Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Ch 4 Body Structure
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| medi/o | midline, middle of structure |
| later/o (lateral recumbant) | the side of a structure |
| superior | toward the head or an upper portion of a structure (cephal/o) |
| infer/o | lower, below from the head or toward the tail (caud/al) |
| dist/o (distance, distal) | far, farthest from the trunk or part |
| anterior (also, ventral) | front side of body (chest, abdomen) |
| poster/o (also, dorsal) | back of the body (cranial, spinal, posterior, etc) |
| cyt/o (leuk/o/cyte) (cyt/o/logy) | cell |
| hist/o (hist/o/logist) | tissue |
| cephal/o (ceph/algia) | head |
| leuk/o (leuk/o/cyto/penia) | white |
| cirrh/o, jaund/o, icterus (cirrh/osis, jaundice) | yellow |
| cyan/o (cyan/o/derma, cyan/osis, cyan/otic) | blue |
| erythr/o (erythr/o/cyt/o/penia, eryth/emic) | red |
| melan/o (melan/oma, melan/o/cyte) | black |
| signs (rash, cough, coloring) | objective: facts that are observed by others |
| symptoms (sometimes called "Sx") (dizzy, fatigue, pain, nausea) | subjective: feelings and opinions by patient only. ONLY see but not feel |
| path/o/logy (path/o/logist, path/o/gen) | study of disease process |
| home/o/stasis | same, steady state. Maintaining a constant/stable internal environment (temperature) |
| path/o/gen/e/sis | disease progression |
| eti/o/logy | the cause or origin of a certain condition (virus, bacteria...) |
| di/ag/nosis | Identification of a condition through tests (xray, bloodwork...) |
| prog/no/sis | Prediction or outcome of a certain condition |
| id/e/o/path/ic (ideopathic epilepsy) | unknown cause or origin |
Created by:
matsonk
Popular Medical sets