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SRGT Ch2 Terminology
Body Structure & Directional Ch2 Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| hist/o | tissues |
| stromal tissue | supportive tissue |
| parenchymal tissue | does the work |
| epithelial tissue | internal and external covering for organs |
| connective tissue | bone, blood, fat |
| muscular tissue | heart, skeletal and visceral muscles |
| nervous tissue | provides transmission of information to regulate a variety of functions |
| organ/o, viscer/o | organ |
| Apex apic/o | pointed extremity of a conical structure |
| Body corpor/o, som/o, somat/o | the largest or most important part of an organ |
| Fundus fund/o | base or deepest part of a hollow organ that is the farthest from the mouth of the organ |
| Fornix fornic/o | any vaultlike or arched structure |
| Hilum hil/o | area where nerves and vessels enter or exit an organ |
| Lumen lumin/o | the space within an artery, vein, intestine or tube |
| Sinus or Antrum sinus/o or antra | a cavity or channel in bone |
| Vestibule vestibul/o | a small space or cavity at the beginning of a canal |
| Antrum antra | any nearly closed cavity or chamber (stomach) |
| Bi- | two |
| Contra- | opposite; against |
| Epi- | above; on top of |
| Ipsi- | same |
| Meta- | change; beyond |
| Uni- | one |
| -ium, -um | structure |
| -ad | in the direction of; toward |
| Mid- | middle |
| Dis- | apart; bad; abnormal |
| Dys- | bad; difficult; painful; abnormal |
| mal- | bad; ill |
| cyt/o | cell |
| Anatomy | study of the structure of the body |
| Physiology | study of the function of the body |
| biopsy | process of viewing living tissue that has been removed for the purpose of diagnosis and/or treatment |
| necropsy | process of viewing dead tissue |
| autopsy | process of viewing self; term used commonly for examination of a dead body to determine cause of death |
| Anterior Ventral | anter/o in front of |
| Posterior Dorsal | poster/o behind; after |
| Anteroposterior (AP) | front to back |
| Posteroanterior (PA) | back to front |
| Superior Cephalad | cephal/o head |
| Inferior Caudad | caud/o tail |
| Medial | medi/o middle |
| Lateral | later/o side |
| Ipsilateral | same side |
| Contralateral | opposite side |
| Unilateral | one side |
| Bilateral | two sides |
| Superficial | on the surface of the body |
| Deep | away from (below) the surface |
| Proximal | proxim/o near |
| Distal | dist/o far |
| Dextrad | dextr/o to the right |
| Sinistrad | sinistr/o, levo to the left |
| Afferent | toward an organ |
| Efferent | away from an organ |
| Supine | supination face up |
| Prone | pronation face down |
| Palmar | pertaining to palm of hand |
| Plantar | pertaining to sole of foot |
| Dorsal cavities | cranial and spinal |
| Ventral cavities | thoracic (heart & lungs) abdominal (stomach, liver, intestines) pelvic (bladder, reproductive organs) |
| Mediastinum | mediastin/o space between the lungs |
| Pleural cavity | space within the double-folded membrane that surrounds the lungs |
| Abdominal cavity also referred to as | peritoneal cavity |
| Diaphragm | diaphragm/o, phren/o, diaphragmat/o separates thoracic and abdominal cavities |
| Peritoneum | peritone/o highly vascular membrane that lines the abdominal cavity |
| Pelvic cavity | bladder and reproductive organs |
| Abdominopelvic regions | Left & Right hypochodriac Epigastric Left & Right lumbar Umbilical Left & Right iliac Hypogastric |
| Abdominopelvic quadrants | RUQ - liver LUQ - stomach & spleen RLQ - appendix & McBurnery's point LLQ - Munro's point |
| Sagittal plane | separates sides from each other |
| Midsagittal plane | divides body into equal right & left halves |
| Frontal or coronal plane | divides body into front and back portions |
| Transverse plane (cross sectional) | divides the body horizontally into an upper part and lower part |
| Oblique plane | divides the body as a slanted angle |
| antrum | antr/o |
| apex | apic/o |
| blood | hem/o, hemat/o |
| body | som/o, somat/o |
| bone | oste/o, osse/o |
| cell | cyt/o |
| dissolve | lys/o |
| epithelium | epitheli/o |
| fat | adip/o |
| fornix | fornic/o |
| fundus | fund/o |
| heart muscle | myocardi/o |
| lumen | lumin/o |
| muscle | my/o |
| nerve | neur/o |
| nipple | thel/o |
| nucleus | kary/o, nucle/o |
| organ, viscera | organ/o, viscer/o |
| ribose | rib/o |
| sameness | home/o |
| sinus, cavity | sin/o, sinus/o |
| skeletal muscle | rhabdomy/o |
| smooth muscle | leiomy/o |
| system | system/o |
| to cast | bol/o |
| vestibule | vestibul/o |
| Ana- | up; apart |
| Cata- | down |
| -ia, -ism | condition |
| -plasm | formation |
| -us | noun ending |
| bladder | cyst/o, vesic/o |
| bone marrow, spinal cord | myel/o |
| hair | pil/o, trich/o |
| ileum | ile/o |
| kidney | nephr/o, ren/o |
| nail | onych/o, ungu/o |
| ovary | oophor/o, ovari/o |
| skin | cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o |
| small intestine | enter/o |
| stomach | gastr/o |
| testis | test/o, orchid/o |
| ureter | ureter/o |
| urethra | urethr/o |
| abdomen | abdomin/o, celi/o, lapar/o |
| cranium, skull | crani/o |
| dorsal | dors/o |
| pelvis | pelv/i |
| peritoneum | peritone/o |
| pleura | pleur/o |
| spine | spin/o |
| sternum | stern/o |
| thorax | thorac/o |
| ventral | ventr/o |
| vertebra | vertebr/o |
| cartilage | chondr/o |
| front | front/o |
| groin | inguin/o |
| ileum (small intestinal) | ile/o |
| ilium (pelvic) | ili/o |
| loin | lumb/o |
| umbilicus | omphal/o, umbilic/o |
| Musculoskeletal system | muscles - my/o, myos/o, muscul/o bones - oste/o, osse/o, oss/i joints - arthr/o, articul/o |
| Integumentary system | skin - derm/o, dermat/o, cutane/o hair - trich/o, pil/o nails - ungu/o, onych/o |
| Gastrointestinal system | stomach - gastr/o intestines - ile/o, enter/o |
| Urinary system | kidneys - ren/o, nephr/o bladder - cyst/o, vesic/o ureters, urethra - ureter/o, urethr/o |
| Reproductive system | ovaries - oophor/o, ovari/o testes - test/o, orchid/o |
| Blood, Lymphatic, Immune system | blood cells - erythrocyt/o, leukocyt/o, thrombocyt/o |
| Cardiovascular system | heart - cardi/o, coron/o vessels - srteri/o, ven/o, phleb/o |
| Respiratory system | lungs - pulmon/o, pneumon/o bronchi - bronch/o trachea - trache/o |
| Nervous/Behavioral system | brain - encephal/o, cerebr/o nerves - neur/o mind - ment/i, phren/o, psych/o |
| Special Senses | eyes - ophthalm/o, ocul/o, opt/o ears - ot/o, aur/o |
| Endocrine system | pancreas - pancreat/o thyroid - thyroid/o |