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body structure &term
| antrum | antr/o |
| blood | hem/o |
| bone | oste/o |
| cell | cyt/o |
| fat | adip/o |
| heart muscle | myocardio |
| muscle | my/o |
| nerve | neur/o |
| organ | organ/o |
| tissue | hist/o |
| ana | up |
| cata | down |
| dis | apart |
| dys | pain |
| endo | within |
| mal | bad, ill |
| meta | change |
| ia | condition |
| ism | condition |
| plasm | formation |
| stasis | controlling |
| um | structure |
| bladder | cyst/o |
| bone marrow | myel/o |
| hair | pil/o |
| kidney | nephro |
| nail | onych/o |
| ovary | oophor/o |
| stomach | gastr/o |
| ureter | ureter/o |
| urethra | urethr/o |
| metabolism= Catabolism + | anabolism |
| any nearly closed cavity or chamber | antrum |
| pointed extremity of a conical structure | apex |
| the largest or most important part of an organ | body |
| any vaultlike or arched body | fornix |
| the base or the deepest part of a hollow organ that is farthest from the mouth of the organ | fundus |
| recess, exit or entrance of a duct into a gland or of nerves and vessles into an organ | hilium |
| the space within an artery, vein, intestind or tube | lumen |
| a cavity or channel in bone, a dilated channel for blood or a cavity to permit the escape of purlent material | sinus |
| a small space of cavity at the beginning of a canal | vestibule |
| what are the 4 types of tissues | epithelial, connective, connective, muscular, nervous |
| Name the body systems | Musculoskeletal, integumentary, gastrointestinal, urinary, reproductive, blood/lymphatic, cardiovascular, respiratory, nervous/behavioral special senses, and endocrine |
| anterior | front or belly side |
| posterior | back of body |
| superior | toward the head |
| inferior | toward the tail |
| medial | toward the midline |
| lateral | toward the side |
| superficial | toward the surface |
| bilateral | on both sides |
| proximal | close to the point of attachment |
| deep | away from the surface |
| distal | far from the point of attachment |
| palmar | palm of hand |
| plantar | sole of foot |