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Terms
Prefixes, Suffixes, Combining Forms, Directional Terms, General Types
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cranial | towards the head |
| Caudal | towards the tail |
| Ventral | underside/belly Sternal Recumbency |
| Dorsal | Back side Dorsal Recumbency |
| Lateral | Sides (include outer limbs) R/L lateral recumbency |
| Medial | midline + inner limbs |
| Ausculate | listening to the chest/abdomen with a stethoscope |
| Palpate | feeling/examining with hands |
| Pan -- | all |
| Oste/o | bone |
| Arthor/o | Joints |
| Chondr/o | cartilage |
| -- itis | inflammation of |
| -- otomy | to cut |
| -- tomy | to cut |
| -- oma | Tumor |
| -- cyte | Cell |
| -- osis | Condition of |
| Arthritis | Inflammation of Joint |
| Panosteitis | Inflammation of all bones |
| Osteritis | Inflammation of a bone |
| Osteomyelitis | inflammation of a bone |
| Osteotomy | Bone cutting (for surgery) |
| Osteoma | Bone Tumor |
| Chordrosis | Condition of Cartilage |
| Arthrosis | Condition of Joints |
| Ligament | bone -- bone |
| Tendons | Bone -- muscle |
| Cytology | Study of Cells |
| Histology | Study of Tissue |
| Hierarch of Body Order | Cell: unit of life -- Tissue: grops of cells -- Organs: tissues together -- Organ System: organs working together |
| 1kg = | 2.2 lb |
| 1lb = | 0.45kg |
| Inflamation Signs | Pain Swell Red Heat/Temperature |
| Joint Types | Ball & Socket (shoulder, hip) Hinge (Elbow, Knee) |
| Joint Landmarks | Shoudler Elbow Hip Knee (stifle) Ankle (hock) |
| Tissue Types | Epithelial Connective Muscular Nervous |
| Epithelial tissue | out most layer (skin) - absorbs nutrients - secretes (movement within) & excertes (exits out system) |
| Connective tissue | Connects to bone IE: Ligaments --> bone to bone Space Fillers --> Cartilage |
| Muscular tissue | stabilizes joints contracts & extent movement |
| Nervous tissue | relay message throughout body |
| Organ | groups of tissue IE: Kidney, Liver, Heart |
| Organ System | oragns working together IE: Circulatory system (blood, O2, H2O) |
| Articulate | speak well |
| Articulation | joint movement |
| Types of bones (+examples) | Irregular --> spine, temporal Long --> Femur, Humerus Short --> Tarsal & Carpal Sasamoid --> Patella/kneecap Flat --> ribs, skull, scapula |
| Proximal | closer to body |
| Distal | Farther from body |
| Cost/o | ribs |
| Inter - | Between |
| Intra - | within or inside |
| Femoral | pertaining to Femur (largest single bone) |
| Femoral Artery | detecting pulse |
| Intercostal Spine | between 4th and 5th Rb |
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