Question | Answer |
cyt/o | cell |
deoxyribonucleic acid | DNA - Molecule that holds genetic information and makes an exact copy of itself whenever the cell divides |
eti/o | cause |
fluor/o | luminous, fluorescent |
idi/o | unknown, peculiar |
Plane | imaginary flat surface |
MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
CT | computed tomography |
Midsagittal | median - right and left halves |
Coronal | frontal - Anterior (ventral) and posterior (dorsal) aspects |
Transverse | Horizontal - Superior (upper) and inferior (lower) aspects |
Thoracic | Heart, lungs and associated structures |
Abdominopelvic | Digestive, excretory, and reproductive organs and structures |
Abduction | Movement away from the median plane of the body or one of its parts |
Adduction | Movement toward the median plane of the body |
Medial | Pertaining to the midline of the body or structure |
Lateral | Pertaining to a side |
Superior (cephalad) | Toward the head or upper portion of a structure |
Inferior (caudal) | Away from the head, or toward the tail or lower part of a structure |
Proximal | Nearer to the center (trunk of bocy) or to the point of attachment ot the body |
Distal | Further from the center (trunk of the body) or from the point of attachment to the body |
Anterior (ventral) | Near the front of the body |
Posterior (dorsal) | Near the back of the body |
Parietal | Pertaining to the outer wall of the body cavity |
Visceral | Pertaining to the viscera, or internal organs, especially the abdominal organs |
Prone | Lying horizontal with the face downward, or indicating the position of the hand or foot with the palm or foot facing upward |
Supine | Lying on the back with the face upward, or indicating the position of the hand or foot with the palm or foot facing upward |
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 | Toward the surface of the body |
hist/o | tissue |
kary/o | nucleus |
anter/o | anterior, front |
caud/o | tail |
dist/o | far, farthest |
dors/o | back (of body) |
infer/o | lower, below |
later/o | side |
medi/o | middle |
poster/o | back (of body), behind, posterior |
proxim/o | near, nearest |
ventr/o | belly, belly side |
abdonmin/o | abdomen |
cervic/o | neck; cervix uteri (neck of uterus) |
gastr/o | stomach |
ili/o | ilium (lateral, flaring portion of hip bone) |
ilial | pertaining to the ilium |
inguin/o | groin |
lumb/o | loins, lower back |
unbilic/o | navel |
pelv/i | pelvis |
spin/o | spine |
thorac/o | chest |
albin/o | white |
leuk/o | white |
chlor/o | green |
chrom/o | color |
cirrh/o | yellow |
jaund/o | yellow |
xanth/o | yellow |
melan/o | black |
poli/o | gray; gray metter (of brain or spinal cord) |
myel | bone marrow; spinal cord |
acr/o | extremity |
eti/o | cause |
fasci/o | band, fascia (fibrous membrane supporting and separting muscles) |
idi/o | unknown, peculiar |
morph/o | form, shape, structure |
radi/o | radiation, x-ray; radius (lower arm bone on thumb side) |
somat/o | body |
viscer/o | internal organs |
xer/o | dry |
-logy | study of |
-logist | specialist in the study of |
-genesis | forming, producing, origin |
-gnosis | knowing |
-gram | record, writing |
-graph | instrument for recording |
-graphy | process of recording |
-meter | instrument for measuring |
-metry | act of measuring |
-pathy | disease |
ab- | from, away from |
ad- | toward |
infra- | below, under |
hetero- | different |
homeo- | same |
peri- | around |
super- | upper, above |
trans- | across, through |
ultra- | excess, beyond |
febrile | feverish, pertaining to fever |
ant (abbreviation) | anterior |
AP | anteroposterior |
Bx or bx | biopsy |
CT | computerized tomography |
CT scan | computed (axial) tomography scan |
CAT scan | computed (axial) tomography scan |
DSA | digital subtraction angiography |
LAT | lateral |
lat | lateral |
Dx | diagnosis |
LLQ | lower left quadrant |
PA | posteroanterior pernicious anemia |
LUQ | Left upper quadrant |
MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
PET | position emission tomography |
post | posterior |
RLQ | right left quadrant |
RUQ | right upper quadrant |
sono | sonogram |
Sx | Symptoms |
Tx | treatment |
U & L | upper and lower |
UL | upper and lower |
US | ultrasound |
biopsy | representative tissue sample removed from a body site for microscopic examination |
son | sound |
path/o | disease |
cyan/o | blue |
nucle/o | nucleus |