Question | Answer |
What is another term for Dorsal? | Posterior |
What is another term for Ventral? | Anterior |
Name the two Dorsal Cavities | Cranial and Spinal |
Name the Ventral Cavities | Thoracic, Abdominal, Pelvic, Abdominopelvic |
Define the f.f abbreviations (4 Quadrants)
RUQ:
LUQ:
RLQ:
LLQ: | Right Upper Quadrant
Left Upper Quadrant
Right Lower Quadrant
Left Lower Quadrant |
Identify the Regions
1.Pertaining to the Umbilicus (navel): | Umbilical Region |
2.Above the stomach: | Epigastric |
3.Beneath the umbilicus (navel): | Hypogastric Region |
4.On the left lower side near the groin (ileus): | Left Inguinal Region or Left Iliac |
5.On the right middle side near the waist: | Right Lumbar Region |
List the f.f structures:
1. Cell: | Cyt/o |
2. Nuclues: | Kary/o, Nucle/o |
3.Tissue: | Hist/o |
List the CFâs for position and direction:
1. anterior, front: | Anter/o |
2. middle: | medi/o |
3. Lower, below: | infer/o |
4. side, to one side: | Later/o |
5. back (of body), behind, posterior: | Dors/o ,poster/o |
List the CFâs for regions of the body:
1. Stomach: | Gastr/o |
2. Chest: | Thorac/o |
3. Cranium (skull): | Crani/o |
4. pelvis: | pelv/i or pelv/o |
5. Abdomen: | abdomin/o |
6. loins(lower back): | Lumb/o |
List the CFâs for color:
1. red: | eryhtr/o |
2. white: | leuk/o |
3. black: | melan/o |
4. blue | cyan/o |
5. Yellow | cirrh/o ,jaund/o, xanth/o |
List other CFâs:
1. dry: | xer/o |
2. extremity: | acr/o |
3. internal organs: | viscer/o |
4. disease | path/o |
5. Unknown, peculiar: | idi/o |
Destruction of white cells: | Leukocytolysis |
Pertaining to coccyx: | coccyg/eal |
resembling red: | eryhtr/oid |
tumor of black cells: | melan/oma |
Pertaining to the neck: | cervic/al |
Abnormal condition of yellow(ness): | cirrh/osis |
abnormal condition of blue(ness): | cyan/osis |
pertaining to the loins | lumb/ar |
pertaining to a disease of unknown: | idio/path/ic |
pertaining to the body: | somat/ic |
specialist in the study of disease: | path/ologist |
pertaining to internal organs: | viscer/al |
white cell: | leuko/cyte |
pain in stomach: | gastralgia/ gastrodynia |
instrument to measure the cranium: | crani/o/meter |
enlargement of internal organs: | viscer/omegaly |
incision of the chest: | thorac/otomy |
study of tissues: | hist/ology |
record of an x-ray: | radi/o/gram |
pertaining to a deficient color: | hypo/chrom/ic |
adhesion: | abnormal fibrous band binding tissues that are normally seperated |
inflammation: | body defense against injury and disease |
febrile: | feverish, pertaining to a fever |
morbid: | deceased, unhealthy |
sepsis: | presence of pathogens in blood or other tissues. |
suppurative: | producing, or pertaining to the generation to pus. |
Visual examination of an organ or cavity | Endoscopy |
record of sound: | sono/gram |
process of recording(images using frequencies) beyond sounds: | ultra/son/o/graphy |
instrument to cut skin: | derm/a/tome |
instrument for examining bronchi: | bronchi/scope |
visual examination within the body: | endo/scopy |
pertaining to through the abdomen: | trans/abdomin/al |
hemat/o/logy | study of the blood |
instrument for measuring heat: | therm/o/meter |
specialist in the study of x-rays: | radio/logist |
morpho | form, structure, shape |
surgical puncture of abdomen | abdominocentesis |