Medical Terminology

Relation to the groin, refers to the entire lower area fo the abdomen

Pelvis

Abdomen

Refers the the abdominal and pelvic cavities as a single unit

The space formed by the hip bones and it contains primarily the organs of the reproductive and excretory systems

Contains promarily the major organs of digestion. This cavity is frequently referred to as the abdomen

AKA: The chest cavity or thorax, surrounds and protects the heart and lungs.

Control

Constant

THe processes through which the body maintains a constant internal environment

Located alont the front of the body, contains that body organs that maintain homeostasis.

Located within the spinal column, surrounds and protects the spinal cord

Located withing the skull and surrounds and protects the brain

Located along the back of the body and head, contains organs of the nervous system that coordinate body functions and is divided into tow portions: Cranial Cavity and Spinal Cavity

The dorasl and the ventral cavities, are spaces within the body that contain and protect internal organs

Relating to or having two sides

The direction toward or nearer the side and away from the midline.

The direction toward or nearer the midline

Proximal

Situated farthest from the midline or beginning of a body sturcture.

Distal

Situated nearest the midline or beginning of a body sturcture.

Caudal

Cephalic

Tail or lower part of the body

Toward the lower part of the body

Means head

Toward the head

Lowermost, below or toward the feet

Inferior

Uppermost, above, or toward the head.

Ventral

Dorsal

Anterior

Back or toward

Situated in the back

Pretaining to

Front or before

Situated in the front. Also means front or forward part of an organ

Back of the body..... Dorsal is opposite of ventral

The back of the organ or body

Pretaining to

Belly side of the body

Refers to the front, or belly side, of the organ or body.

A horizontal plane that divides the body into superior (upper) and inferior (lower) portions.

Flat crosswise plane, such as the horizon

A vertical plane that divides the body into anterior (front) and posterior (back) protions. Aka the coronal plane.

A vertical plane that divides the body into unequal left and right portions.

• Aka: The middle line
• The sagittal plane that divides the body into equal left and right halves.

An up and down plane that is a right angle to the horizon

Undifferentiated cells that are unlike and specific adult cell however they have the important ability to form any adult cell

• Describes the body assuming that the individual is standing in the standard position that includes: Standing up straight so that the body is erect and facing forward.
• Holding the arms at the sides with the hands turned with the palms turned toward the front.

The study of the functions of the structures of the body

The basic structural and functional units of the body

Having specalized function or sturcture

not having a specialized function or sturcture

Undifferentiated cells found among differentiated cells in a tissue or organ

Unspecialized cells that are able to renew thamselves for long periods of time by cell division

Surrounded by he nuclear membrane, a structure within the cell that has two important functions: controls the activities of the cell and helps the cell divide

Fromative material of cells

The material within the cell membrane that is notpart of the nucleus

The tissue that surrounds and protects the contents of the cell by separaing them form its external enviroment

Study of

Cell

The study of the anatomy, physiology, pathology and chemistry of the cell

Inflammnation of the peritoneum

A specialist in the field of Genes

Producing

The study of how genes are transferred from parents to their chilrenand the role of genes in health and disease

Fundamental physical and functional unit of heredity

The study of the sturctures of the body