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Front 1

abdomen

Back 1

area below the chest

Front 2

abdominal cavity

Back 2

space below the chest, containing liver , stomach, gall bladder intestines

Front 3

adi pose

Back 3

full of fat

Front 4

anabol ism

Back 4

process of building up proteins

Front 5

anter ior

Back 5

pertaining to the front

Front 6

cartilage

Back 6

flexible connective tissue attached to bone, joints

Front 7

cata bol ism

Back 7

process of breaking down foods to release energy

Front 8

caudal

Back 8

below another structure
( inferior)

Front 9

cell membrane

Back 9

stucture protecting the cell
It determines what enters and leaves

Front 10

cephaa lic

Back 10

pertaining to above another structure

Front 11

cervic al

Back 11

pertaining to neck or uterus of the body

Front 12

chrondr oma

Back 12

this is a benign tumor
( cartilage - chrondr )

Front 13

chrondr o sarc oma

Back 13

a malignant tumor of the flesh or tissue

Front 14

chrom o somes

Back 14

bodies of color

Front 15

coccyg eal

Back 15

pertaining to the tailbone

Front 16

coccyx

Back 16

tailbone

Front 17

cranial cavity

Back 17

pertaining to the head containing brain and surrounded by skull

Front 18

crani o tomy

Back 18

to cut into skull

Front 19

cyto plasm

Back 19

all material that is outside the nucleus but contained in the cell membrane

Front 20

dia phram

Back 20

muscle separating the abdomen and thoracic cavities

Front 21

disk

Back 21

a pad of cartilage between vertibra

Front 22

mediastinum

Back 22

centrally located between the lungs

Front 23

pleural cavity

Back 23

space between the pleural membranes and surrounding each lune

Front 24

dist al

Back 24

far from the point of attachment to the trunk or far from the beginning of a structure

Front 25

dors al

Back 25

pertaining to the back
(posterior)

Front 26

metabolism

Back 26

chemical process in a cell

Front 27

epi gastr ic region

Back 27

upper middle region above the stomach

Front 28

posterior

Back 28

pertaining to the back

Front 29

endo plasmic reticulum

Back 29

canals within the cytoplasm

Front 30

mitochondria

Back 30

structure in th cytoplasm in which foods are burned to releae energy

Front 31

epithelial cell

Back 31

skin cells that cover the body surface and line the internal surfaces of organs

Front 32

nucle ic

Back 32

pertaining to the nucleus

Front 33

prone

Back 33

lyiny on belly, face down

Front 34

frontal plane

Back 34

vertical plane dividing body into anterior and posterior portions

Front 35

proximal

Back 35

near the point of attachment to the trunk or near the beginning of a structure

Front 36

genes

Back 36

regions of DNA within each chromosome

Front 37

nucleus

Back 37

control center of the cell

Front 38

histology

Back 38

study of tissues

Front 39

pelvic cavity

Back 39

pertaining to the hip bone which surrounds the pelvic cavity

Front 40

spinal cord

Back 40

nervous tissue within the spinal cavity

Front 41

sacral

Back 41

region of the sacrum

Front 42

hypochondriac region

Back 42

upper right and left regions beneath the ribs

Front 43

hypogastric region

Back 43

lower middle region below the umbilical cord

Front 44

inguinal region

Back 44

lower right and left regions near the groin

Front 45

peri toneum

Back 45

membrane surrounding the organs in the abdomen

Front 46

sacrum

Back 46

five bones are fused to form one bone

Front 47

superficial

Back 47

on the surface

Front 48

pharynx

Back 48

throat

Front 49

ili ac

Back 49

pertaining to the groin

Front 50

sagittal plane

Back 50

lengthwise,vertical plane diving the body into right and left sides

Front 51

inter vertebr al

Back 51

between the backbones

Front 52

supine

Back 52

lying on the back, face up

Front 53

kary o type

Back 53

picture of a chromosomes in the nucleus of a cell

Front 54

pituitary gland

Back 54

endocrine gland at the base of the brain

Front 55

sarc oma

Back 55

tumor of the flesh

Front 56

larynx

Back 56

voice box located in the upper part of the trachea

Front 57

lumbar region

Back 57

loin (waste) region

Front 58

pleura

Back 58

a double layered membraine surrounding each lung

Front 59

spinal cavity

Back 59

space between the spinal column and the containing the spinal cord

Front 60

thoracic cavity

Back 60

space in the chest area containing the heart, lungs, bronchial tubes, trachea , esophagis and other organs

Front 61

later al

Back 61

pertaining to side

Front 62

lumb o sacr al

Back 62

pertaining to the loin and sacrum

Front 63

spinal column

Back 63

bone tissue surrounding the spinal cavity

Front 64

thoracotomy

Back 64

incision of the chest wall

Front 65

medi al

Back 65

pertaining to the middle plane of the body

Front 66

thyroid gland

Back 66

endocrine gland that surrounds the trachea in the neck (secretes)

Front 67

trachea

Back 67

windpipe

Front 68

trach eal

Back 68

pertaining to the windpipe

Front 69

transverse plane

Back 69

horizontal plane dividing the body into upper and lower portions

Front 70

umbilical region

Back 70

the area above the naval

Front 71

ureter

Back 71

one of two tubes leading from a single kidney to the bladder

Front 72

urethra

Back 72

tube from the urinary bladder to the outside of the body

Front 73

uterus

Back 73

the womb

Front 74

ventral

Back 74

pertaing to the front
(anterior)

Front 75

vertebra

Back 75

a single backbone

Front 76

vertebrae

Back 76

backbones

Front 77

vwertebral

Back 77

pertaining to the backbones

Front 78

viscera

Back 78

internal organs

Front 79

visceral

Back 79

pertaining to internal organs