chp.1&2 med. terms.
Terms
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- hist/o
- tissue
- epitheli/o
- epithelium
- dors/o
- back of body
- dist/o
- away from
- cyt/o
- cell
- crani/o
- skull
- chondr/o
- cartilage
- cephal/o
- head
- caud/o
- tail
- anter/o
- front
- adip/o
- fat
- abdomin/o
- abdomen
- trans-
- through or across
- supra-
- above
- sub-
- below or under
- retro-
- behind or backward
- post-
- behind or after
- peri-
- around or about
- intra-
- within
- inter-
- between
- epi-
- above
- viscer/o
- internal organs
- ventr/o
- belly
- thorac/o
- chest
- system/o
- system
- super/o
- above
- spin/o
- spine
- somat/o
- body
- proxim/o
- near to
- poster/o
- back
- pelv/o
- pelvis
- oste/o
- bone
- neur/o
- nerve
- organ/o
- organ
- muscul/o
- muscle
- medi/o
- middle
- build up of body
- cell, tissue, organs, system
- cytology
- study of cell
- cell membrane
- outside
- cytoplasm
- body of cell
- nucleus
- middle of cell
- chromosomes
- within nucleus
- genes
- hereditary characteristics
- DNA
- activity of the cell
- karyotype
- picture of nucleus
- xx
- female
- xy
- male
- downs syndrome
- 47 chromosomes
- normal # of chormosomes
- 46/23 pairs
- histology
- study of tissue
- muscle tissue
- movement
- nervous tissue
- sends message back & forth from brain
- connective tissue
- bone,blood,fat,cartilage
- morbidity
- sickness or illness
- epithelial
- skin, surronds internal organs
- mortality
- death
- febrile
- fever
- inflammation
- how body protects you
- sagittal
- right and left
- coronal/frontal
- front & back
- transverse
- top,bottom
- RUQ
-
intestines,pancreas,liver,
gallbladder - LUQ
-
intestines,pancreas,liver,
stomach,spleen - RLQ
-
intestines,ureter,appendix,
ovary,fallopian tube - LLQ
-
intestines,ureter,ovary,
fallopian tube - signs
- what health care worker can see
- symptoms
- what patient says is wrong
- clinical findings
-
help determine whats wrong:
x-rays,lab results - homeostasis
- eveything is working good
- etiology
- study of cause
- diagnosis
- name of whats wrong with you
- prognosis
- prediction on how you will recover
- idiopathic
- unknown disease
- extension
- to straighten
- flexion
- to bend
- afferent
- toward
- efferent
- away from
- unilateral
- one side
- bilateral
- two sides
- oblique
- angle
- internal
- inside
- external
- outside
- central
- middle
- supine position
- laying face up
- anatomical position
- facing forward with palms out
- prone position
- laying on belly
- dorsal cavity
- cranial, spinal
- Ventral cavity
-
thoracic,abdominal,pelvic,
abdominopelvic,diaphragm - medical words are mostly
- greek or latin
- eponyms
- something named after someones last name
- acronyms
- word made of letters
- word root
- base word, tell body system or part. maybe more than one
- prefix
- beginning of word, tells location of organ,number of parts, of time (frequency)
- suffix
- ending of word, condition, disease, or procedure
- combining vowel
- used to link on word root to another root or suffix, it is not used when suffix begins with a vowel
- combining form
- created by the word root and combining vowel
- superior or cephalic
- more toward the head, or above another structure
- inferior or caudal
- more toward the feet or tail, or below another structure
- anterior or ventral
- more toward the front or belly-side of body
- posterior or dorsal
- more toward the back or spinal cord side of body
- lateral
- refers to the side
- apex
- tip or summit of an organ
- base
- bottom or lower part of an organ
- proximal
- located nearer to the point of attachment to the body
- distal
- located farther away from the point of attachment to the body
- superfical
- more toward the surface of the body
- deep
- further away from the surface of the body