Fill in the blanks with correct medical terms

The study of body structure is called (1) ______________. (2) ______________ refers to the study of the nature of living things and how they work. Understanding of both is important to maintaining (3) ______________ within the body.
The body is made up of tiny particles known as (4) ______________, which make up (5) ______________, which make up (6) ______________, which make (7) ______________, which make up (8) ______________, which make up 11 different body (9) ______________. Every part of the body works in concert with the rest of the body to keep the body functioning.

The body systems include the (10) ______________ system, the (11) ______________ system, the (12) ______________ system, the (13) ______________system, the (14) system, the (15) ______________system, the (16) ______________ system, the (17) ______________system, the (18) ______________system, the (19) system, and the (20) ______________ system. The body is divided into (21) ______________, (22) ______________and (23) ______________.

Medical terminology also uses special terms to describe direction within the body. Directional terms are always based on the body standing in (24) ______________, or erect posture with the face forward, arms at the sides, palms of the hands facing forward, and legs apart with the feet pointing forward. Such terms as (25) ______________ and (26) ______________, referencing up and down, (27) ______________ and (28) ______________, referencing front and back, and (29) ______________ and (30) ______________, referencing attachment to the trunk, help us describe the body.


(1) anatomy
(2) Physiology
(3) homeostasis
(4) atoms
(5) molecules
(6) cells
(7) tissue
(8) organs
(9) systems
(10) respiratory
(11) digestive
(12) cardiovascular
(13) lymphatic
(14) urinary
(15) reproductive
(16) nervous
(17) endocrine
(18) skeletal
(19) muscular
(20) integumentary
(21) regions
(22) cavities
(23) planes
(24) anatomical position
(25) superior
(26) inferior
(27) anterior
(28) posterior
(29) proximal
(30) distal,

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