medical terminology, fremgen text, ch 2
Terms
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- abdomino
- abdomen
- adipo
- fat
- antero
- front
- caudo
- tail
- cephalo
- head
- chondro
- cartilage
- crani
- head
- cyto
- cell
- disto
- away from
- dorso
- back of body
- epithelio
- epithelium
- histo
- tissues
- infero
- below
- latero
- side
- medio
- middle
- epi
- above
- inter
- between
- intra
- within
- peri
- around or about
- post
- behind or after
- retro
- behind or backward
- sub
- under or below
- supra
- above
- trans
- through or across
- cytology
- study of cells and their function
- neurons
- nerve cells
- histology
- study of tissue
- epithelial tissue
- lines internal organs and makes skin
- mucous membranes
- are also epithelial
- connective tissue includes.....
- fat, bone, and cartilage
- integumentary system = _____ specialty
- dermatology
- musculoskeletal system = _____ specialty
- orthopedics
- lymphatic system = _____ specialty
- immunology
- respiratory system = _____ specialty
- otorhinolaryngology
- digestive system = _____ specialty
- gastroenterology
- urinary system = _____ specialty
- nephrology
- male repo system = _____ specialty
- urology
- ear system = _____ specialty
- otorhinolaryngology
- eye system = _____ specialty
- ophthamology
- sagittal/median plane
- into body like knife, divides R/L
- frontal/coronal plane
- divides body into front and back
- transverse/horizontal plane
- like a decapitation
- superior
- on top, above
- inferior
- below, beneath
- anterior
- towards the front
- posterior
- towards the back
- medial
- to the middle or near it
- lateral
- refers to side
- apex
- tip or summit of organ
- base
- bottom or lower part of organ
- proximal
- near
- distal
- far
- superficial
- towards the surface
- supine
- body facing upward
- prone
- body facing down
- dorsal (back) cavities
- include the cranial and spinal cavities
- ventral (front) cavities
- includes the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities
- thoracic cavity contains
- lungs and mediastinum
- thoracic and abdominopelvic separated by the....
- diaphragm
- viscera
- internal organs of ventral cavities
- abdomino regions: hypochondriac = (top/bottom?)
- top
- abdomino regions: iliac = (top/bottom?)
- bottom (pelvis!)
- abdomino regions: lumbar/umbillical is where?
- middle
- epigastric/hypogastric
-
epigastric- above
hypogastric below - abdomino region also divided into quads
- like RUQ, LUQ, LLQ, and LUQ