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med term quiz #3
chapters 4 and 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |