Pertaining the Body
Structure surrounding and protecting the cell
What is cell membrane?
Space below the chest containing organs such as the liver,
stomach, gallbladder, and intestines;
What is abdomen or peritoneal cavity?
can be divided into four quadrants by two imaginary lines—one horizontal and one vertical
What is the abdominopelvic area?
Vertical plane dividing the body or structure into anterior and posterior portions.
What is the Frontal/ coronal plane?
Immediately or at once
What is STAT?
Chemical found within each chromosome
What is DNA?
Space within the spinal column (backbones) containing the spinal cord.
What is the Spinal Cavity?
contains the liver (left lobe), stomach, spleen, part of the pancreas, parts of the small and large intestines
What is the left upper quadrant?
Horizontal (cross-sectional) plane running across the body parallel to the ground.
What is the transverse/axial plane?
medical abbreviation for twice a day
What is BID?
photograph of an individual's chromosomes
What is Karyotype?
Space between covering each lung
What is the pleural cavity?
contains parts of the small and large intestines, right ovary, right fallopian tube, appendix, right ureter
What is the right lower quadrant?
On the surface.
What is superficial?
Use freely
What is Ad lib?
Specialist in the study of tissues.
What is a Histologist?
Pertaining to the back.
What is Dorsal/ Posterior?
contains the liver (right lobe), gallbladder, part of the pancreas, parts of the small and large
What is the right upper quadrant?
Lying on the belly (face down, palms down).
What is prone?
fluid
What is fl. /fld.?
Internal organs in the main cavities of the body, especially in the abdomen.
What is Viscera?
Centrally located space outside of and between the lungs.
What is Mediastinum?
contains the liver (right lobe), gallbladder, part of the pancreas, parts of the small and large
What is the left lower quadrant?
Near the point of attachment to the trunk or near the beginning of a structure.
What is proximal?
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What is N.K.D.A. ?