Name that system
What system breaks apart your food to be absorbed into the bloodstream?
The digestive system
What is the name of the top 7 vertebrae on the spine?
Cervical - neck region
if fingers and hands are distal to the shoulder then what is distal to the knee?
Feet, Toes, Ankle etc
This cavity is between the lungs and contains the heart
Mediastinum
Vertebr/o meaning
Backbone
What system provides the structural support to the body?
Musculoskeletal
The waist region is innervated by nerves in which group?
Lumbar (L1-L5)
A wound is on the surface of the skin, what term would describe it?
Superficial
Name two components of the thoracic cavity
Lungs, heart, trachea, esophagus, bronchial tubes
Trache/o
Windpipe
The endocrine system is responsible for the excretion of _____ which are transported throughout the body by the _____ system
Hormones
Circulatory
The coccyx or tailbone is part of this group
Coccygeal
A patient has an incision on the outer edge on their abdomen, is it lateral or medial to the umbilicus?
Lateral
The frontal plane divides body into _______ & _______ or (anterior & posterior)
Front & back
Epitheli/o
Skin
Where does the nervous system carry messages to and from?
The brain and spinal cord
This group has the largest amount of vertebrae/nerves
What is it and how many vertebrae are in this spinal group?
Thoracic T1-T12
If a patient is laying supine, are they laying face up or are they face down?
Facing up
The _____ cavity Is below the abdomen and contains the urinary bladder
Pelvic
Chondr/o
Cartilage
Blood is filtered and waste is excreted via this system
Urinary
My patient had an injury to L3-S3
Which spinal regions were effected? How many levels?
Lumbar and sacral
6 levels (L3, L4, L5, S1, S2 & S3)
Which body part is on the posterior aspect, and lateral to the spine and proximal to the humerus?
Hint: it’s a bone
Scapula/shoulder
The peritoneum is a membrane surrounding the organs of the ______
Abdomen
Combining form meaning chest
Thorac/o