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Sports Med Quiz #1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Prefix | Root at the beginning |
| Root | Gives meaning to word |
| Suffix | End of word |
| Cardi | heart |
| Hemat | blood |
| Neuro | refer to brain |
| Gastr | stomach |
| logy | study of |
| IC | pertaining to |
| sub | below |
| A/An | without |
| Algia | pain |
| Anti | prevent/oppose |
| Ater | artery |
| Arthro | joints of body |
| Auto | self |
| Axill | armpit |
| audi | hearing or sound |
| Brachi | arm |
| bronchi | bronchus |
| bi | two |
| Burs | bursae |
| Carp | carpal bones |
| cephalic, cephalo | head |
| chondro | cartilage |
| contra | against |
| costo | rib |
| constrict | narrowing |
| cidal | killing |
| dent | teeth |
| derma | skin |
| dors | back or behind |
| dys | difficult |
| epi | above |
| ectomy | removal of |
| ex | outer |
| faci | face |
| fossa | hollow area |
| gastr | stomach |
| gram | recording |
| graph | recording process |
| Hemo/Hemat | blood |
| hemi | half |
| hetero | different |
| histo | tissue |
| hydro | water |
| hyper | extreme |
| hypo | below or under |
| Distal | further from trunk |
| proximal | closer to trunk |
| lateral | away from midline |
| medial | closer to midline |
| anterior | front side (aka ventral) |
| posterior | back side (aka dorsal) |
| superior | closer to head (aka cranial) |
| inferior | further from head (aka caudal) |
| superficial | closer to surface |
| deep | further from surface |
| plantar | bottom of foot |
| dorsal | above foot |
| Infra | beneath/below |
| inter | between |
| intra | within |
| ipsi | same |
| ism | disorder |
| iso | same |
| itis | inflammation |
| kinesio | movement |
| lipo | fat |
| logy | study of |
| lysis | destruction |
| metry | measure |
| micro | small |
| mono | one |
| muscule | muscle |
| myo | muscle |
| naso | nose |
| necro | death |
| neo | new |
| nerv | nerves |
| neur | nervous system |
| transverse/horizontal | plane disects horizontally (ex. woodchop) |
| front/coronal | plane disects vertically (cuts body into left and right, ex lateral raises) |
| sagittal/medial | plane disects middle of body (ex. squats) |