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med-term 2b
med terminology ch2 vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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anter/o | front (anterior - pertaining to front) |
bol/o | to cast (throw) (anabolism - process of building up proteins)(catabolism - process to breakdown food into energy) |
cervic/o | neck of body OR neck of uterus |
chrom/o | color |
coccyg/o | coccyx (tailbone) |
dist/o | far, distant |
dors/o | back - dorsal |
ili/o | ilium (part of pelvic bone) |
inguin/o | groin |
kary/o | nucleus |
lumb/o | lower back; b/w ribs & pelvic |
sacr/o | sacrum |
sarc/o | flesh |
spin/o | spine, backbone |
thel/o | nipple |
umbilic/o | navel, umbilicus |
ventr/o | belly side of body |
viscer/o | internal organs |
ana- | up |
cata- | down |
meta- | change |
-plasm | formation |
-somes | bodies |
-type | picture, classification |
-ose | full of; pertaining to |
-ism | process; condition |
-eal, -iac, -ior | pertaining to |
superior | cephalic - above |
cephalic | pertaining to the head; another name for superior (above) |
inferior | caudal - below |
caudal | pertaining to tail & lower portion of body; another name for inferior (below) |
frontal plane - coronal | anterior portion of plane dividing front from back |
posterior - dorsal | back side of body when divided front to back |
proximal | near pt of attachment to body trunk |
distal | far from pt of attachment to body trunk |
transverse plane | cross-sectional or axial |