Question | Answer |
ilium | hip bone |
ileum | last part of the small intestine |
pyo- | |
pyro- | |
pyelo- | |
syndrome | collection of signs & symptoms |
superficial | on the surface |
deep | below the surface |
thorax | |
thoracic | |
Diaphragm | |
inguinal | |
groin | |
retro- | behind |
perineum | the surface of the body between the legs |
peritoneum | |
perineal | refers to part of the surface of the body |
hypogastric | designates part of the ventral body cavity |
visceral | refers to all the hollow, soft organs (Plural-viscera)(Singular-viscus) |
Epithelium | sheet of cells |
epi- | upon |
endothelium | lines blood and lymph vessels but not the rest of the body cavities |
endo- | within |
intra- | within |
Adipose | fat |
lipid or lip/o | fat |
athero | fatty |
A- | without |
Aplasia | complete absence of an organ or part |
hypoplasia | incompletely developed |
-plasia | development resulting from mitosis (cell division) |
ileitis | inflammation of the small intestine |
epidermis | above the skin (surface) |
midsagittal plane | |
parasagittal plane | |
transverse/horizontal plane | |
coronal/frontal plane | |
Posterior/Dorsal | toward the back |
Anterior/Ventral | toward the front |
Peri- | around |
Pre- | before/in front of |
Post-/Retro- | Behind |
atherosclerosis | cased by damaged endothelium; causes heart attack & stroke |
anaplasia | failure to develop |
displasia | cells are more variable in size, shape, and location than normal |
metaplasia | replacement of one kind of epithelial tissue by another |
neoplasia | new growth (tumor)- either benign or malignant |
Benign tumors | usually not life-threatening, although they can kill if they secrete hormones uncontrollable or compress a nerve or blood vessel. Remain localized. |
Malignant tumors | synonym for cancer. Invade adjacent normal tissue and also spread to distant parts of the body |
hypertrophy | individual cells enlarge (working out = muscles) |
atrophy | shrinking (ex- unexercised muscles) |
dystrophy | due to defective nutrition or metabolism |
dystrophic | abnormal |
adeno- | gland (This prefix also refers tot he lymph nodes, which don't secrete hormones) |
adenopathy | pathology of a gland |
Borne | carried |
-gen/o | origin/cause |
nosocomial | |
Organic | not psychological |
atresia | |
aplasia | |
muscular distrophy | |
neo- | new |
malignant | bad |
hyper- | excessive or increased |
hypo- | deficient or decreased |
hyperplasia | enlarged organ or tissue due to larger amounts of mitosis |