Digestive
Medical Terminology
Medical Terminology
Heart Ch. 7
Integumentary
100
Which of the following is a disorder of the digestive system?
a. Hepatitis
b. Osteoporosis
c. Asthma
d. Grave's Disease
A. Hepatitis
100
Plane that dissects your body into Right and Left Halves
sagittal
100
What is a leukocyte?
White Blood Cell (WBC)
100
What is the large arched vessel that comes after the left ventricle and descends into the abdomen?
Aorta
100
This layer of skin is rich with blood vessels.
Dermis
200
This is where absorption of digested molecules happens...
Small Intestine
200
Relationship of the head to the shoulders
superior
200
Meaning of the suffix of -pathy
Disease
200
Oxygenated blood returns to heart from which vessel(s)?
Pulmonary Veins
200
Thermoregulation, absorption are functions of the integumentary system. What is one more function?
Non-Specific Immunity
300
This gland regulates carbohydrate metabolism through secretion of insulin and glucagon.
Pancrease
300
Relation of the wrist to the elbow.
distal
300
Meaning of the suffix -emia
blood disease
300
Blood returning to the heart from the lungs enters the left atrium, then proceeds through which valve?
Mitral valve
300
What are the functions of the protein Keratin?
Water proofing, toughness...
400
Mastication is
Chewing
400
Transverse
400
What is the word for bluish discoloration of the skin, caused by lack of oxygen in the blood
Cyanosis
400
The pulmonary circulation carries blood between which two organs?
The Heart & Lungs
400
True or False: The skin is the largest organ of the body.
True
500
Which organ produces bile?
Liver
500
Green Box
Cephalic Vein
500
From what language do most medical terms originate?
Latin & Greek
500
These special arteries are embedded in the epicardium, and supply oxygen to the heart.
Coronary Arteries
500
What is another name for the skin? Hint: Sub-q.....
Cutaneous membrane