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What is LLQ and what body parts are found in this area?
Left Lower Quadrant...Small intestine
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What is RLQ and what body parts are found in this area?
Right Lower Quadrant...Appendix
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What is LUQ and what body parts are found in this area?
Left Upper Quadrant...Stomoach
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What is RUQ and what body parts are found in this area?
Right Upper Quadrant...Liver and Large Intestine
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Where is the umbilical region
around the navel
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Where is the epigastric region
directly above the umbilical region
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where is the hypogastric region
directly below the umbilical region
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where is the right and left hypochondriac region
to the right and left of the epigastric
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where is the right and left lumbar region
to the right and left of the umbilical
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where is the right and left iliac
to the right and left of the hypogastric region
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describe the transverse plane
horizonal field dividing the body into upper and lower portions.
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describe the sagittal plane
vertical field running through the body form front to back, dividing the body into right and left side.
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describe the coronal aka frontal planes
vertical field running through the body from side to side, dividing the body into anterior (front) and posterior (back)
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what is posterior
pertaining to the back
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what is superior
pertaining to above
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what is anterior
pertaining to the front
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what is bilateral
pertaining to two sides
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what is medial
pertaining to the middle
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what is vental
pertaining to the belly (front)
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what is distal
pertaining to away (from the point of attachment of a body part)
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what is proximal
pertaining to near (to the point of attachment of a body part)
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what is lateral
pertaining to a side
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what is cephalad
toward the head (upward)
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what is mediolateral
pertaining to the middle and to the side
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what s inferior
pertaining to below
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what is dorsal
pertaining to the back
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what is unilateral
pertaining to one side (only)
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what is supine
laying on the back, face or front upward
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what is prone
laying face down
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what are erythrocytes
red blood cells
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what is remission
improvement or absence of signs of disease
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what is benign
not malignant, nonrecurrent, favorable for recovery
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what is systemic
pertaining to a body part or the body as a whole
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what is a leukocyte
white blood cell
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what is histology
study of tissue
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what is pathologist
a physician who studies diseases (examines biopsies and performs autopsies to determine the cause of disease or death)
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what is somatogenic
originating in the body (organic as opposed to psychologic)
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what is hyperplasia
excessive development (number of cells)
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suffix stasis means what
control, stop, standing
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what is oncology
study of tumors (a branch of medicine concerned with the study of malignant tumors)
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what is oncogenic
causing tumors
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prefix hypo means what
below, incomplete, deficient
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prefix hyper means what
above, excessive
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what is dysuria
difficult or painful urination
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what is pathology
the study of disease (a branch of medicine dealing with the study of the causes of disease and death)
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what is myopathy
disease of the muscle
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what is lipoma
a benign tumor consisting of fat tissue
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what does cyano mean
blue
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what is a cell
basic unit of all living things. the human bocy is composed of trillions of cells, which vary in size and shape according to function.
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what is a tissue
group of similar cells that performs a specific task
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what is an organ
two or more kinds of tissues that together perform special body functions. Examples, the skin is an organ composed of epithelial, connective, muscle and nerve tissue.
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what is a system
a group of organs that work together to perform complex body functions. Example, the cardiovascular system consists of the heart, blood vessels, and blood. If function is to transport nutrients and oxygen to the cells and remove carbon dioxide and other waste products.
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what organ is found in the cranium
the brain
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what organs/body structures are found in the abdomen
liver, stomach, small intestine, large intestine (digestive organs)
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what organs/body structures are found in the thorax
heart and lungs.
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word roots: arthr, hepat, ven and oste
joint, liver, vein and bone
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prefixes: intra and sub
within and under
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suffixes: it /is, al / ic / ous, pathy and megaly
inflammation, pertaining to, pertaining to, disease and enlargement.
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this forms around the boundary of the cell
cell membrane
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what is cytoplasm
gel like fluide inside the cell
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this is the largest structure within the cell, usually spherical and centrally located. It contains chromosomes for cellular reproduction and is the control center of the cell.
nucleus
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how many chromosomes are in a cell and where in the cell are they located
46 chromosomes in all normal human cells, with the exception of mature sex cells which have 23 and they are located in the nucleus of the cell.
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several thousand of these are located in a chromosome and determine hereditary characteristics
genes
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deoxyribonucleic acid is a chemical that regulates the activity of the cell. what part of the cell does it comprise and what's it's well known abbreviation
DNA comprises the gene
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this tissue is composed of cells that have a special ability to contract, usually producing movement
muscle tissue
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this tissue is found in the nerves, spinal cord, and brain. it is responsible for coordinating and controlling body activities.
nervous tissue
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prefix: adeno and fibro
gland and fiber
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prefix: histo and lipo
tissue and fat
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prefix: myo and neuro
muscle and nerve
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prefix: sarco and viscero
flesh (connective tissue) and internal organs
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prefix: chloro and chromo
green and color
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prefix: erythro and leuko
red and white
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prefix: melano and xantho
black and yellow
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prefix: dia and dys
through, complete and painful, abnormal, difficult, labored
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suffix: cyte and logist
cell and one who studies and treats
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suffix: logy and oma
study of and tumor, swelling
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suffix: osis and pathy
abnormal condition and disease
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suffix: plasia and plasm
condition of formation, growth and same
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