HUMAN BODY IN HEALTH AND DISEASE 2026 STUDY
GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔adenoma - ✔✔a benign tumor that arises in or resembles glandular tissue
✔✔adenomalacia - ✔✔abnormal softening of a gland
✔✔adenosclerosis - ✔✔abnormal hardening of a gland
✔✔anaplasia - ✔✔change in the structure of cells and in their orientation to each other
✔✔anatomy - ✔✔the study of the structures of the body
✔✔anomaly - ✔✔a deviation from what is regarded as normal
✔✔anterior - ✔✔situated in the front
✔✔aplasia - ✔✔defective development, or the congenital absence, of an organ or tissue
(did not form at all)
✔✔bloodborne transmission - ✔✔spread of a disease through contact with blood or
other body fluids that are contaminated with blood
✔✔caudal - ✔✔toward the lower part of the body
✔✔cephalic - ✔✔toward the head
✔✔chromosomes - ✔✔the genetic structures located within the nucleus of each cell
✔✔communicable disease - ✔✔any condition that is transmitted from one person to
another either by direct or by indirect contact with contaminated objects
✔✔congenital disorder - ✔✔an abnormal condition that exists at the time of birth
✔✔cytoplasm - ✔✔the material within the cell membrane that is NOT part of the nucleus
✔✔distal - ✔✔situated farthest from the midline or beginning of a body structure
✔✔dorsal - ✔✔the back of the organ or body
✔✔dysplasia - ✔✔the abnormal development or growth of cells, tissues, or organs
✔✔endemic - ✔✔the ongoing presence of a disease within a population, group, or area
GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔adenoma - ✔✔a benign tumor that arises in or resembles glandular tissue
✔✔adenomalacia - ✔✔abnormal softening of a gland
✔✔adenosclerosis - ✔✔abnormal hardening of a gland
✔✔anaplasia - ✔✔change in the structure of cells and in their orientation to each other
✔✔anatomy - ✔✔the study of the structures of the body
✔✔anomaly - ✔✔a deviation from what is regarded as normal
✔✔anterior - ✔✔situated in the front
✔✔aplasia - ✔✔defective development, or the congenital absence, of an organ or tissue
(did not form at all)
✔✔bloodborne transmission - ✔✔spread of a disease through contact with blood or
other body fluids that are contaminated with blood
✔✔caudal - ✔✔toward the lower part of the body
✔✔cephalic - ✔✔toward the head
✔✔chromosomes - ✔✔the genetic structures located within the nucleus of each cell
✔✔communicable disease - ✔✔any condition that is transmitted from one person to
another either by direct or by indirect contact with contaminated objects
✔✔congenital disorder - ✔✔an abnormal condition that exists at the time of birth
✔✔cytoplasm - ✔✔the material within the cell membrane that is NOT part of the nucleus
✔✔distal - ✔✔situated farthest from the midline or beginning of a body structure
✔✔dorsal - ✔✔the back of the organ or body
✔✔dysplasia - ✔✔the abnormal development or growth of cells, tissues, or organs
✔✔endemic - ✔✔the ongoing presence of a disease within a population, group, or area
