Chapter 2- The Body As A Whole Flashcards
Cartilage
Tissue attached to the bones at joints
Larynx
Voice box
Trachea
Windpipe
Pharynx
Throat
Uterus
Womb
RUQ
Right upper quadrant
LUQ
Left upper quadrant
RLQ
Right lower quadrant
LLQ
Left lower quadrant
Cervical
Neck
Thoracic
Chest
Lumbar
Waist
Sacral
Sacrum
Coccygeal
Tailbone
Vertebra
Single backbone
Vertebrae
Backbones
Spinal column
Bone tissue
Spinal cord
Nervous tissue
Disc
Pad of cartilage between vertebrae
Ventral
Front side of the body
Dorsal
Back side of the body
Deep
Away from the surface
Ex: stab wound
Superficial
On the surface
Ex: scratch
Proximal
Near the attachment point
Distal
far from attachment point
Inferior
Below another structure
Superior
Above another structure
Medial
Pertaining to the middle
Lateral
Side
Supine
Lying on your back
Prone
Lying on your belly
Abdomin/o
Abdomen
Audip/o
fat
Anter/o
Front
Cervic/o
Neck or uterus
Chondr/o
Cartilage
Chrom/o
Color
Coccy/o
Coccyx
Crani/o
Skull
Dist/o
Far, distant
Dors/o
Back portion of the body
Hist/o
Tissue
ili/o
Upper pelvic
Inguin/o
Groin
Kary/o
Nucleus
Later/o
Side
Lumb/o
Lower back
Medi/o
Middle
Neclu/o
Nucleus
Pelv/o
Pelvis
Spin/o
Spine
Proxim/o
Nearest
Thel/o
Nipple
Thorac/o
Chest
Trache/o
Chest
Umbilic/o
Umbilical
Ventr/o
Belly side
Viscer/o
Internal organs
Ana
Up
Cata-
Down
Inter
Between
Intra
Within
Meta
Change
Eal
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Pertaining to
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Condition