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Chapter 2
Medical Terminology 13th edition Chapter 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -iac | pertaining to |
| -ior | pertaining to |
| -ism | process, condition |
| -ose | pertaining to, full of |
| -plasm | formation, growth |
| -somes | bodies |
| -type | picture, classification |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| pharyng/.o | pharynx (throat) |
| poster/o | back, behind |
| proxim/o | nearest |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| spin/o | spine, backbone |
| thel/o | nipple |
| theli/o | nipple |
| thoracic/o | chest |
| trache/o | windpipe |
| umbilic/o | navel, umbilicus |
| ventr/o | belly, side of body |
| verterbr/o | vertebra(e), backbones |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| ana- | up |
| cata- | down |
| epi- | above |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| epi- | above |
| meta- | change |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| adip/o | fat |
| anter/o | front |
| cervic/o | neck (of body or uterus) |
| chrondr/o | cartilage |
| chrom/o | color |
| coccyg/o | coccyx (tailbone) |
| crani/o | skull |
| dist/o | far, distant |
| hist/o | tissue |
| histi/o | tissue |
| ili/o | ilium (of the hip bone) |
| inguin/o | groin |
| Kary/o | nucleus |
| later/o | side |
| lumb/o | lowerback |
| medi/o | middle |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| Name the four types of cells | 1) Muscle Cells 2) Nerve Cells 3)Epithelial Cells 4)Fat Cells |
| what are Body Cavities? | which are the spaces within the body that contain the internal organs (Viscera) |
| What are the Four Body Cavities? | 1)Cranial 2)Thoracic 3)Abdominal Pelvic 4)Spinal |
| what organ is in the cranial cavities? | The Brain |
| Name the 7 organs located in the Thoracic cavities? | 1) Lungs 2) Heart 3) Esophagus 4) Trachea 5) Bronchial tubes 6) Thymus gland 7) Aorta |
| What 6 Organs are found within the Abdominal Cavities? | 1) Stomach 2) Small and large intestines 3) Spleen 4) Pancreas 5) Liver 6) Gallbladder |
| What 6 Organs are found inside the Pelvic Cavitie? | 1) Portions of the large and small intestines 2) Bladder 3) Rectum 4) urethra 5) ureters 6) Uterus and vagina in female |
| What is found in the spinal cavitie? | Nerves of the spinal cord |
| Name all 5 of the body cavities. | 1)Cranial 2) abdominal 3) Spinal 4) pelvic 5) Thoracic |
| Cells are specialized for what purpose? | To carry out specific functions. |
| What does the right upper quadrant contain? (name 4) | 1-Liver (right lobe) 2 -gallbladder 3- part of the pancreas 4-small and large intestines |
| Left upper quadrant contains what? (name 5) | 1. Liver (left lobe) 2. stomach 3. spleen 4. parts of the small and large intestines 5. parts of the pancreas |
| Right Lower quadrant RLQ contains what? (name | 1. Right ovary 2, right fallopian tubes 3. appendix 4. ureter 5, Parts of the large and small intestines |
| Abbreviation: t.i.d= ? | 3 times a day |
| PRN | As needed |
| B.I.D = ? | twice daily |
| Abbreviation Xx= ? | History |
| Dx = ? | diagnosis |
| pronosis | prediction of the probable course and outcome of disease |
| hypoplasia | incomplete development of organ tissue |
| homestasis | process in which the body maintains a constant internal enviroment |
| What Region on the back refers to the waist? | Lumbar region |
| What is the cavitie surrounded by the skull? | Cranial |
| What Region of the back that refers to Cervical? | neck |
| What region of the back refers to thoracic? | chest |
| What region of DNA within a chromosome is called? | Gene |
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