Medical Terminology Chapter 2 Review | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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Which system plays an important role in immunity?

lymphatic

What is the membrane surrounding the lungs called?

pleura

White blood cells

lymphocytes

What is the space between the lungs, containing the heart called?

mediastinum

Process of cutting into the windpipe?

Tracheotomy

Term for a backbone

Vertebra

What is the term that means pertaining to the throat?

Pharyngeal

The system that contains the lungs and involves breathing:

Respiratory

Define disk

Pad of cartilage between backbones

Which body system secretes hormones that are carried by blood to other organs?

endocrine

Medical term for incision of the skull:

craniotomy

Pertaining to the front:

Systems

Using a laparoscope to view the abdominal organs

Laparoscopy

Which body system transports food, gases, and other substances through the body?

circulatory

Medical term for the Throat:

Pharynx

How many bones are in the lumbar region of the back?

5

Term that means pertaining to the side?

lateral

Which plane divides the body into left and right sides?

sagital

Which region of the back contains seven separate bones?

Cervical

Name 2 body parts are in the abdominal cavity?

gallbladder, liver, stomach, spleen, appendix, intestines, pancreas

What is the muscle that separates the abdominal and thoracic cavities?

diaphragm

What is the central section of the chest, between the lungs known as

mediastinum

Tube carrying food from the throat to the stomach:

esophagus

Double membrane surrounding the abdominal organs:

peritoneum

What is the combining form that means side?

later/o

Excision of the skull

Craniectomy

What is the combining form that means back, behind?

poster/o

The stomach is an example of a(an):

organ

Pertaining to the neck:

cervical

Inflammation of the liver

Hepatitis

Which cavity is surrounded by the breastbone and ribs?

thoracic

Which cavity contains the urinary system?

pelvic