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Levels of Organization
Planes & Regions
Directional Terms
Spine
Medical Word Elements
100
Cell
What is the smallest structural and functional unit of life?
100
Plane
What is the imaginary flat surface that divides the body into two sections?
100
Adduction
What is the term for the movement toward the median plane of the body?
100
Cervical
What is the division term for the neck area of the spine?
100
cyt/o
What is the word element for cell?
200
Organism
What is the highest level of organization?
200
migsagittal
What is the middle, or median plane named?
200
Lateral
What is the directional term that pertains to a side?
200
Sacral
What is the division term for the lower back area of the spine?
200
kary/o
What is the word element meaning nucleus?
300
Tissues
What is a group of cells that perform a specialized activity known as?
300
Coronal
What is the frontal plane named?
300
Superior
What is The directional term for toward the head or upper portion of a structure?
300
Lumbar
What is the division term for the loin area of the spine?
300
caud/o
What is the word element meaning tail?
400
Organs
What is the name for the body structures that perform specialized functions?
400
Regions
What is term is used primarily to identify the location of underlying body structures & visceral organs?
400
Proximal
What is the directional term for nearer to the center or to the point of attachment to the body?
400
Coccyx
What is the division term for the tailbone of the spine?
400
dist/o
What is the word element meaning far or farthest?
500
Histology
What is the study of tissues called?
500
Umbilical
What is the term is used to describe the region of the naval?
500
Posterior
What is the directional term for the back of the body?
500
Vertebral column
What is the spine, or, backbone also known as?
500
chlor/o
What is the word element meaning green?