Body System Flashcards
Albin/o
white
Leuk/o
white
Cirrh/o
yellow
Jaund/o
yellow
Xanth/o
yellow
Cyan/o
blue
Erthy/o
red
Melan/o
black
Poli/o
gray
Parietal
outer wall of body cavity
Visceral
pertaining to internal organs
Prone
lying on abdomen, face down
Supine
lying horizontally on the back, face up
Inversion
turning inward or inside out
Eversion
turning outward
Palmar
palm of hand
Plantar
sole of the foot
Dorsal Cavity
consists of cranial and spinal
Ventral Cavity
consists of thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic
Coronal Plane
cuts body anterior and posterior
Transverse Plane
cuts body superior and inferior
Sagittal Plane
cuts body left and right
Cervical (spine)
neck
Thoracic (spine)
chest
Lumbar (spine)
loin
Sacral (spine)
lower back
Coccyx (spine)
tailbone
cyt/o
cell
hist/o
tissue
kary/o, nucleo/o
nucleus
anter/o
anterior, front
caudo/o
tail
cephal/o
head
Disto/o
far, farthest
Dors/o
back of body
Infer/o
lower, below
Later/o
side
Medi/o
middle
Poster/o
back, behind, posterior
Proxim/o
near, nearest
Ventr/o
belly, belly side
Chrom/o
color
Radi/o
raditation, x-ray, radius bone
tom/o
to cut
viscer/o
internal organs
-Ar,-Ic
pertaining to
Theli/o,thel/o
nipple
Abdomin/o
abdomen
Patho/o
disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
Plas/i,plas/o
development, growth, formation
Umbilic/o
navel
-blastoma
immature tumor
-coccus
berry shaped bacterium
-lucent
to shine
-opaque
obscure
-somes
bodies
-suppression
to stop
-type
picture, classifcation