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| "Building blocks" of every organism |
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| atom, molecules, organelles, cells (the smallest form of life), tissies, organs, organ systems, organism |
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| Organs systems of the body |
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| cardiovascular, lymphatic, respiratory, digestive, urinary, female reproductive, male reproductive, nervous, endocrine, musculoskeletal, integumentary |
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| Divid the body into imaginary sections that are useful in describing the location of body parts relative to one another. |
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| a vertical plane passing through the body from side to side, dividing the body into anterior and posterior portions. |
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| a vertical plane dividing the body into right and left portions. Midsagittal divides directly in the middle, while parasagittal divides into unequal sections. |
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| a horizontal plane dividing the body into superior and inferior portions. |
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| A body position commonly used for reference. An erect posture with arms at the sides, palms forward, legs together feet pointing forward |
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| areas that have been named to give medical health workers the ability to communicate possible problems that may be revealed during physical examination. |
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| Major body regions and their subdivisions |
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| HEAD (face, cranium), NECK (anterior and posterior), UPPER APPENDAGES (shoulder, axilla [armpit], brachium [upper arm], elbow, antebrachium [forearm], corpus [wrist], manus [hand], digits [fingers]), TRUNK (thorax, abdomen, pelvis, back), LOWER APPENDAGES (gluteus [buttock], femorus [thigh], knee, crus [leg], tarsus [ankle], pes [foot], digits [toes]) |
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| Epigastric (above stomach), Umbilical (middle of stomach), Hypogastric (below stomach), Left and right hypochondriac (left and right ribs on either side of epigastric), Right and left lumbar (left and right of umbilical), Left and right iliac (left and right hip) |
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| spaces in the body filled with organs, connective tissues and fluids (viscera). Two main cavities: dorsal and ventral |
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| contains the cranial and vertebral cavity |
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| the diaphragm divids the ventral cavity into two parts: an upper thoracic cavity and a lower abdominopelvic cavity. |
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| contains: pericardial cavity (heart) and two pleural cavities (lungs). Also, the mediastinum (the large blood vessels above the heart and the thymus gland) |
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| Contains: the abdominal cavity (liver, stomach, pancreas, spleen, most of the small and large intestines) and the pelvic cavity (from the tips of hip bones down-urinary bladder, reproductive organs, parts of small and large intestines) |
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| refers to a state of the body in which homeostatis has faltered due to any cause |
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| the identification of an illness |
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| the experiences of a patient resulting from a disease |
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| a finding that can be discovered by an objective examination |
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| a disease of short duration, often with a sharp or severe effect |
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| when parasitic organisms such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi attack body cells; results in the development of infectious disease |
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| physical injury; results in traumatic disease |
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| a prediction of the probable course of the disease and its outcome. |
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| noninvasive procedures that enable people to observe internal structures and bodily functions |
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