Chapter 2.2/3.1 (quiz 3) Flashcards
What is a parasagittal plane?
splits body into unequal R/L parts
abdomin/o=
abdomen
bronch/o=
bronchial tube
cervic/o=
neck (of body or uterus)
condr/o=
cartilage
coccyg/o=
coccyx or tailbone
Crani/o=
skull or cranium
caud/o=
foot or inferior
epitheli/o=
skin or surface tissue
esophag/o=
esophagus
hepat/o=
liver
lapar/o=
abdomen
laryng/o=
larynx or voice box
later/o=
side
lumb/o=
lion (waist)
What lumbar segment is in line with our waist and umbilicus?
L4
lymph/o=
lymph
Where can you find lymph nodes?
-head and neck
-axilla
-thorax
-groin
mediastin/o=
mediastinum (space between lungs)
pelv/o=
pelvis
peritone/o=
peritoneum
intra- =
within, inside
pre- =
before
sub- =
below/under
retro- =
behind
pharyng/o=
pharynx
pleur/o=
pleura
poster/o=
back/behind
sacr/o
sacrum
spin/o=
spine
thorac/o=
thoracic, chest (anterior or posterior)
trache/o=
trachea (windpipe)
vertebr/o=
vertebra (backbone)
amni/o=
amnion (sac of fluid surrounding the embryo)
angi/o=
vessel (usually a blood vessel)
Define angiography
x-ray imagining of blood vessels
arteri/o=
artery
arthr/o=
joint
ather/o=
plaque (a yellow, fatty material)
axill/o=
armpit (underarm)
bronchi/o=
bronchial tube
chem/o=
drug or chemical
cholecyst/o=
gallbladder
chron/o=
time
cry/o=
cold
hyster/o=
uterus
inguin/o=
groin (area where the thigh meets the trunk of the body)
isch/o=
to hold back
define ischemia
lack of blood flow
mamm/o=
breast
mast/o=
breast
men/o=
menses (menstruation); month
mening/o=
meninges (membranes around the brain and spinal cord)
my/o=
muscle
myel/o=
spinal cord OR bone marrow
necr/o=
death (of cells)
define necrosis
death of cells
nephr/o=
kidney
oophor/o=
ovary
ot/o=
ear
phleb/o=
vein
pneumon/o=
lung
pulmon/o=
lung
radi/o=
x-rays
salping/o=
fallopian tube
septic/o=
pertaining to infection
tonsill/o=
tonsil
ur/o=
urine or urea, urinary tract
vascul/o=
vascular, blood vessel