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AHP/Lesson 14/Anatomy: locating parts of the body

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ad/   toward  
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af/   toward  
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afferent   carrying toward the center  
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anatomic position   position of body to describe location  
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anatomy   science of structure of body  
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anter/o   front/in front of  
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anterior   in front of  
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biology   the study of life  
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caud/o   toward the tail or foot  
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caudal   below  
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centr/o   the center  
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central   within or near the center  
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coron/o   crown  
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coronal plane   plane which divides body into front and back sections  
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coronal section   divide into front and back  
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coronal   relating to structure resembling a crown  
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cytology   process of studying cells  
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dist/o   farther from  
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distal   away from center  
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dors/o   back  
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dorsal   on back side  
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/e (noun)   noun suffix-no meaning, makes root word a noun  
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ef/   outside, outer  
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efferent   carrying away from  
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ex/, ex/o   out of, outside  
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extern/o   outside  
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external   outside or closer to the surface  
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/ferent   bear, carry  
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frontal section   dividing body into front/back portions  
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histology   study of tissues  
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ili/o   relating to the ilium (hip bone)  
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incision   a cut, surgical wound  
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infer/o   below  
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inferior   below  
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intern/o   inside  
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internal   inside or away from  
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later/o   side  
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lateral   away from middle  
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longitudinal section   divides body into left/right  
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/ly (adverb)   in the style of  
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macroscopic   parts of body seen with naked eye  
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macroscopically   pertaining to macroscopy  
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medi/o   middle  
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medial   closer to the middle  
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microscope   instrument for seeing small things  
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microscopic   too small to be seen with the naked eye  
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microscopically   pertaining to microscopy  
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midsagittal section   section made down middle of body  
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midsagittal   exact middle of body  
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morphologically   pertaining to morphology  
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morphologic   relating to study of form of organs  
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morphology   study of form of body parts  
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/on (noun)   noun suffix-no meaning  
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parasagittal section   section made slightly to one side or other of midline  
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parasagittal   one side or other of midline  
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pathologic   relating to study of disease  
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pathology   the study of disease  
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pathophysiology   physiologic abnormality  
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peripheral   at or near the rim or edge  
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pher/o   support, bear  
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physiologically   pertaining to physiology  
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physiologic   relating to function of body parts  
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physiology   study of how body works  
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plane   direction of a section  
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posterolateral   to side and in back of sagittal plane or middle  
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poster/o   behind  
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posterior   in back of  
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proxim/o   nearer to  
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proximal   near center of body or organ  
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sagittal plane   plane which divides body into right, left sections  
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sagittal section   divide body into right and left  
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sagittal   right and left  
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sagittally   relating to sagittal  
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scop/o   examine  
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section   slice or cut dividing body into parts  
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superomedial   above and closer to the middle  
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super/o   above  
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superficial   on or closer to the skin or surface  
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superficially   relating to the surface  
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superior   above  
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superolateral   above and further away from  
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transverse plane   dividing above, below  
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transverse section   dividing into top, bottom  
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transverse   lying across long axis of body  
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transversely   across long axis of body  
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ventr/o   belly side  
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ventral   on the belly side  
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