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ADEN/O
GLAND
ADIP/O
FAT
ANTER/O
BEFORE, FRONT
CAUD/O
LOWER PART OF THE BODY, TAIL
CEPHAL/O
HEAD
CYT/O
CELL
END OR ENDO
IN, WITHIN, INSIDE
EXO
OUTSIDE, OUT OF, AWAY FROM
HIST/0
TISSUE
-OLOGIST
SPECIALIST
OLOGY
STUDY OF THE SCIENCE OF
PATH/O
DISEASE, SUFFERING, FEELING, EMOTION
-PLASIA
DEVELOPMENT OR GROWTH
POSTER/O
BEHIND, TOWARD THE BACK
STASIS
CONTROL, MAINTENANCE OF A CONSTANT LEVEL
NAME THE FOUR ANATOMICAL REFERENCE SYSTEMS
BODY PLANES
BODY DIRECTIONS
BODY CAVITIES
STRUCTURAL UNITS
DEFINE ANATOMY
THE STUDY OF THE STRUCTURES OF THE BODY
DEFINE PHYSIOLOGY
THE STUDY OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THE STRUCTURES OF THE BODY
NAME THE BODY PLANES
FRONTAL PLANE
TRANSVERSE PLANE
SAGITTAL PLANE
MIDSAGITTAL PLANE
VENTRAL
TO THE FRONT OF THE BODY OR BELLY SIDE
DORSAL
BACK OF THE ORGAN
ANTERIOR
SITUATED IN THE FRONT
POSTERIOR
TOWARDS THE BACK
SUPERIOR
UPPERMOST OR ABOVE
INFERIOR
LOWERMOST OR BELOW
CEPHALIC
TOWARDS THE HEAD
CAUDAL
TOWARD THE TAIL
PROXIMAL
ATTACHED NEAREST TO THE MIDLINE OR BEGINNING OF A BODY PART
DISTAL
SITUATED FARTHEST FROM THE MIDLINE OR AT THE END
MEDIAL
TOWARDS THE MIDLINE
LATERAL
DIRECTION TOWARD OR NEARER, THE SIDE OF THE BODY
WHAT IS CONTAINED IN THE DORSAL CAVITY
CRANIAL CAVITY LOCATED WITHIN THE SKULL PROTECTING THE HEAD

SPINAL CAVITY WITHIN THE SPINAL CAVITY PROTECTING THE SPINAL CAVITY
WHAT IS CONTAINED IN THE VENTRAL CAVITY
THORACIC CAVITY OF CHEST CAVITY SURROUNDS AND PROTECTS THE HEART AND LUNGS

ABDOMINAL CAVITY WHICH IS THE MAJOR ORGANS OF DIGESTION

PELVIC CAVITY FORMED BY THE HIP BONES WHICH INCLUDES THE REPRODUCTIVE AND EXCRETORY SYSTEMS
INGUINAL
RELATING TO THE GROIN
PERITONEUM
MULTI-LAYERED MEMBRANE THAT PROTECTS AND HOLDS THE ORGANS IN PLACE WITHIN THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY
PARIETAL PERITONEUM
THE OUTER LAYER OF THE PERITONEUM
MESENTERY
A FUSED DOUBLE LAYER OF THE PARIETAL PERITONEUM THAT ATTACHES PARTS OF THE INTESTINE TO THJE INTERIOR ABDOMINAL WALL
VISCERAL PERITONEUM
THE INNER LAYER OF THE PERIOTONEUM THAT SURROUNDS THE ORGANS OF THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY
ADULT STEM CELLS ARE ALSO CALLED
SOMATIC STEM CELLS ARE ALSO CALLED
EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS COME FROM WHAT
CORD BLOOD
GENOME
THE COMPLETE SET OF GENETIC INFORMATION OF AN ORGANISM
CHROMOSOMES
THE GENETIC STRUCTURES LOCATED WITHIN THE NUCLEUS OF EACH CELL
A SEX CELL IS ALSO CALLED
A GAMETE IS ALSO CALLED A
CYSTIC FIBROSIS
A GENETIC DISORDER PRESENT AT BIRTH THAT AFFECTS THE RESPIRATORY AND DIGESTIVE SYSTEMS
DOWN;S SYNDROME
GENETIC VARIATION THAT IS CHARACTERIZED BY FACIAL APPEARANCE AND PHYSICAL DISABILITIES
HEMOPHILIA
HEREDITARY BLEEDING DISORDER WHEN THE BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR IS MISSING
HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE
GENETIC DISORDER PASSED FROM PARENT TO CHILD WITH DEGENERATIVE SYSTEMS IN MIDLIFE INCLUDING THE LOSS OF SOME MOVEMENTS AND MENTAL ABILITIES
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
A GROUP OF GENETIC DISEASES CHARACTERIZED BY PROGRESSIVELY WEAKNESS AND DEGENERATION OF SKELETAL MUSCLES
PHENYLKETONURIA
A GENETIC DISORDER IN WHICH THE ESSENTIAL DIGESTIVE ENZYME PKU IS MISSING
TAY-SACHS DISEASE
FATAL GENETIC DISORDER IN WHICH HARMFUL QUANTITIES OF FATTY SUBSTANCE BUILD-UP IN TISSUES AND NERVE CALLS OF THE BRAIN
WHAT ARE THE FOUR MAIN TYPES OF TISSUES
EPITHELIAL TISSUES
CONNECTIVE TISSUE
MUSCLE TISSUE
NERVE TISSUE
APLASIA
ABSENCE OF A TISSUE OR ORGAAN
HYPOPLASIA
INCOMPLETE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ORGAN OR TISSUE
ANAPLASIA
CHANGE IN THE STRUCTURE OF THE CELLS AND THEIR ORIENTATION TO ONE ANOTHER
DYSPLASIA
ABNORMAL GROWTH OR DEVELOPMENT OF CELLS TISSUES OR ORGANS
HYPERPLASIA
ENLARGEMENT OF A TISSUE OR ORGAN
HYPERTROPHY
A GENERAL INCREASE IN THE BULK OF A BODY PART
ADENITIS
INFLAMMATION OF A GLAND
COMMUNICABLE DISEASE
A CONDITION THAT IS TRANSMITTED FROM ONE PERSON TO ANOTHER
INDIRECT CONTACT TRANSMISSION
A PERSON IS INFECTED FROM CONTACTING A CONTAMINATED SURFACE
FUNCTIONAL DISORDER
PRODUCES SYMPTOMS FOR WHICH NO PHYSIOLOGICAL OR ANATOMICAL CAUSE CAN BE IDENTIFIED
IATROGENIC DISEASE
IN AN UNFAVORABLE RESPONSE TO A PRESCRIBED MEDICATION
NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION
AN INFECTION THAT CAN BE ACQUIRED IN A HOSPITAL
IDEOPATHIC DISEASE
IS AN ILLNESS WITHOUT NO KNOWN CAUSE
ATRESIA
CONGENITAL ABSENCE OF A NORMAL BODY OPENING