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med term quiz #3
chapters 4 and 5
Question | Answer |
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cellu | cell |
cis | to cut |
comat | deep sleep |
duct | to draw |
later | the side |
nat | birth |
sept | infection |
son | sound |
-aise | ease |
-ar | pertaining to |
-cuspid | cusps; projections |
-drome | to run |
-form | shape; form |
-genous | produced by |
-gnosis | knowledge |
-mortem | death |
-plasm | development; formation |
-plegia | paralysis (can't move) |
-version | turning; tilting |
ab | away from; |
ad | toward |
ante | before |
circum | around |
dia | through; complete |
ecto | outside |
endo | within; inside |
e | Out; outward; outside |
ex | Out; outward; outside |
exo | Out; outward; outside |
extra | Out; outward; outside |
hyper | excessive; above |
hypo | below; under; defficient |
in | in; into |
infra | below; beneath |
inter | between |
intra | within |
meta | beyond |
para | beside; near |
per | through |
peri | around |
post | after |
pre | before; in front of |
pro | before |
retro | back; behind |
sub | under; below |
supra | above |
trans | across |
ultra | beyond |
anti | against |
a | No; not; lack of |
an | No; not; lack of |
contra | against; opposite |
in | not |
bi | two |
di | two |
hemi | half |
semi | half |
moni | one |
uni | one |
multi | many |
poly | many |
quadri | four |
tri | three |
ana | apart; up |
auto | self |
brady | slow |
dys | bad; abnormal; difficult; painful |
macro | large; excessive |
mal | bad |
micro | small; deficient |
neo | new |
pan | all |
syn | together; with; joined |
sym | together; with; joined |
tachy | fast; rapid |
tetra | four |
epi | above |
sub | below |
two major cavities | dorsal (back) and ventral (front) |
dorsal parts | cranial cavity; spinal cavity |
ventral parts | thoracic (heart, lungs, aorta, trachea, esophagus) abdominal (stomach, liver, small intestine, large intestine, gall bladder, spleen, kidney, pancreas) pelvic (reproductive organs, bladder, urethra) |
midline | directly down the middle |
medial | toward the midline |
lateral | away from the midline |
perihperal | away from the center |
front or coronal plane | separates the body into anterior and posterior |
sigittal plane | separates the body into left and right |
transverse | separates the body into inferior and superior |
anter | front |
caud | tail |
dors | back |
infer | below; inferior |
inguin | groin |
medi | middle |
phren | diaphragm |
poster | back; posterior |
proxim | near; proximal |
super | above |
ventr | front |