*chapter 2 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
abdomin/o | abdomen |
adip/o | fat |
anter/o | front |
bol/o | to cast (throw) |
cervic/o | neck (of the body or of the uterus) |
chondr/o | cartilage ( type of connective tissue) |
chrom/o | color |
coccyg/o | coccyx (tailbone) |
crani/o | skull |
cyt/o | cell |
dist/o | fat, distant |
dors/o | back portion of the body |
hist/o | tissue |
ili/o | ilium (part of the pelvic bone) |
inguin/o | groin |
kary/o | nucleus |
later/o | side |
lumb/o | lowerback (side and back between the ribs and pelvis) |
medi/o | middle |
nucle/o | nucleus |
pelv/i | pelvis |
poster/o | back, behind |
proxim/o | nearest |
sacr/o | sacrum |
sarc/o | flesh |
spin/o | spine, backbone |
thel/o | nipple |
thorac/o | chest |
trache/o | trachea, windpipe |
umbillic/o | navel, umbilicus |
ventr/o | belly side of the body |
vertebr/o | vertebra(e), backbone(s) |
viscer/o | internal organs |
ana- | up |
cata- | down |
epi- | above |
hypo- | below |
inter- | between |
meta- | change |
-eal | pertaining to |
-iac | pertaining to |
-ior | pertaining to |
-ism | process, condition |
-ose | pertaining to, full of |
-plasm | formation |
-somes | bodies |
-type | picture, classification |
anabolism | process of building up |
catabolism | process of breaking down |
cell membrane | structure that surrounds and protects the cell |
chromosomes | rod shaped structures that contain DNA |
cytoplasm | material that fills the cell |
DNA | chemical found in each chromosome |
endoplasmic reticulum | site where protien synthesis takes place |
genes | regions of DNA within each chromosomw |
metabolism | total chemical process in a cell |
mitochondria | structures that burn food for energy |
nucleus | control center, containes chromosomes |
adipose tissue | collection of fat cells |
cartilage | flexible connective tissue attached to bones and joints |
epithelial cells | skin that covers the body and internal surfaces of organs |
larynx | voice box |
pharynx | throat |
pituitary gland | endocrine gland at the base of the brain |
thyroid gland | endocrine gland that surrounds the trachea |
ureter | 1 of 2 tubes from a single kidney to the urinary bladder |
urethra | tube from urinary bladder to outside of the body |
uterus | womb |
viscera | internal organs |
dorsal (posterior) | pertaining to the back |
mediastinum | centrally located between the lungs |
peritoneum | membrane that surrounds the abdonimal organs |
pleura | membrane surrounding each lung |
ventral (anterior) | pertaining to the front |
superficial | on the surface |
proximal | near the point of attachment to the trunk or near the beginning of a structure |
distal | far from the point of attachment to the trunk or far from the begining of a structure |
inferior | below another structure |
superior | above another structure |
medial | pertaining to the middle |
lateral | pertaining to the side |
supine | lying on the back |
prone | lying on the belly |
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