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Ch 7 Medical Terminology Flashcards

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1
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Dors/o, dors/i

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Back/ dorsal

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Faci/o

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Face

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Lingua

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Tongue

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Mamm/o

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Breast

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Ren

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Kidney

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The name of a disease, device, procedure, or drug that is based on the person who invented, discovered, or first described it.

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Eponym

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Pairs of words that are pronounced almost the same way. (Examples: ileum and ilium)

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Homonym

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Pairs of word roots, prefixes, or suffixes that have the opposite meaning of another word.

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Antonym

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Pairs of word roots, prefixes, or suffixes that have the same or almost the same meaning.

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Synonym

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Eu-

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Good

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Mal-

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Bad

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Dextro-

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Right

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Sinistro-

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Left

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Ad-

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Toward

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Ab-

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Away from

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Pulmon/o

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Lung

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Pneum/o

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Lung

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Mamm/o

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Breast

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Mast/o

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Breast

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Cardi/o

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Heart

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Coron/o

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Heart

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Nephr/o

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Kidney

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Ren/o

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Kidney

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Angi/o

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Vessel

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Vas/o

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Vessel

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The portion that appears before the word root

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Prefix

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The portion that appears after the word root

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Suffix

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The foundation of the term

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Word root

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Vowel that links one or more word roots to an other component of a term

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Combining vowel

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30
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Hypo

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Low

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31
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A person between 80 and 89 years of age

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Octogenarian

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Un-

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One

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Affecting one side of the body

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Unilateral

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Dipl-

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Double or in pairs

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35
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Double vision

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Diplopia

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36
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Null-

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None

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37
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A woman who has never given birth

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Nullipara

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38
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Primi-

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First

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39
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A woman pregnant for the first time

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Primigravida

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Multi-

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Many

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41
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A woman who has given birth to more that’s one child

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Multipara

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42
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Bi-

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Two

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43
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Pertaining to both sides of the body

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Bilateral

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44
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Tri-

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Three

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45
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Irregular heart rhythm consisting of two normal beats followed by one premature beat

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Trigeminy

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46
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Quad-

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Four

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47
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Paralysis of all four extremities

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Quadriplegia

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48
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Tetra-

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Four

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49
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A congenital anomaly involving four anatomic abnormalities of the heart

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Tetralogy of Fallot

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50
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Quint-

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Five

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51
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A woman who has had five pregnancies resulting in five live births

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Quintipara

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52
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Sexti-

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Six

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53
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Six offspring of the same pregnancy

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Sextuplets

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54
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Septi-

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Seven

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55
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Seven offspring of the same pregancy

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Septuplets

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56
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Octo- or octi-

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Eight

57
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A woman pregnant for the eighth time

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Octigravida

58
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Nona-

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Nine

59
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Occurring on the ninth day

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Nonan

60
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Deca-

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Ten

61
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Measurement of ten grams

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Decagram

62
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Semi-

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Half; part

63
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Partially conscious

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Semiconscious

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Hemi-

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Half; one-sided

65
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Weakness on one side of the body

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Hemiplegia

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Ambi-

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Both

67
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Able to use right and left hands equally

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Ambidextrous

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Pan-

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All, entire

69
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An epidemic over a wide area

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Pandemic

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A word root, prefix, or suffix with an added vowel, known as a combining vowel

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Combining form

71
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Osteon

A

Greek for bone

72
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Cyan/o

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Blue

73
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Blue discoloration of the skin

A

Cyanosis

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Leuk/o

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White

75
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White blood cell that fights infection

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Leukocyte

76
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Erythr/o

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Red

77
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Red blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen

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Erythrocyte

78
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Cirrh/o

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Yellow-orange

79
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Inflammation of an organ, such as cirrhosis of the liver, which causes yellow-orange pigmentation of the skin

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Cirrhosis

80
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Melan/o

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Black

81
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Black, tarry stool caused by upper GI bleeding

A

Melena

82
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Poli/o

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Gray

83
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An acute viral disease that attacks the gray matter of the brain

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Poliomyelitis

84
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Alb-

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White

85
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Condition in which a person’s skin, hair, and eyes lack pigmentation (white hair, very pale skin, and no pigmented iris)

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Albinism

86
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Chlor/o

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Green

87
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Green pigment in leaves that is necessary for the plant to carry out photosynthesis

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Chlorophyll

88
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Brachi/o

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Arm

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Cardi/o

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Heart

90
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Carp/o

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Wrist

91
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Cephal/o

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Head

92
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Cervic/o

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Neck

93
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Encephal/o

A

Brain

94
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Faci/o

A

Face

95
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Gloss/o

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Tongue

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Nas/o

A

Nose

97
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Ot/o

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Ear

98
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Pil/o

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Hair

99
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Steth/o

A

Chest

100
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Thorac/o

A

Chest, thorax

101
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Thyr/o

A

Thyroid gland

102
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Trache/o

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Trachea

103
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Ureter/o

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Ureter

104
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Vas/o

A

Vessel

105
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Vesic/o

A

Bladder, blister

106
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Viscer/o

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Viscera

107
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Medical terms containing more than one word root. (Examples include: electrocardiogram)

A

Compound words

108
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Plural of vertebra

A

Vertebrae

109
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Plural of diagnosis

A

Diagnoses

110
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Plural of apex

A

Apices

111
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Plural of ganglion

A

Ganglia

112
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Plural of ovum

A

Ova

113
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Plural of bronchus

A

Bronchi

114
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Superficial landmarks of the body that serve as guides to the structures that lie beneath them

A

Topographic anatomy

115
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The position of reference in which the person is standing, facing you, arms at his or her sides, with the palms of the hands facing forward

A

Anatomic position

116
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An imaginary line that divides the body equally and creates a point of rotation

A

Axis

117
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The body can be divided along three main axes, to create the following planes:

A

Coronal plane Transverse plane Sagittal (lateral) plane

118
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An imaginary plane in which the body is cut into front and back portions

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Coronal plane or Frontal plane

119
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An imaginary plane passing horizontally through the body at the waist, dividing it into top and bottom halves

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Transverse (axial) plane

120
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A plane of the body that passes vertically from front to back, dividing the body into left and right portions

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Sagittal (lateral) plane

121
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An imaginary vertical line drawn from the middle of the forehead through the nose and the umbilicus (navel) to the floor

A

Midsagittal plane (midline)

122
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The three axes along which the body can be divided are as follows

A

Anteroposterior axis Longitudinal axis Horizontal axis

123
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Runs perpendicular to the coronal plane

A

Anteroposterior axis

124
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Runs perpendicular to the transverse plane

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Longitudinal axis

125
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Runs perpendicular to the sagittal plane

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Horizontal axis, also called the mediolateral axis

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131
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Neutral

132
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Flexed

133
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A

Extended

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135
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136
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Fowler position

137
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Supine

138
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Prone

139
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Recovery position

or left lateral recumbent position

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