Medical Terminology Review
Directions: Fill in the blank with the most appropriate term.
1. At its most simple level of structure, the body is composed of ________________.
2. The fundamental unit of all living things, including the human body is the
_____________.
3. A group of cells working together to form the same function is a (n) ______________.
4. Various types of tissue work together in the human body to compose a
(n)_____________.
5. The steady state of equilibrium existing in the body is called ___________________.
6. Among the systems coordinating homeostasis are the nervous system and the
________________.
7. The body is erect with eyes forward, feet together, arms at the side, and palms forward
in the _________________.
8. The directional term used to describe the front of the body on the belly side is
________________.
9. Although the term dorsal is sometimes used, the preferred term when referring to the
back side of a human is ________________.
10. In anatomical nomenclature, the term superior refers to an aspect of the body toward
the __________________.
11. The anatomical term referring to a side away from the midline is
____________________.
12. The term proximal refers to a point close to where an extremity attaches to the body
_______________.
13. In the anatomical nomenclature, the hand would be considered distal to the
_________________.
14. A vertical plane dividing the body into right and left sides represents a (n)
____________________.
15. A longitudinal plane dividing the body into right and left sides represents a (n)
__________________.
16. A horizontal plane divides the body into superior and inferior parts and is also known as
a (n)_____________________.
17. A midsagittal plane divides the body into equal right and left halves, but if the halves are
unequal the plane is said to be _______________________.
18. The dorsal body cavity is subdivided into the spinal cavity and the _______________.
19. Two major subdivisions of the ventral body cavity are the abdominopelvic cavity and the
________________.
20. The heart, esophagus, trachea, and bronchi are all located in a portion of the body
called the _________________.
21. The large dome-shaped muscle separating the abdominopelvic cavity from the thoracic
cavity is the ____________________.
22. The abdominal subdivision and pelvic subdivision are portions of the abdominopelvic
cavity, which is also known as the ________________.
23. Immediately superior to the umbilical region is a region of the abdominopelvic cavity
known as the ____________________.