Med Term Ch 1 and 2 Flashcards
pertaining to the brain
cerebral
viewing of life under a microscope
biopsy
inflammation of a glands
adenitis
head first
cephalic
cancerous tumor
carcinoma
examination of urinary bladder
cystoscopy
record of the electricity of the heart
electrocardiogram
study of the heart
cardiology
inflammation of the skin
dermatitis
inflammation of a joint
arthritis
visualizing a joint with an instrument
arthroscopy
a photograph of an individual’s chromosomes, arranged by size, shape, and number
karyotype
karyotyping can determine whether chromosomes are blank
normal
nine systems of the body
digestive, urinary, respiratory, reproductive, endocrine, nervous, circulatory, musculoskeletal, integumentary
Three organs of digestive system
mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, intestines, liver, gallblader, pancreas
three organs of urinary system
kidneys, ureters, urethra
three organs of respiratory system
nose, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchial tubes, lungs
three organs of reproductive system
ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, vagina, mammary glands, testes, urethra, penis,prostate gland
three organs of nervous system
brain, spinal cord, nerves
three organs of circulatory system
heart, blood vessels, lymphatic vessels, spleen, thymus gland
three organs of musculoskeletal system
muscles, bones, joints
three organs of integumentary system
skin, hair, nails, sweat glands, eye, ear, nose, tongue
space below the chest containing organs like the liver, stomach, gallbladder, and intestines
abdominal cavity
space in the head containing the brain and surrounded by the skull
cranial cavity
muscle separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities
diaphragm
pertaining to the back
dorsal… posterior
centrally located space between the lungs
mediastinum
space below the abdomen containing portions of the intestines, rectum, urinary bladder, and reproductive organs
pelvic cavity
double layered membrane surrounding the abdominal organs
peritoneum
double layered membrane surrounding each lung
pleura
space between the pleural membranes
pleural cavity
space within the spinal column and containing the spinal cord
spinal cavity
space in the chest containing the heart, lungs, bronchial tubes, trachea, esophagus, and other organs
thoracic cavity
pertaining to the front
ventral (anterior)
There are how many quadrants?
4
There are how many regions?
9
right upper region below the cartilage of the ribs that extend over the abdomen
right hypochondriac region
left upper region below the rib cartilage
left hypochondriac region
region above the stomach
epigastric region
right middle region near the waist
right lumbar region
left middle region near the waist
left lumbar region
region of the navel or umbilicus
umbilical region
right lower region near the groin and is aka
right inguinal region, right iliac region
left lower region near the groin and is aka
left inguinal region… left iliac region
middle lower region below the umbilical region
hypogastric region
quadrant that contains the liver, gallbladder, part of the pancreas, parts of the small/large intestines
right upper quadrant
quadrant that contains the liver, stomach, spleen, part of the pancreas, parts of the small/large intestines
left upper quadrant
contains parts of the small and large intestines, right ovary, right fallopian tube, appendix, right ureter
right lower quadrant
quadrant that contains parts of the small and large intestines, left ovary, left fallopian tube, left ureter
left lower quadrant
There are blank positional and directional terms
15
front surface of body
anterior or ventral
back side of the body
dorsal or posterior
away from the surface
deep
on the surface
superficial
near point of attachment to trunk
proximal
far from the point of attachment to the trunk
distal
below another structure
inferior
above another structure
superior
pertaining to the middle
medial
pertaining to the side
lateral
lying on back
supine
lying on belly
prone
vertical plane dividing the body into anterior and posterior portions
frontal (coronal) plane
lengthwise vertical plane dividing the body into right and left sides
sagittal (lateral) plane
horizontal plane running across the body parallel to the ground
transverse plane
gland
aden
joint
arthr
life
bi
cancerous, cancer
carcin
heart
cardi
head
cephal
cerebrum
cerebr
to cut
cis
to secrete
crin
urinary bladder, sac or cyst
cyst
cell
cyt
skin
derm
electricity
electr
brain
encephal
intestines
enter
red
erythr
stomach
gastr
sugar
glyc
knowledge
gnos
woman, female
gynec
blood
hemat or hem
liver
hepat
treatment, physician
iatr
white
leuk
study of
log
kidney
nephr
nerve
neur
tumor
onc
eye
ophthalm
bone
oste
disease
path
child
ped
mind
psych
x-rays
radi
kidney
ren
nose
rhin
flesh
sarc
to cut
sect
clot, clotting
thromb
urinary tract, urine
ur
next cards are suffixes
example) -ac
pertaining to
ac, al
pain
algia
cell
cyte
excision, removal
ectomy
blood condition
emia
pertaining to, producing, produced by, or produced in
genic
protein
globin
record
gram
pertaining to
ic, ical
process
ion
specialist
ist
inflammation
itis
process of study
logy
tumor, mass, swelling
oma
process of viewing
opsy
condition, usually abnormal
osis
disease condition
pathy
instrument to visually examine
scope
process of visually examining with endoscope
scopy
state of, condition
sis
process of cutting, incision
tomy
process, condition
y
prefixes are next…
example) a-
no, not, without
a, an
self, own
aut, auto
through, complete
dia
within
end, endo
above, upon
epi
out, outside of, outward
ex, exo
excessive, above, more than normal
hyper
deficient, below, under, less than normal
hypo
into, in
in
surrounding, around
peri
before, forward,
pro
back, backward, again
re
behind
retro
below, under
sub
across, through
trans
single backbone
vertebra
backbones
vertebrae
bone tissue surrounding the spinal cavity
spinal column
nervous tissue within the spinal cavity
spinal cord
pad of cartilage between vertebrae
disk
combining forms are next…
example) abdomin means abdomen
abdomen
abdomin
fat
adip
front
anter
to cast (throw)
bol
neck of the body or uterus
cervic
cartilage
chondr
color
chrom
coccyx
coccyg
skull
crani
cell
cyt
far, distant
dist
back portion of the body
dors
tissue
hist
ilium
ili
groin
inguin
nucleus
kary
side
later
lower back
lumb
middle
medi
nucleus
nucle
pelvis, hip region
pelv
back, behind
poster
nearest
proxim
sacrum
sacr
flesh
sarc
spine, backbone
spin
nipple
thel
chest
thorac
trachea, windpipe
trache
navel, umbilicus
umbilic
belly side of the body
ventr
vertebrae, backbone
vertebr
internal organs
viscer
prefixes are next
example) ana- means up
up
ana
down
cata
above
epi
below
hypo
between
inter
change
meta
suffixes are next
example) -eal means pertaining to
pertaining to
eal, iac, ior
process, condition
ism
pertaining to, full of
ose
formation
plasm
bodies
somes
picture, classification
type
