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*chapter 2
medical terminology
| 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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