Chapter 2 Flashcards
abdomin/o
abdomen
adip/o
fat
aer/o
air
anter/o
front
brachi/o
arm
bucc/o
cheek
caud/o
tail
cephal/o
head
cervic/o
neck
chondr/o
cartilage
crin/o
to secrete
crur/o
leg
cutane/o
skin
dist/o
away from
dors/o
back
epitheli/o
epithelium
glute/o
buttock
hal/o
to breathe
hist/o
tissue
infer/o
below
inguin/o
groin
later/o
side
lingu/o
tongue
lumb/o
loin (low back)
lymph/o
lymph
medi/o
middle
muscul/o
muscle
orth/o
straight
or/o
mouth
pariet/o
cavity wall
ped/o
foot
pelv/o
pelvis
peritone/o
peritoneum
pleur/o
pleura
poster/o
back
proct/o
rectum and anus
proxim/o
near to
pub/o
genital region
rect/o
rectum
spin/o
spine
super/o
above
thec/o
sheath (meninges)
thorac/o
chest
topic/o
a specific area
ur/o
urine
urin/o
urine
vagin/o
vagina
vascul/o
blood vessel
ven/o
vein
ventr/o
belly
vertebr/o
vertebra
viscer/o
internal organ
Four types of tissue
muscular, epithelial, connective, and nervous
3 types of muscles
skeletal, smooth, cardiac
sagittal plane
splits in left and right sections
frontal/ coronal plane
divides body into front and back
traverse/ horizonal plane
runs parallel to ground
abdominal region
abdomen
brachial region
upper extremities or arms
cephalic region
head
cervical region
neck
crural region
lower extremities (LE) or legs
dorsum
back
gluteal region
buttocks
pelvic region
pelvis
pubic region
region containing external genitals
thoracic region
chest
trunk
all body regions other than head, neck, and extremities
vertebral region
overlies spinal column or vertebrae
right hypochondriac region(tic tac toe)
upper left
right lumbar region (Tic tac toe)
left middle
right inguinal region(TTT)
lower left
epigastric region (TTT)
upper center
umbilical region (TTT)
center
hypogastric region
bottom center
left hypochondriac region
upper right
left lumbar region
right center
left inguinal region
right bottom