Terminology Flashcards
1
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Define: Axial
A
Trunk + Skull
2
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Define: Perpendicular
A
Pertaining to the limbs
3
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Define: Cephalic
A
Relating to the head
4
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Define: Cranium/Cranial
A
The Skull
5
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Define: Cervical
A
To do with the neck region of the spine
6
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Define: Thoracic
A
To do with the upper back
7
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Define: Lumbar
A
To do with the lower back
8
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Define: Sacral
A
To do with the sacrum
9
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Define: Coccygeal
A
To do with the coccyx
10
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Define: Sternal
A
Sternum
11
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Define: Pectoral
A
Chest
12
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Define: Pelvic
A
Public region
13
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Define: Inguinal
A
Intestines
14
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Define: Axillary
A
Armpit
15
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Define: Brachial
A
Upper Arm
16
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Define: Cubital
A
Ulna, near elbow
17
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Define: Antecubital
A
Elbow pit
18
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Define: Cubitis
A
Another word for Antecubital
19
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Define: Antebrachial
A
Forearm
20
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Define: Carpal
A
Wrist
21
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Define: Pollex
A
Thumn
22
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Define: Phalange
A
Fingers
23
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Define: Gluteal
A
Butt
24
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Define: Coxal
A
Hip, or hip joint
25
Define: Femoral
Femur
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Define: Patellar
Knee Cap
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Define: Popliteal
Posterior of knee cap
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Define: Crural / Crus
Relation to leg; Crus is plural or crural
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Define: Sural
Calf
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Define: Tarsal
Tarsus of foot
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Define: Pes
Foot
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Define: Plantar
Sole of foot
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Define: Dorsum
Top of foot
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Define: Calcaneal
Heel
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Define: Hallux
Big Toe
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Define the Latin prefix: a-
Without, no
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Define the Latin prefix: ab-
apart, away from
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Define the Latin prefix: ad-
Toward
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Define the Latin prefix: arthro-
Man
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Define the Latin prefix: bi-
two
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Define the Latin prefix: brachi-
arm
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Define the Latin prefix: cardio-
Pertaining to th eheart
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Define the Latin prefix: caud=
Tail, or tailike appendage
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Define the Latin prefix: cephal-
To do with the head
45
Define the Latin prefix: cerebro-
To do with the brain
46
Define the Latin prefix: chrondro-
Cartilage
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Define the Latin prefix: contra-
Upon, on, over
48
Define the Latin prefix: cost-
To do with the ribs
49
Define the Latin prefix: derm-
To do with the skin
50
Define the Latin prefix: ecto-
Outer
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Define the Latin prefix: endo-
Inside
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Define the Latin prefix: epi-
Upon, on or above
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Define the Latin prefix: hist-
Tissue
54
Define the Latin prefix: hyper-
Excessive; above norm
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Define the Latin prefix: hypo-
Below norm
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Define the Latin prefix: infra-
Beneath
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Define the Latin prefix: inter-
Between
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Define the Latin prefix: intra-
Within
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Define the Latin prefix: ipsi-
Same/self
60
Define the Latin prefix: meta-
Can mean two things:
After (as in metathorax)
or
Change (as in metamorphosis)
61
Define the Latin prefix: morph-
Shape
62
Define the Latin prefix: myo-
Muscle
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Define the Latin prefix: neur-
Nerves
64
Define the Latin prefix: osteo-
Bone
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Define the Latin prefix: peri-
Around (or to wrap around)
66
Define the Latin prefix: somato-
The body/bodily
67
Define the Latin prefix: supra-
Above, over
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Define the Latin prefix: syn-
Union, association
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Define the Latin prefix: uni-
One/singular
70
Define the Latin suffix: -blast
Immature stage of development
71
Define the Latin suffix: -clast
Breakdown, or something that breaks
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Define the Latin suffix: -cyte
Hollow
