Elements of a Word
What are the four elements of a word (you must get all 4 correct to get receive all points)?
Word root, combining form, suffix, and prefix
True or False: Organs and other body parts joined together to perform a particular function are called a system.
True
False- the transverse plane is a horizontal plane that divides the body into a top half and bottom half.
The basic structural unit of the nervous system is the ___.
neuron
What are the 4 lobes of the cerebrum? You must name all 4 to get all the points.
frontal lobe, temporal lobe, parietal lobe, occipital lobe
Main words or parts to which prefixes and suffixes can be added.
word root
What are the 4 main groups of tissue? You must name all 4 to get all the points.
nerve, connective, epithelial, and muscle tissue
The body is facing forward, standing erect, and holding the arms at the sides with the palms of the hands facing forward is known as what position?
Anatomical position
A nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the cell body is a/an ____
dendrite
What is the part of the brain that is responsible for thought, reasoning, memory, judgement, speech, and voluntary body movement?
cerebrum
Terms used in medicine that are named after people, places, or things
eponyms
This type of tissue supports and connects other tissue and organs.
connective tissue
What is the abdominal region that is located above the stomach?
epigastric
Sensory nerves that carry messages from all parts of the body to the brain and spinal are ____.
afferent (go from all parts of the body to the brain and spinal cord)
What is the membrane that is covering the brain and spinal cord?
meninges
Rule #3 states: A combining form links one word root to another to form what kind of word and by using what to combine them?
forms a compound word by using the letter o
Give an example of an organ, a system, and an organism.
stomach, digestive system, human
heart, cardiovascular system, human
ovary, reproductive system, human
etc.
What is the abdominal region that is on the left side below the ribs?
left hypochondriac
True or False: The central nervous system has 2 divisions; the somatic nervous system and the autonomic nervous system.
False: CNS consists of the brain and the spinal cord
The part of the brain responsible for muscle coordination, balance, posture, and muscle tone.
cerebellum
pseudoappendicitis, break the words into its parts and give the meaning to each part. (You have to get all parts correct to get receive all the points)
psud/o- false
appendic - appendix
-itis - inflammation
The genetic blueprint of an organism is found in a complex molecule called what?
DNA
These 2 terms are used to describe the location of the extremities (arms and legs) in relation to the main trunk of the body.
proximal and distal
True or false: The sympathetic nervous system slows heart rate, decreases respiration, and increases activity in the digestive tract.
False, the sympathetic nervous system prepares the body to act by increasing heart rate, respiration, and blood pressure, and by slowing activity in the digestive tract.
Identify 3 functions of the body regulated and controlled by the hypothalamus.
autonomic nervous system, temperature, appetite, water balance, sleep, blood vessel constriction and dilation