AP Flashcards
Head
Cephalic
Skull
Cranial
Face
Facial
Forehead
Frontal
Temple
Temporal
Eye
Orbital or ocular
Ear
Otic
Cheek
Buccal
Nose
Nasal
Mouth
Oral
Chin
Mental
Breastbone
Sternal
Breast
Mammary
Navel
Umbilical
Hip
Coxal
Inguinal
Groin
Thumb
Pollex
Hand
Manual
Pubis
Pubic
Top of foot
Dorsum
Great toe
Hallux
Foot
Pedal
Toes
Digital or phalngeal
Ankle
Torsal
Leg
Crural
Anterior surface of knee
Patellar
Thigh
Femoral
Fingers
Digits
Palm
Palmar or volar
Wrist
Carpal
Forearm
antebrachial
front of elbow
antecubital
Arm
Brachial
Armpit
Axillary
Base of skull
occipital
Shoulder blade
scapular
vertebral
Spinal column
Back of elbow
olecranal or cubuital
Between hips
sacral
Buttock
Gluteal
Region of anus and external genitals
Perineal
Hollow behind knee
Popliteal
calf
sural
sole
plantar
back
dorsal
loin
lumbar
heel
calcaneal
Anaplasia
Loss of tissue differentiation and function that is a characteristic of most malignancies
Atrophy
Decrease in the size of cells (wasting away)
Dysplasia
Alteration in the size, shape, and organization of cells due to chronic irritation or inflamation, progresses to neoplasia
Hyperplasia
Increase in the number of cells due to an increase in the frequency of cell division
Hypertrophy
Increase in the size of cells WITHOUT cell devision
Progeny
Offspring or descendants
Metaplasia
Transformation of one type of cell into another
Proteomics
Study of the proteome (all of an organisms proteins) to indentufy all proteins produced
Tumor marker
Substance introduced into the circulation by tumor cells that indicate the precense of a tumor as well as type