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medical anatomy
medical terms of the human body
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| anatomical position | upright standing position, face and feet pointing forward, arms at the side and palms facing forward. |
| frontal | vertical, splits body into front and back halves. |
| sagittal | vertical, splits body into left and right halves. |
| transverse | horizontal, splits the body into upper and lower halves. |
| medial | twards the midline (center of the body) |
| itis | inflammation |
| osis | any condition |
| malacia | soft |
| megal | enlarged |
| algia | pain |
| oma | tumor |
| plast | surgical repair |
| path | disease |
| ologist | specialist |
| ology | the study of |
| penia | deficiency |
| spasm | involuntary contraction |
| oid | resemble |
| scop | observe |
| gram | record |
| otomy | cut into |
| ostomy | to create an opening |
| ectomy | surgical removal |
| lysis | loosened destruction |
| rrhexis | rupture |
| synarthroses | immovable joints, skull |
| amphiarthrosis | slightly moving joints, ribs and spine |
| diarthroses | pass through, freely moving |
| fibrous joints | bones held together by ligaments |
| pubic symphysis | bones held together my cartilage |
| gliding plane joints | little bones that dont do anything, just slide on eachother |
| hinge joints | go back and forth on eachother |
| pivot joint | neck and forearm that pivots |
| condyloid joints | oval joints that allow to move backwards and forwards and away and together |
| saddle joints | bones that fit like pringles and move against each other |
| ball and socket joint | the shoulder and hip joint backwards forwards and sideways, and rotating movements |
| collateral | straight line |
| anterior | to the front |
| posterior | to the back |
| semilunar | half curved around |
| concave knee | tibia |
| convex knee | feimer |
| osteoarthritis | breakdown in the bone within the joint |
| osteo | bones |
| arthr | joints |
| superior | towards the top of the body |
| inferior | towards the bottom of the body |
| anterior | towards the front of the body |
| posterior | towards the back of the body |
| proximal | situated closest to the point of attachment |
| origin | attachment to a IMMOVABLE bone |
| insertion | attachment to a MOVABLE bone |
| supination | fore arm rotates laterally so palm faces up |
| pronation | forarm rotates medially so palm faces down |
| opposition | when you move thumb to each tip of each finger. |
| synovial joints | bones separated by a joint cavity, lubricated by synovial fluid. shoulder, hip, elbow, knee, carpal, interphalangeal |
| fibrous joint | bones held together by collagenous fibers. skulls stitches, teeth in joints, distal radioulnar joints and t |
| a | without, not |
| an | without, not |
| auto | self |
| bi | 2 |
| brady | slow |
| DYS | bad |
| hemi | half |
| hyper | above, more than normal |
| hypo | under |
| inter | between |
| pre | before |
| quad | 4 |
| retro | backwards |
| semi | half |
| intra | within |
| multi | many |
| peri | around or near |
| poly | many |
| post | after |
| how many bones are in your body | 206 |
| how many bones are in your skull | 22 |
| 5 clissification of bones? | short, long, flat, sesamoid, irregular |
| all kinds of joints | ball and socket, immovible, slightly movable, broad reange of motion |
| homatopiesis | the process of producing |
| frontal | forehead |
| parietal | sides and roof of your skull |
| occipital | back/ bottom of the skull |
| temporal | sides/ by ears |
| madibenle | lower movable jaw bone |
| Maxillae | upper jaw bone |
| cervical vertebrae | neck, 7 |
| thoratic vertebrae | where ribs attatch, 12 |
| lumbar vertebrae | Large, weight-bearing vertebrae of the lower back, 5 |
| scral | Fused vertebrae which articulate with the pelvic bones, 5 |
| coccyx | Four fused vertebrae that form the tailbone,4 |
| ulna | inside |
| radius | outside |
| steno | naro or contracted |
| cheil | lip |
| benign | not cancerous |
| melan | black |
| onco | tumor |
| viscero | organ |
| spenic | wedge |
| anti | against |
| myco | fungus |
| plasia | development |
| rug | wrinkle, fold, or crease. |
| iso | = |
| malign | bad |
| adnexa | ties, connection |
| lapar | abdominal wall |
| ment | mind |
| somato | body |
| trachel | neck |
| hypno | sleep |
| scler | hard |
| cardiac muscle | |
| smooth muscle | blood vessels, stomach |
| skeletal muscles | |
| sensory nerves | feeling |
| motor nerves | moving |
| frontal lobe | |
| parietal lobe | |
| occipital lobe | |
| temporal lobe | |
| cerebellum | |
| brain stem | |
| pons | |
| relays | |
| medulla | |
| sept | wall or fence |
| scirr | hard |
| antr | cavity |
| plak | plate |
| alveol | cavity |
| sedat | quiet/calm |
| furca | forked shaped |
| radic | root |
| en | in |
| phob | fear |
| pariet | wall |
| gemin | twins/pair |
| grad | taking steps |
| calc | calcium |
| labi | lip |
| micro | small |
| pro | in front of or before |
| mechano | matchine |
| tongue | glosso |
| otis media | middle ear infection |
| myopia | nearsightedness |
| hyperopia | farsightedness |
| olfactory | |
| cillia | |
| presbyopia | |
| dynam | power |
| traumat | wound |
| ameb | change |
| strict | draw tight |
| turbin | shaped like a top |
| neo | new |
| therm | heat |
| sym | together |
| ramus | branch |
| pan | all |
| ab | away from/ not |
| ante | before |
| ex | out |
| puer | child |
| proli | offspring |
| macro | large |
| lal | |
| cryo | cold |
| mal | bad |
| glom | ball |
| alvol | small structures in respiratory system. |
| vert | trun |
| eu | good |
| ambi | both |
| amphi | both sides |
| clas | break |
| duct | tube |
| fiss | split |
| ger | old |
| heter | udder |
| hom | same |
| sta | stand |
| volv | to roll |
| splanchn | internal organs |
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