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100

This part of a term shares its foundation with plants.

What is the root?

100

This axis is not latitude.

What is the longitudinal axis?

100

Using the acronym GLASS, you could find this organ in the RLQ of the abdomen.

What is the appendix?

100

You could call this system the body's information superhighway.

What is the nervous system?

100

Moving away from the point of attachment.

What is distal?

200

Micr/o represents this part of a term.

What is the prefix?

200

This plane divides cranial from caudal.

What is the transverse (axial) plane?

200

This structure is located distal to the elbow and proximal to the fingers.

What is the wrist?

200

This is the system tasked with delivering nutrients and waste throughout the body.

What is the cardiovascular system?

200

Compared to the navel, the axilla is this.

What is lateral?
300

This is used to bring a term together, much like a hitch connecting two train cars.

What is a combining vowel?

300

This is not a Zodiac sign, this is a plane.

What is the sagittal plane?

300

Distal to the diaphragm in the retroperitoneal space, these bilateral organs help mediate blood pressure.

What are the kidneys?

300

These are the lymphatic system's three primary functions.

What are helping absorb fat, maintain fluid balance, and immune response?
300

The manubrium does not consider itself better than the xiphoid process, but it is this. 

What is superior?
400

This can be used to describe a type of fracture, but in this case is much more stable.

What is a compound word?

400

Medi/o is the combining form of this axis.

What is the mediolateral axis?

400

This structure is located in the anterior thorax, medial to the lungs, superior to the diaphragm, and deep to the sternum.

What is the heart?

400

A buildup of lactic acid indicates that this system is functioning anaerobically.

What is the muscular/musculoskeletal system?

400

While you may not be a dolphin, your anterior and posterior aspects can also be called this.

What are ventral and dorsal?

500

If you've watched Dragon Ball Z, you've probably seen two characters perform this action to greatly increase their fighting prowess.

What is combining form?

500

Sounding similar to an alcoholic beverage, or a virus, a trip on this plane will result in moving from front to back.

What is the coronal plane?

500

This respiratory structure is located in the visceral mediastinum, posterior to the esophagus, and sits on the axial plane at the level of the T5 vertebrae.

What is the carina?

500

Dysfunction of this system may result in disorders of metabolism, growth, reproduction, or homeostasis.

What is the endocrine system?

500

Don't get ballsy, that's ipsilateral palsy.

What is one-sided?