Med-term
Intro
Anatomy & Physiology
Anatomical Reference
Anatomy & Physiology A
Anatomy & Physiology B
100

What is the correct suffix indicates surgical removal?

what is -ectomy

100

What is the study of an organism's body structures and their locations called?

What is Anatomy

100

What is the correct position the hands are placed in when in anatomical position?

What is supination

100

What attaches muscles to bone?

What is a Tendon

100

What term refers to keeping a state of balance in the body?

What is Homeostasis

200

What does the medical Abbreviation Dx mean?

What is Diagnosis

200

What is the study of the functions of each body part called?

What is physiology

200

What is the term that references towards the head?

What is cranial

200

The major cellular components in lymph are

What is White Blood Cells

200

When does the physical breakdown of food begin?

what is When the teeth chew and grind the food

300

What is the correct prefix that indicates surrounding?

What is Peri-

300

Which muscle trait is the ability to shorten and produce movement when stimulated?

What is Contractability

300

What is the end of the muscle that connects to the bone that does not move?

What is Origin

300

What is the body's ability to resist invaders and the diseases they cause?

What is Immunity

300

What is the name for food that has been chewed and mixed with saliva?

What is a Bolus

400

What group of tissue has two types, soft and hard, and holds body parts together?

What is Connective Tissue

400

All systems function together to make up the total __________.

What is an organism

400

Which of these planes is known as the midline and divides the body into equal right and left halves?

What is Mid-Sagittal

400

What is the sum of all chemical reactions within a cell?

What is Metabolism

400

What is the name of the flap of tissue that prevents food and liquid from entering the air passages during swallowing?

What is the Epiglottis

500

Which of these word roots indicates bone?

What is Oste/o

500

“Hepat” is the _______ in the word Hepatitis.

What is a word root

500

what is the term that refers toward the tail or feet?

What is caudal

500

Which division of the autonomic nervous system prepares the body for action in an emergency?

What is Parasympathetic

500

What occurs when oxygen and carbon dioxide gases are exchanged?

What is Respiration