Chapter 2 Vocabulary Flashcards

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abdomin/o-

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abdominal cavity

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abdomin/o- pelvic/o-

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abdominal pelvic cavity

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The body head up, hands to the side

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anatomical position

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Study of structures of the body

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anatomy

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anter/o-

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anterior pertaining to front of the body

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anter/o- poster/o-

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anteriorposterior front to the back

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hemat/o-

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blood

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cardi/o- vascul/o-

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cardiovascular system

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cardi/o

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cardiology

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caud/o- caudad

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Inferior toward the tailbone

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cav/o-

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cavity

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cellul/o- cyt/o-

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cell

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permeable barrier that surrounds a cell

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Cellular membrane

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cephalad

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superior towards the head

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coron/o-

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coronal plane divides the back and front of the body

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crani/o-

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Cranial cavity

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dent/o-

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dentistry

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dermat/o-

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dermatology (skin)

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dietet/o

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dietetics specialty that deals with nutrition and diet

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dist/o-

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distal away from point of origin.

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dors/o-

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dorsal pertaining to posterior back of the body

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crin/o-

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secrete, pertaining to endocrine system

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extern/o-

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external

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genit/o-

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genitilia

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ger/o iatr/0-

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old / medical treatment, physician

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gynec/o-

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gynecology female, woman study of

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immun/o-

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immune response

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infer/o-

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inferior meaning below

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intern/o-

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internal (inside)

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later/o-

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Side like in lateral

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scope/o-

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to examine with insturment

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macr/o

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large used with macroscope instrument used to examine small structures.

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Pertaining to middle of the body

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medial

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micr/o-

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one millionth, small

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mit/o-

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thread like structure

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muscul/o-

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muscle

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ne/o-

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new

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nat/o-

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birth

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nerv/o-

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nerve

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neur/o-

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nerve neurology

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nucle/o-

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nucleus

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obstetr/o-

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pregnancy and child birth

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onc/o-

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mass, tumor

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ophthalm/o-

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eye (ophthalmology)

45
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body structure composed of tissues

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organ

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organ/o-

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organ

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orth/o- ped/o-

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straight / child ie orthopedics

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ot/o- laryng/o-

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ear/larnyx otolaryngology ENT

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ped/o- iatr/o-

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child, physician pediatrics

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pelv/o-

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pelvic or hip bone

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pharmac/o-

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drug, medicine used with pharmacology

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physi/o-

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physical function physicology

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poster/o-

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posterior back of

54
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person laying on the anterior part of their body

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prone

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proxim/o-

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near the point of origin ie proximal

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psych/o-

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mind