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Chapter 3&4 Review
Test review for Chapter 3 & 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ical, -ile, ior, -ous, -tic...are suffixes that mean... | Pertaining to, Relating to |
| -esis, -ia, -ism...are suffixes that mean... | Condition |
| -iatry is a suffix that means | medicine, treatment |
| -ician, -ist are suffixes that mean | Specialist |
| -icle, -ole, -ule are suffixes that mean | Small, minor |
| The plural form of -a | -ae |
| The plural form of -ax | -aces |
| The plural form of -en | -ina |
| The plural form of -is | -es |
| The plural form of -ix and -ex | -ices |
| The plural form of -ma | -mata |
| The plural form of -on and -um | -a |
| The plural form of -us | -i |
| The plural form of -y | -ies |
| epi | above, upon |
| hypo- | under, below, deficient |
| infra- ,sub- | under, below |
| inter- | between |
| post- | after, behind |
| pre- ,pro- | before, in front |
| retro- | backwards |
| bi- | two, both |
| dipl(o)- | double |
| hemi- | one half |
| hyper- | excessive, above normal (increasing) |
| macro- | large |
| micro- | small |
| mono-,uni- | one |
| multi- ,poly- | many, much |
| primi- | first |
| quadri- | four |
| tri- | three |
| ab- | from, away from |
| ad- | towards |
| circum- | around (movement) |
| peri- | around (position) |
| dia- | through, across (movement) |
| trans- | through, across (position) |
| ecto- ,exo- ,extra- | outside, outward |
| endo- ,intra- | in, within |
| para- | near, beside; beyond |
| super- ,supra- | upper, above, excessive, superior |
| ultra- | excess, beyond |
| a- ,an- | without, not |
| anti-, contra- | aganist |
| brady- | slow |
| dys- | bad, painful, difficult |
| eu- | good, normal |
| hetero- | different |
| homo- ,homeo- | same |
| mal- | bad |
| pan- | all |
| pseudo- | false |
| syn- ,sym- | union, together, joined |
| tachy- | rapid |
| Levels of organization | 1st: cell 2nd: tissue 3rd: organ 4th: systen 5th: organism |
| Types of tissue | Epitheial, Connective, Muscle, Nervous |
| Major parts of a cell.. | Cell membrane, cytoplasm, nucleus |
| RUQ | Right Upper Quadrant |
| LUQ | Left Upper Quadrant |
| RLQ | Right Lower Quadrant |
| LLQ | left Lower Quadrant |
| The Spine is divided in to these sections.. | Cervical(neck), thoracic(chest), lumbar(loin), sacral(lower back), coccyx(tail bone) |
| Movement away from the median plan of the body or one of its parts | ABduction |
| Movement toward the median plane | ADduction |
| Pertaining to the midline of the body structure | Medial |
| pertaining to the side | lateral |
| Toward the hear or upper portion of a structure | Superior |
| Away from the head or towards the tail or lower part of a structure | Inferior (caudal) |
| Nearer to the center (trunk of the body) or from the point of attachment to the body | Proximal |
| Further form the center (trunk of the body) or from the point of attachment to the body | Distal |
| Near the front of the body | Anterior (ventral) |
| Near the back of the body | Posterior (dorsal) |
| Pertaining to the outer layer of the outer wall of the body cavity | Parietal |
| Pertaining to the inner layer of the outer wall of the body cavity (viscera) | Visceral |
| Lying horizontal with the face downward, or indicating the hands with the palms turned downward | Prone |
| Lying on the back face upward, or indicating the position of the hand or foot with the palm or foot facing upward | Supine |
| Turning inward or inside out | Inversion |
| Turning outward | Eversion |
| Pertaining to the palm of the hand | Palmer |
| Pertaining to the sole of the foot | plantar |
| Towards the surface of the body | Superficial |
| away from the surface of the body (internal) | Deep |
| Cell | Cyt/o |
| Tissue | hist/o |
| nucleus | nucle/o, kary/o |
| Cranium (skull) | crani/o |
| far, farthest | dist/o |
| back (of the body) | dors/o |
| side | later/o |
| middle | medi/o |
| near, nearest | proxim/o |
| belly, belly side | ventr/o |
| neck, cervix uteri (neck of uterus) | cervic/o |
| ilium (lateral, flaring portion of the hip bone) | ili/o |
| groin | inguin/o |
| loins, lower back | lumb/o |
| naval | umbilic/o |
| white | albin/o, leuk/o |
| green | chlor/o |
| color | chrom/o |
| yellow | cirrh/o, jaund/o, |
| Blue | cyan/o |
| red | erythr/o |
| black | melan/o |
| gray; gray matter (of brain or spinal cord) | poli/o |
| extremity | acr/o |
| cause | eti/o |
| unknown, peculiar | idi/o |
| form, shape, structure | morph/o |
| radiation, x-ray; radius (lower arm bone on thumb side) | radi/o |
| body | somat/o |
| sound | son/o |
| internal organs | viscer/o |
| dry | xer/o |
| Anatomical Position | Facing foward feet parallel, arms to the side hands facinf foward with thumbs pointing up. |
| Divides the body left and right | Midsagittal Plane |
| Divides the bodys Anterior and Posterior | Coronal or Frontal plane |
| Divides the bodys Superior and Inferior | Transverse of Horizontal plane |
| Major organ of the Cranial Cavity | Brain |
| major organ of the Spinal Cavity | Spinal cord |
| The Dorsal Cavity contains... (types of cavities) | Cranial, Spinal |
| The Ventral Cavity contains...(types of cavities) | Thoracic, Abdominopelvic |
| Major organs of the Thoracic Cavity | Heart, Lungs, and associated structures |
| Major organs of the Abdominopelvic Cavity | Digestive, excretory and reproductive organs and structures |
| Possible causes for disease | metabolic , infectious, congenital, hereditary, environmental, neoplastic |
| A metabolic cause for disease can be decribed as | a problem with the bodys metabolism |
| A infectious cause for a disease can be described as | contagious, involving microrganisms, passed from one person to another |
| A congenital cause for disease can be decsribed as | be initiated in utero (after conception, before birth) |
| An enviromental disease can be described as | having been influenced by outside contaminants or elements |
| A neoplastic disease can be described as | having an abnormal growth |
| Gel-like substance that surrounds the nucleus of a cell but contained within the cell membrane | cytoplasm |
| identification of a disease or condition by scientific evaluation of physical signs, symptoms, history, laboratory, and clinical tests results, and radiolographic procedures | Diagnosis |
| Study of the causes of disease | Etiology |
| pertaining to conditions without clear pathogenesis, or disease without recognizable cause, as of spontaneous origin | Idiopathic |
| Prediction of the course and end of a disease and the estimated chance of recovery | prognosis |
| Any objective evidence or manifestation of an illness or disordered function of the body | Sign |
| Any change in the body or its functions as preceived by the patient | symptom |
| study of the body at the cellular level | Cytology |
| Body cells perform these types of activites | activites associated with life, including obtaining nourishment, eliminating waste and reproducing |
| Organs are.. | Body structures composed of at least two or more tissue types that perform specialized functions |
| Systems are... | composed of varying number of organs and accessory structures that have similar or interrelated functions |
| An Organism is... | a complete living entity capable of independent existance. Consists of a number of systems. |
| Branch of medicine concerned with the use if radiation, ultrasound and imaging techniques for diagnosis and treatment of a disease and injury | Radiology |
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