Body systems
Tissues
Medical Terms
Directional Anatomy
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100

The body system used when listening to music, feeling the warmth of a space heater, or smelling a candle

Sensory system

100

This type of connective tissue connects muscle to bones

Tendons

100

The study of the structure of an organism

Anatomy

100
Lying on the stomach

Prone

100

Hemi

half

200

The body system that contains your intestines, stomach, and salivary glands

Digestive system

200
The type of connective tissue that holds bones together at a joint

Ligaments

200

The study of cells

Cytology

200

Towards the head

Cranial

200

Ante

in front of; before

300

This body system is responsible for transmitting messages from your brain

Nervous system

300

This type of tissue serves as a covering for internal and external body surfaces

epithelial 

300

To deposit mineral salts

Calcify

300

Towards the midline

Medial

300

Pertaining to the chest

Thoracic

400

The body system that contains your skin, hair, and nails

Integumentary system

400

This type of connective tissue stores fat

Adipose

400

Relating to the stomach

Gastric

400

A vertical plane that divides the body into left and right sections

Sagittal

400

Osis

any condition

500

This body system forms, concentrates, and eliminates urine

Urinary system
500

This tissue type contains cell material which has the ability to contract and move the body

Muscle Tissue

500
To transplant tissue into a body part to replace damaged tissue

Graft

500

A position where the patient is flat on their back and their feet are higher than their head

Trendelenburg
500

ectomy

surgical removal