| A | B |
| A line dividing the right side of the body from the left | midline |
| term meaning closer to the midline | medial |
| literally means closer to the boney housing around the brain | cranial |
| literally means tail (opposite of cranial) | caudal |
| The stomach is ___ to the intestines (Closer to the origin) | proximal |
| The stomach is ___ to the esophagus (Farther from the origin) | distal |
| literally means closer to the nose or front end | anterior |
| literally means closer to the rear end or tail end | posterior |
| means toward the back (think of the fin on the back of a shark) | dorsal |
| The neck is ___ to the chest (closer to the head) | cephallic |
| The knee is ___ to the ankle (closer to the origin). | proximal |
| The hand is ___ to the elbow (farther from the origin) | distal |
| The ear is ___ to the nose (away from midline) | lateral |
| The eye is ___ to the nose (higher) | superior |
| The eye is ___ to the nose (farther from the midline). | lateral |
| The mouth is ___ to the nose (lower) | inferior |
| The vernacular (everyday) word for thorax | chest |
| The abdomen is ___ to the thorax (below) | inferior |
| Genetic material from your parents is stored in the _____ of the cell | nucleus |
| The cranium is the ___ housing around the brain. | boney |
| The cranium and facial bones are parts of the bones of the head called | skull |
| The scientific name for breast bone | sternum |
| The shoulder is ___ to the sternum (away from the midline) | lateral |
| The palm of the hand is on the ___ side (belly side) | ventral |
| The back of hand is on the ___ side (toward the back). | dorsal |
| The top of the foot is ___ side (toward the back) | dorsal |
| he sole is on the ___ side (belly side) of the foot | ventral |
| A noun meaning dorsal | dorsum |
| A noun meaning ventral | ventrum |
| Which quadrant contains most of the liver | RUQ |
| Which quadrant is closest to the left leg | LLQ |
| Which abdominal region contains the belly button? | umbilical |
| Which abdominal region is closest to the right arm? | Right Hypochondriac |
| Which abdominal regions are on both sides of the umbilical region? | right and left lumbar |
| Which abdominal region contains the urinary bladder? | hypogastric |
| Which abdominal region contains the appendix? | Right Iliac/Inguinal |
| Which abdominal region contains most of the stomach? | epigastric |
| front of the elbow | antecubital |
| means chest and is a part of the thorax (think of the largest major muscle of your chest) | pectoral |
| The groin is referred to as the ___ region. | inguinal |
| term that means neck. | cervical |
| refers to the arm pit | axillary |
| The scientific name for the region behind the knee | popliteal |
| means buttock | gluteus |
| The basic unit of life | cell |
| plane divides the body into superior and inferior parts | transverse |
| system that breaks down and absorbs food | digestive |
| The energy currency of the cell | ATP |
| The fluid inside the cell is called | Intracellular |
| The nucleus of the atom contains | protons and neutrons |
| negatively charged ions | anions |
| A solution with a pH of 4 | acid |
| The building blocks of proteins | amino acids |
| Water can dissolve many different things. For this reason it is called | Universal Solvent |
| A solution with a pH of 10.0 | alkaline |
| The special form of diffusion that applies only to water | osmosis |
| The structure that assembles amino acids into proteins | ribosomes |
| required for active transport | transporter & ATP |
| The chromosomes duplicate during the period between mitotic divisions called | interphase |
| A group different tissues working together | organ |
| The thick, muscular layer (myocardium) of the heart wall is made of what kind of muscle tissue. | cardiac |
| The portion of a serous membrane attached to an organ | visceral |
| cord of connective tissue that connects a bone to a bone | ligament |
| type of tissue found in membranes and glands | epithelial |
| only type of muscle that is under voluntary control | skeletel |
| specialized group of (one kind of) cells | tissue |
| plane that divides the body into equal left and right parts | midsagittal |
| breakdown of complex molecules into more simple ones | catabolism |
| Fluids located outside the cells | extracellular |
| Negative feedback is a mechanism for maintaining an internal state of balance | homeostasis |
| Positively charged ions | cation |
| building block of an enzyme | amino acid |
| pH of 7 is said to be | neutral |
| isotope that disintegrates, giving off rays of atomic particles (energy) | radioactive |
| Metabolic reactions require organic catalysts (made of protein) called | enzymes |
| Any change in the genetic material of the cell | mutation |
| thigh muscle is an example of what kind of tissue | skeletal |
| cell that carries nerve impulses | neuron |
| portion of a serous membrane attached to the body wall | parietal |
| cord of connective tissue that connects muscle to bone | tendon |
| membrane that lines spaces open to the outside of the body | mucus |
| Term for a tumor that does not spread | benign |
| Adipose tissue stores | lipids (fat) |
| plane that divides the body into unequal right and left sides | parasagittal |
| Osmosis is the movement of water from areas of _____ concentration to areas of _____ concentration | high to low |
| spread of molecules through a membrane which requires energy in the form of ATP | active transport |
| The mitochondrion converts _____ into higher energy _____ | ADP to ATP |
| The smallest complete unit of a compound | molecule |
| Compounds that release ions when in solution | Electrolytes |
| RNA receives its information from | DNA |
| muscle in the wall of the intestine is an example of | smooth |
| The smallest particle of an element | atom |
| cell organelle that assembles amino acids into enzymes | Ribosomes |
| are two examples of substances that cannot pass through the cell membrane by diffusion | proteins and ions |
| Combining smaller atoms or molecules to form a larger particle is the kind of metabolism called | anabolism |
| The atomic number of an atom is equal to the number of | protons |
| The number of _____ in an atom of an element always equals the number of _____ in the atoms of that element | protons and electrons |
| Changing the number of _____ in an atom makes an ion | electrons |
| Changing the number of _____ in an atom makes an isotope | neutrons |
| You can not change the number of _____ in an atom | protons |