Chapter Two Flashcards

Medical Terms

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1
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Abdomin/o

A

Abdomen

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2
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Adip/o

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Fat

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3
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Anter/o

A

Front

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4
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Cervic/o

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Neck (of the body or of the uterus)

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5
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Chondr/o

A

Cartilage (type of connective tissue)

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6
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Chrom/o

A

Color

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7
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Coccyg/o

A

Coccyx (tailbone)

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8
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Crani/o

A

Skull

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9
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Cyt/o

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Cell

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10
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Dist/o

A

Far, distant

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11
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Dors/o

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Back portion of the body

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12
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Hist/o

A

Tissue

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13
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Ili/o

A

Ilium (upper part of the tailbone)

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14
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Inguin/o

A

Groin

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15
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Kary/o

A

Nucleus

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16
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Later/o

A

Side

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17
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Lumb/o

A

Lower back (side and back between ribs and pelvis)

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18
Q

Medi/o

A

Middle

19
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Proxim/o

A

Nearest

20
Q

Sacr/o

A

Sacrum

21
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Sarc/o

A

Flesh

22
Q

Spin/o

A

Spine, backbone

23
Q

Thel/o, theli/o

A

Nipple

24
Q

Thorac/o

A

Chest

25
Q

Umbilic/o

A

Navel, umbilicus

26
Q

Ventr/o

A

Belly side of the body

27
Q

Vertebr/o

A

Vertebra(e), backbone(s)

28
Q

Viscer/o

A

Internal organs

29
Q

ana-

A

Up

30
Q

Cata-

A

Down

31
Q

Epi-

A

Above

32
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Hypo-

A

Below

33
Q

Inter-

A

Between

34
Q

Intra-

A

Within

35
Q

Meta-

A

Change

36
Q

-eal

A

Pertaining to

37
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-iac

A

Pertaining to

38
Q

-ior

A

Pertaining to

39
Q

-ism

A

Process, condition

40
Q

-ose

A

Pertaining to, full of

41
Q

-plasm

A

Formation

42
Q

-somes

A

Bodies

43
Q

-type

A

Picture, classification