Chapter 2 - TERMS PERTAINING TO THE BODY AS A WHOLE Flashcards

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abdomin/o

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abdomen

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adip/o

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fat

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anter/o

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front

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cervic/o

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neck of body or uterus

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chondr/o

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cartilage

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chrom/o

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colour

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coccyg/o

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coccyx

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crani/o

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skull

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cyt/o

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cell

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dist/o

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far, distant

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dors/o

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back portion of body

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12
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hist/o

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tissue

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13
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ili/o

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ilium

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inguin/o

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groin

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kary/o

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nucleus

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laryng/o

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larynx (voicebox)

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17
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later/o

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side

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18
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lumb/o

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lower back

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medi/o

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middle

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nucle/o

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nucleus

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pelv/i

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pelvis

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pharyng/o

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pharynx

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poster/o

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back, behind

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proxim/o

A

nearest

25
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sacr/o

A

sacrum

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sarc/o

A

flesh

27
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spin/o

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spine

28
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thel/o, theli/o

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nipple

29
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thorac/o

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chest

30
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trache/o

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trachea, windpipe

31
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umbilic/o

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navel, umbilicus

32
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ventr/o

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belly side of the body

33
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vertebr/o

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vertebrae, backbones

34
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viscer/o

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internal organs

35
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ana-

A

up

36
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cata-

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down

37
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epi-

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above, upon

38
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hypo-

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below

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inter-

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between

40
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meta-

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change

41
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-al

A

pertaining to

42
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-eal

A

pertaining to

43
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-ectomy

A

excision, removal

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-iac

A

pertaining to

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-ior

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pertaining to

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-ism

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process, condition

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-oma

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tumor, mass, swelling

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-ose

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pertaining to, full of

49
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-plasm

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formation

50
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-somes

A

bodies

51
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-tomy

A

to cut, incision

52
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-type

A

picture or classification