Medical Terminology
Which word part is found in the front of a medical term
What is a prefix?
The study of structures or parts of the body
What is anatomy?
Body systems are made up of _________ working together.
What are organs?
The opposite of medial....
What is lateral?
This type of tissue conducts impulses to and from organs.
What are nervous tissues?
What languages form the basis of medical terminology?
What is Greek and Latin?
The study of functions of the body.
What is physiology?
A group of organs working together to perform a vital function is ______.
What are body systems?
what is the position when the body is facing forward with arms at the sides, palms facing forward, legs slightly apart.
What is the Standard Anatomical Position?
This type of tissue is important for movement.
What is muscular tissue?
Some abbreviations are known as _______, meaning that each letter in the abbreviation stands for a word.
What is an acronym?
Groups of cells with the same function form
What are tissues?
This body system's structures are hair, skin & nails
What is the integumentary system?
The opposite of distal, and indicates that the part being discussed is closer to the point of attachment
What is proximal?
Divided into front & back.
What a frontal plane?
A ________ is the foundation of a medical term.
What is a root word?
Name the four types of body tissues
What is connective, skeletal, muscular, and epithelial tissues?
Major organs for this body systems are the stomach, liver, pancreas, intestines, colon
What is the digestive system?
Surfaces are located on the back of the body.
What is dorsal?
Divided exactly down the middle.
What is a midsagittal plane?
Several root words may be combined in one word, like a compound word, but they need a _______________ to connect them when the next root or suffix does not begin with a vowel.
What is a combing vowel?
Name the levels of body organization in order from smallest to largest.
Where atoms, molecules, organelles, cells, tissues, organs, body systems, & organisms?
Name the 11 body systems.
What is Skeletal, Lymphatic, Integumentary, Cardiovascular, Muscular, Endocrine, Nervous, Respiratory, Reproductive, Excretory, and Digestive?
Tissues which are farther below the surface.
What is deep?
A tissue that forms the skin and membranes.
What is epithelial tissue?