RT Terminology 1-50

• What is the thorax
• what is the abdomen
• what does anteroir mean?


  before or in front
• what does posterior mean?


  situated behind or at the back
• What does proximal mean?


  nearest or closest to the point of attatchment
• what is distal?

  farthest from the point of attatchment
• what is superior?


  situated above or higher up
• what is inferior?


  situated below or lower down
• what is medial?


  pertaining to or situated toward the midline
• what is lateral?


  pertaining to or situated to the side, away from midline
• what is peripheral?


  pertaining to or situated at/near the surface, the outside of the body of a structure
• what is Periphery?


  The outer portion or surface, external surface
• what is internal?


  w/in the body or structure; inner interior
• what is external?


  situated on the outside
• what is unilateral?


  pertaining to or affecting only one side
• what is bilateral?


  pertaining to or affecting both sides
• what is anterposterior?


  from front to back (AP)
• what is posterioranter?


  from back to front
• what is epigastric?


  pertaining to the epigastrium, or the area overlying the pit of the stomach
• what is cavity?


  a space w/in the body containing organs
• what is thoracic cavity?


  internal space above the diaphragm w/in the walls of the thorax, houses heart, lungs, and large blood vessels
• what is the abdominal cavity?


  the space inferior to the diaphragm, houses stomach, small intestines, most of large intestines, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, spleen, kidneys, adrenal glands, and ureters
• what are vital signs?


  signs of life, respirations, pulse, temp, BP
• what is a cell?


  smallest structural unit of life
• what is intracellular?


  w/in a cell or cells
• what is extracelluar?


  outside a cell or cells
• what are lipids?


  any fat or fatlike substances that are insoluble in water
• what is metabolism?


  the sum of all the chemical activities occuring w/in a cell
• what is metabolic?


  pertaining to metabolism
• what is tissue?


  a mass of like cells that have a simular combined function
• what is organ?


  a structure made up of several groups of tissue that preforms a specific function
• what is membrane?


  thin soft pliable layer of tissue that lines cavities and envelopes and seperates organs
• what is a system?


  a group of organs working to preform complex body functions
• what is mucus?


  a sticky fluid secreted by glands of the mucus membrane, it is a protective lubricant coating
• what is semipermeable?


  partially penetrable, it allows some molecules in a solution to pass through but not others, it permits passage up molecules up to a certain size
• what is diffusion?


  the movement of molecules of gases, solids, or liquids through a semipermeable membrane from a higher to a lower concentration
• what is pathogen?


  a microorganism or agent capable of producing disease
• what is pathogenic?


  disease producing
• what is aerobic?


  living in the presence of air or O2
• what is anaerobic?


  living w/o air or O2