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CH 4 Body Structure
Medical Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cyt/o | Cell |
| Hist/o | Tissue |
| Kary/o | Nucleus |
| Nucle/o | Nucleus |
| Anter/o | Anterior, front |
| Posteri/o | Back (of body), behind, posterior |
| Cephal/o | Head |
| Caud/o | Tail |
| Proxim/o | Near, nearest |
| Dist/o | Far, farthest |
| Later/o | Side, to one side |
| Medi/o | Middle |
| Superi/o | Above |
| Inferi/o | Lower, below |
| Ventr/o | Belly, belly side |
| Albin/o | White |
| Leuk/o | White |
| Melan/o | Black |
| Erythr/o | Red |
| Cirrh/o | Yellow |
| Jaund/o | Yellow |
| Xanth/o | Yellow |
| Chlor/o | Green |
| Cyan/o | Blue |
| Poli/o | Gray, gray matter of the brain or spinal cord |
| Chrom/o | Color |
| Acr/o | Extremity |
| Eti/o | Cause |
| Idi/o | Unknown, peculiar |
| Morph/o | Form, shape structure |
| Path/o | Disease |
| Radi/o | Radiation, x-ray, radius (lower arm bone on thumb side) |
| Somat/o | Body |
| Son/o | Sound |
| Tom/o | To cut |
| Viscer/o | Internal organs |
| Xer/o | Dry |
| Abdomin/o | Abdomen |
| Cervic/o | Neck; cervix uteri (neck of uterus) |
| Crani/o | Cranium (skull) |
| Gastr/o | Stomach |
| Ili/o | Ilium (lateral, flaring portion of hip bone) |
| Inguin/o | Groin |
| Lumb/o | Loins, lower back |
| Pelv/i | Pelvis |
| Pelv/o | Pelvis |
| Spin/o | Spine |
| Thorac/o | Chest |
| Umbilic/o | Navel |
| Partietal | Pertaining to the outer wall of the body cavity |
| Prone | Lying on the abdomen, face down |
| Supine | Lying horizontally on the back, face up |
| Inversion | Turning inward or inside out |
| Eversion | Turning outward |
| Palmar | Pertaining to the palm of the hand |
| Plantar | Pertaining to the sole of the foot |
| Superficial | Towards the surface of the body (external) |
| Deep | Away from the surface of the body (internal) |
| Dors/o | Back of the body |
| RUQ | Right Upper Quadrants: Right lobe of the liver, gallbladdar, part of the pancreas, part of the small intestine + large intestines |
| LUQ | Left Upper Quadrant: Left lobe of the liver, the stomach, the spleen, part of the pancreas, part of the small intestine + large intestine |
| RLQ | Right Lower Quadrant: part of the small + large intestines, appendix right ovary right fallopian tube, and right ureter |
| LLQ | Left Lower Quadrant: part of the small + large intestines, left ovary, left fallopian tube, and left ureter |
| Levels of Organization | 1. Cellular Level 2. Tissue Level 3. Organ Level 4. System Level 5. Organism Level |
| Anatomical Position | Person standing erect, facing forward, and the arms are at the sides of the body, with the palms of the hands turned forward and the feet parallel to each other. |
| Plane | Imaginary flat surface that divides the body into two sections. |
| Coronal (frontal) Plane | Divides the body into anterior and posterior section |
| Transverse (Horizontal) Plane | Divides the body into top and bottom section |
| Midsagittal Plane | Runs through the center of the body, dividing the body into right and left halves. |
| Right Hypochondriac Region | Upper right lateral region BENEATH THE RIBS |
| Epigastric | Upper Middle region |
| Left Hypochondriac Region | Upper left lateral region BENEATH THE RIBS |
| Right Lumbar | Middle right lateral region |
| Umbilical | Region of the navel |
| Left Lumbar | Middle left lateral region |
| Right Inguinal (Iliac) | Lower right lateral region |
| Hypogastric | Lower middle lateral region |
| Left Inguinal (Iliac) | Lower left lateral region |
| Fasci/o | Band : (Fascia) Flat band or sheet of fibrous connective tissue that covers, supports, and separates muscle groups and internal organs |
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