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Body Organization
Chapter 5 Medical Terms
Question | Answer |
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4 Types of Tissue: | Epithelial, Nerve, Muscle, Connective |
Body Cavities: | Dorsal and Ventral |
4 Abdominal Quadrants: | Right Upper Quadrant [RUQ], Left Upper Quadrant [LUQ], Right Lower Quadrant [RLQ], Left Lower Quadrant [LLQ] |
3 Planes: | Frontal, Midsagital, Transvers |
-plasia | formation |
-trophy | nutrition |
anteri[o] | toward the front, ventral |
posteri[o] | toward the back, dorsal |
ventr[o] | belly side |
dors[o] | back side |
medi[o] | middle |
later[o] | toward the side |
superi[o] | uppermost |
inferi[o] | lowermost |
proxim[o] | nearer to the origin |
dist[o] | far, distant |
tel[e] | far, distant |
cephal[o] | towards the head |
caud[o] | toward the tail |
Prone Position | on tummy |
Supine Position | on back |
Dorsal Cavities | Cranial, Spinal |
Ventral Cavities | Thoracic, Pelvic, Abdominal |
abdomin[o] | abdomen |
acr[o] | extremities |
blephar[o] | eyelid |
cyst[o] | cyst, bladder, sac |
dactyl[o] | digits |
lapar[o] | abdominal wall |
omphal[o] | umbilicus |
onych[o] | nail |
pelv[i] | pelvis |
som[a] | body |
somat[o] | body |
thorac[o] | chest |
periton[o] | peritoneum |
lymph[o] | lymph |
hidr[o] | sweat |
hydr[o] | water |
crin[o] | secrete |
-crine | secrete |
dacry[o] | tear, crying |
lacrim[o] | tear, crying |
muc[o] | mucus |
py[o] | pus |
sial[o] | saliva |
ur[o] | urine |
hem[o] | blood |
hemat[o] | blood |
Blood Composition: | 55% Plasma, 45% erythrocytes, leukocytes, platelets |
-poiesis | productions |
-poietin | substance that causes production |
-emia | condition of the blood |
Immunity: | Body's ability to counteract invasion by infectious organisms |
Susceptibility | lack or resistance or protection |
vaccination | prevent or modulate diseases |
immunocompromised | immune response weakened by disease or immunosuppressive agent |
immunosuppressant | prevent rejection by immune system |
immunosuppressive | suppress immune system |
immunodeficiency | lacking immune system |
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome [AIDS] | defect in immune system |
hypersensitivity | excessive reaction to an antigen |
allergy | body reacts with an exaggerated immune response to common, harmless substances |
anaphylaxis | life threatening reaction to an antigen |
benign | gets better, does not have a tendency to spread |
malignant | gets worse, has a tendency to spread |
metastasis | spreading from one part of the body to another |