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YTI Med Terms
YTI Chapter Four
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cyt/o | cell |
| deoxyribonucleic acid | DNA - Molecule that holds genetic information and makes an exact copy of itself whenever the cell divides |
| eti/o | cause |
| fluor/o | luminous, fluorescent |
| idi/o | unknown, peculiar |
| Plane | imaginary flat surface |
| MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
| CT | computed tomography |
| Midsagittal | median - right and left halves |
| Coronal | frontal - Anterior (ventral) and posterior (dorsal) aspects |
| Transverse | Horizontal - Superior (upper) and inferior (lower) aspects |
| Thoracic | Heart, lungs and associated structures |
| Abdominopelvic | Digestive, excretory, and reproductive organs and structures |
| Abduction | Movement away from the median plane of the body or one of its parts |
| Adduction | Movement toward the median plane of the body |
| Medial | Pertaining to the midline of the body or structure |
| Lateral | Pertaining to a side |
| Superior (cephalad) | Toward the head or upper portion of a structure |
| Inferior (caudal) | Away from the head, or toward the tail or lower part of a structure |
| Proximal | Nearer to the center (trunk of bocy) or to the point of attachment ot the body |
| Distal | Further from the center (trunk of the body) or from the point of attachment to the body |
| Anterior (ventral) | Near the front of the body |
| Posterior (dorsal) | Near the back of the body |
| Parietal | Pertaining to the outer wall of the body cavity |
| Visceral | Pertaining to the viscera, or internal organs, especially the abdominal organs |
| Prone | Lying horizontal with the face downward, or indicating the position of the hand or foot with the palm or foot facing upward |
| Supine | Lying on the back with the face upward, or indicating the position of the hand or foot with the palm or foot facing upward |
| Inversion | Turning inward or inside out |
| Eversion | Turning outward |
| Palmar | Pertaining to the palm of the hand |
| Plantar | Pertaining to the sole of the foot |
| superficial | Toward the surface of the body |
| hist/o | tissue |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| anter/o | anterior, front |
| caud/o | tail |
| dist/o | far, farthest |
| dors/o | back (of body) |
| infer/o | lower, below |
| later/o | side |
| medi/o | middle |
| poster/o | back (of body), behind, posterior |
| proxim/o | near, nearest |
| ventr/o | belly, belly side |
| abdonmin/o | abdomen |
| cervic/o | neck; cervix uteri (neck of uterus) |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| ili/o | ilium (lateral, flaring portion of hip bone) |
| ilial | pertaining to the ilium |
| inguin/o | groin |
| lumb/o | loins, lower back |
| unbilic/o | navel |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| spin/o | spine |
| thorac/o | chest |
| albin/o | white |
| leuk/o | white |
| chlor/o | green |
| chrom/o | color |
| cirrh/o | yellow |
| jaund/o | yellow |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| melan/o | black |
| poli/o | gray; gray metter (of brain or spinal cord) |
| myel | bone marrow; spinal cord |
| acr/o | extremity |
| eti/o | cause |
| fasci/o | band, fascia (fibrous membrane supporting and separting muscles) |
| idi/o | unknown, peculiar |
| morph/o | form, shape, structure |
| radi/o | radiation, x-ray; radius (lower arm bone on thumb side) |
| somat/o | body |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| xer/o | dry |
| -logy | study of |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -genesis | forming, producing, origin |
| -gnosis | knowing |
| -gram | record, writing |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -metry | act of measuring |
| -pathy | disease |
| ab- | from, away from |
| ad- | toward |
| infra- | below, under |
| hetero- | different |
| homeo- | same |
| peri- | around |
| super- | upper, above |
| trans- | across, through |
| ultra- | excess, beyond |
| febrile | feverish, pertaining to fever |
| ant (abbreviation) | anterior |
| AP | anteroposterior |
| Bx or bx | biopsy |
| CT | computerized tomography |
| CT scan | computed (axial) tomography scan |
| CAT scan | computed (axial) tomography scan |
| DSA | digital subtraction angiography |
| LAT | lateral |
| lat | lateral |
| Dx | diagnosis |
| LLQ | lower left quadrant |
| PA | posteroanterior pernicious anemia |
| LUQ | Left upper quadrant |
| MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
| PET | position emission tomography |
| post | posterior |
| RLQ | right left quadrant |
| RUQ | right upper quadrant |
| sono | sonogram |
| Sx | Symptoms |
| Tx | treatment |
| U & L | upper and lower |
| UL | upper and lower |
| US | ultrasound |
| biopsy | representative tissue sample removed from a body site for microscopic examination |
| son | sound |
| path/o | disease |
| cyan/o | blue |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
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