Medical Terminology Chapter 2 Questions and Answers with complete solutions

Medical Terminology Chapter 2 Questions and Answers with complete solutions abdomen - part of the trunk between thorax and pelvis abdominal - (adj) pertaing to the abdomen anatomy - study of the structure of the human body anatomical - (adj) pertaining to anatomy anterior - the front surface of the body; situated in front posterior - the back surface of the body caudal/inferior - pertaining to or nearer to the tailbone cephalic/superior - pertaining to or near to the head coronal/frontal plane - pertaining to the vertical plane dividing the body into anterior and posterior portions distal - situated away from the center of the body dorsal/posterior - pertaining to the back or situated behind lateral - situated at the side of the structure medial - nearer to the middle of the body prone - lying face down, flat on your belly supine - lying face up, flat on your back proximal - situated nearest to the center of the body sagittal plane - vertical plane through the body dividing it into right and left portions transverse plane - horizontal plane dividing the body into upper and lower portions ventral - pertaining to the belly or situated nearer the face of the belly abdominopelivc - pertaining to the abdomen and pelvis cavity - a hollow space or body compartment cavities - plural cranial - pertaining to the cranium cranium - skull diaphragm - muscular sheet separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities diaphragmatic - pertaining to the diaphragm quadrant - one quarter of a circle; one of four regions of the surface of the abdomen spine - the vertebral column or short bony projection spinal - pertaining to the spine thoracic - pertaining to the chest (thorax) thorax - the part of the trunk between the abdomen and neck umbilical - pertaining to the umbilicus or the center of the abdomen umbilicus - pit in the abdomen where the umbilical cord entered the fetus cell - the smallest unit of the body capable of independent existence conception - fertilization of the egg by sperm to form a zygote