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med-term 2b
med terminology ch2 vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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