Chap 2 - body structures Flashcards by Tara Foley

Q

chondr/o

A

cartilage

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cyt/o

A

cell

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hist/o

A

tissue

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nucle/o

A

nucleus

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anter/o

A

anterior, front

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caud/o

A

tail

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dist/o

A

far, furthest

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dors/o

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back (of body)

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infer/o

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lower, below

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later/o

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lateral, side

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medi/o

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middle

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poster/o

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back, behind, posterior

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proxim/o

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nearest, near

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super/o

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upper, above

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ventr/o

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belly, belly side

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—ad

A

toward

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—logist

A

specialist in the study of

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—logy

A

study of

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—lysis

A

separation, destruction, loosening

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—toxic

A

posion

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cytology

A

study of cells

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cytologist

A

person who study cells

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cytolysis

A

destruction of cells

Q

10 pertaining to suffixes

A

—ac —al —ar —ary —eal —iac —ic —ior —ous —tic

Q

front of body

A

anterior, ventral

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back of body

A

posterior, dorsal

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caudal

A

tail

Q

proximal

A

nearest pt of attachment

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adduction

A

towards the body

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abdomin/o

A

abdomen

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cephal/o

A

head

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cervic/o

A

neck, cervix

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crani/o

A

cranium

Q

gastr/o

A

stomach

Q

ili/o

A

ilium lateral portion of hip bone

Q

inguin/o

A

groin

Q

lumb/o

A

loins (lower back)

Q

pelv/i , pelv/o

A

pelvis

Q

spin/o

A

spine

Q

thorac/o

A

chest

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umbilic/o

A

umbilicus, navel

Q

Ventral body cavities

A

thoracic, abdominal, pelvic

Q

Dorsal body cavities

A

cranial, spinal

Q

divison for abdominal pelvic cavity

A

diaphragm

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3 major plans of body

A

median (midsagittal) frontal (coronal) horizontal (transverse)