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Chapter 2: Pertaining to the Body as a Whole Flashcards

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Lying on the back

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Supine

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Lying on the belly

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Prone

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Pertaining to the middle

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medial

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Pertaining to the side

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Lateral

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Above another structure

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Superior (Cephalic)

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Below another structure

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Inferior (Caudal)

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Near the point of attachment to the trunk or near the beginning of a structure

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Proxmial

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Far from the point of attachment or far from the beginning of a structure

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Distal

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on the surface of the body

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Superficial

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Away from the surface of the body

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Deep

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Back of the body

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Posterior (doral)

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front of the body

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anterior

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Vertical plane that divided the body inot right and left portion

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sagittal (lateral) plane

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horizontal plane that divides the body into upper and lower portions

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Transverse (axial) plane

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Vertical plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior portions

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Frontal (Coronal) plane

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A pad of cartilage between each backbone and the next

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Disk

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17
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a backbone

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Vertebra

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Space between the lungs, containing the heart, windpipe and aorta

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Mediastinum

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Muscular wall separating the thoracic and abdominal cavities

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Diaphragm

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20
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Membrane surrounding the abdominal viscera

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Peritoneum

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21
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Membrane surrounding the lungs

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Pleura

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Metabolism

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total chemical processes in the cell

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Anabolism

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building up large proteins

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Catabolism

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Nutrients are broken down to the simpler substances, energy is released.

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Cell Membrane
Structure surrounding and protect the cell.
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Endoplasmic Reticulum
Network of canals within the cell
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DNA
Chemical found within each chromosome.
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Nucleus
controls the operation of cell
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mitochondria
small sausage shaped bodies that provide the source of energy
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chromosomes
rod like structure within the nucleus
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Coccygeal
tailbone region
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Sacral
region of the sacrum (S1 to S5)
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Lumbar
lower back (loin) region (L1 to L5)
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Thoracic
Chest region (T1 to T12)
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Cervical
Neck region (C1-C7)
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abdomen/o
abdomen
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adip/o
fat
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anter/o
front
39
bol/o
to cast
40
cervic/o
neck
41
chondr/o
cartilage
42
chrom/o
color
43
coccyg/o
coccyx
44
crani/o
skull
45
cyt/o
cell
46
dist/o
far, distant
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dors/o
back portion
48
hist/o
tissue
49
ili/o
ilium
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inguin/o
groin
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kary/o
nucleus
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later/o
side
53
lumb/o
lower back
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medi/o
middle
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nucle/o
nucleus
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pelv/i
pelvis, hip region
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poster/o
behind, back
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proxim/o
nearest
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saCr/o
sacrum
60
saRc/o
flesh (malignant)
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spin/o
spine
62
thel/o
nipple
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theli/o
nipple
64
thorac/o
chest
65
trache/o
trachea, windpipe
66
umbilic/o
navel, umbilicus
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ventr/o
belly
68
vertebr/o
vertebra
69
viscer/o
internal organs
70
ana-
up
71
cata-
down
72
epi-
above
73
hypo-
below, deficiency
74
inter-
between
75
meta-
change
76
-al
pertaining to
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-eal
pertaining to
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-ectomy
to remove
79
-iac
pertaining to
80
-ior
pertaining to
81
-ism
process, condition
82
-oma
tumor, mass, swelling
83
-ose
pertaining to full of
84
-plasm
formation
85
-somes
bodies
86
-tomy
process of cutting
87
-type
picture, classification

Medical Terminology (19 decks)

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