Skin in the Game
This body system is comprised of the skin, hair, nails, and breasts.
What is the Integumentary system?
Also referred to as the "Alimentary Canal" this body system is responsible for processing food.
What is the Digestive System?
This body system can help you get a breath of fresh air.
What is the Respiratory System?
__________ are individual nerve cells that are responsible for conducting electrical signals through the brain and down the spinal chord.
What are Neurons?
This body system is responsible for filtering urea out of the blood.
What is the Urinary System?
If your face is feeling oily, blame these.
What are sebaceous glands?
The _________, a flap of cartilage, covers the trachea to ensure food travels through the esophagus.
What is the Epiglottis?
This term refers to the diaphragm.
What is Phreno?
___________ is often referred to as as the command center of this body system: _________.
What are the Brain and Nervous System?
These two terms are interchangeable and refer to the kidneys.
What are Reno and Nephro?
Don't want that tattoo any longer? No problem. This procedure can remove the top layer of your skin to reveal new skin underneath.
What is Dermabrasion?
This accessory organ is responsible for filtering blood and metabolizing drugs.
What is the Liver?
This term means "surgical puncture." It is usually done to remove fluid.
What is Centesis?
This term refers to the cerebellum.
What is Cerebelo?
This procedure, a surgical fixation, is performed to correct or fix a condition of prolapse.
What is Pexy?
If you have ever bumped into a piece of furniture you have had a bruise. You probably never referred to it as this: ___________.
What is Ecchymosis?
The combining form ______ refers to the gallbladder.
What is Cholecysto?
This term refers to a commonly known animal, but it can also refer to an important part of the respiratory system -- the nose.
What is Rhino?
This term refers to the spine.
What is Spondylo?
This term refers to the urinary bladder.
What is Cysto?
This autoimmune condition causes skin cells to build up and form dry, itchy patches or plaques.
What is Plaque Psoriasis?
This suffix refers to digestion.
What is Pepsia?
Hiccups are a common ailment, but I bet you've never referred to it as this: ___________.
What is Singultus?
Excess buildup of cerebrospinal fluid in the brain is referred to as this: ________.
What is Hydrocephalus?
Inflammation of the renal pelvis.
What is Pyelonephritis?