Do Not Resuscitate

300

This term means "farthest from the point of origin," often used for limbs or extremities.

Distal

300

This large cavity is located in the chest and houses the heart and lungs.

Thoracic Cavity

300

Which is a prefix that means out of, outside, or away from?

exo-

300

A mosquito infected with malaria that bites a person is an example of which type of disease transmission?

Vector-borne

300

A professional who specializes in the study of the nature and cause of diseases that involve changes in structure and function.

Pathologist

400

The plane that divides the body vertically into equal left and right halves

Mid-Sagittal 

400

What cavities are located within the ventral cavity?

Thoracic, Abdominal, & Pelvic

400

The word part Cephal/o means this, relating to the directional term Cephalic.

Towards the head

400

Transmission that occurs through inanimate objects like a dirty doorknob or shared medical equipment.

Indirect contact transmission

400

The term for a group of signs and symptoms that occur together and characterize a specific disease or abnormality.

Syndrome

500

The plane that divides the body into upper and lower portions.

Transverse Plane

500

The major muscle that separates the thoracic cavity and the abdominal cavity.

The Diaphragm 

500

The combination of the word part cyt/o and the suffix -logy would refer to the study of these.

Cells

500

An infection acquired in a hospital or other clinical care setting.

Nosocomial infection

500

The branch of medicine concerned with the illnesses of old age.

Geriatrics

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