Exam 4: The Human Body in Health and Disease

What directional term is used to designate a location away from the head or toward the lower part of the body?

This body system is responsible for the exchange of gases between the blood and the external environment.

The ________ plane divides the body into front and back portions.

The term ________ means "away from the origin of attachment to the trunk."

When microorganisms like bacteria, viruses, or fungi attack the body, this is called a(n) ________.

The combining form physi/o means "nature," and the suffix -logy means "study or learning of."

________ is a procedure where a long, flexible camera is used to view the internal structures of the body.

The identification of a disease is called ________

This body system is responsible for transporting materials to and from body cells.

Proximal and distal are terms used to describe locations on the arms and legs.

Tissues are composed of similar groups of ________.

A procedure that uses multiple x-rays to produce three-dimensional diagnostic images is:

Match the combining form with the correct definition. -pelv/o

The quadrants are the right upper quadrant (RUQ), left upper quadrant (LUQ), right lower quadrant (RLQ), and left lower quadrant (LLQ). The quadrants are in common clinical use.

Which of the following roots means "cell"?

Viewing internal structures using a camera at the end of a tube is called ________.

Select the term that means "toward the front."

Match the combining form with the correct definition. -cervic/o

The term abdominopelvic contains five word parts and is written ab/domin/o/pelv/ic.

Which of the following body cavities contains the heart and lungs?