Plasia
Incomplete development or underdevelopment of an organ is called:
Hypoplasia
Body cavity that contains the liver, stomach, intestines, and kidneys
Abdominal cavity
Segments of chromosomes that transmit hereditary characteristics
Genes
What position is Supine
lying on your back, face up
The prefix that means "not, without"
a-, ana-
Any abnormal development of tissues or organs is called
Dysplasia
Pertaining to the tail
Caudal
Central controlling body within a living cell
The combining form that means neck
Cervic/o
Inguin/o means
groin
The new and abnormal development of cells that may be benign
Neoplasia
Cavity that contains the lungs, heart, esophagus, and trachea
Thoracic cavity
Tissue that transmits impulses throughout the body
nervous tissue
The combining form ventr/o means
Position when a person stands with arms at the side, palms out, facing forward
Anatomical position
A change in the structure and orientation of cells, characterized by a loss of differentiation and reversion to a more primitive form.
Anaplasia
Middle section of the abdomen, between the right and left lumbar regions
Umbilical region
Tissue that binds and supports other body tissues
Connective tissue
What would the term be that means pertaining to the middle and the side of a structure?
Mediolateral
hist/o means
tissue
A developmental failure resulting in the absence of any organ or tissue
aplasia
This means pertaining to the internal organs
Viceral
Another name for smooth muscle that is found in the walls of the hollow organs of the body such as the stomach and intestines
Visceral muscle
The combining form later/o means
The point on the right side of the lower abdomen that if tender, an cause a physician to suspect an appendicitis.
McBurney's point