Terms Pertaining to the Body as a Whole Flashcards
Respiratory system structures
lungs, nose, bronchi
Musculoskeletal system structures
muscles, bones, joints, cartilage
Cardiovascular system structures
heart, veins, arteries
Endocrine system structures
thyroid gland, pituitary gland, pancreas, adrenals
blood and lymph system structures
red blood cells, platelets, plasma, lymph, lymph nodes
Digestive system structures
stomach, mouth, lips, intestines
Urinary system structures
kidneys, ureters, bladder
Male genital system structures
testes, penis, vas deferens
Female genital system structures
uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries
nervous system structures
brain, spinal cord, nerves
Special senses structures
eye, ocular adnexa, ear, mastoid process
Where is the hypochondriac region?
right/left upper abdominopelvic region beneath the rib cartilage
Where is the epigastric region?
middle upper abdominopelvic region above the stomach
Where is the lumbar region?
right/left middle abdominopelvic regions near the waist
Where is the umbilical region?
central abdominopelvic region near the navel
Where is the inguinal region?
right/left lower abdominopelvic region near the groin
also called iliac regions
Where is the hypogastric region?
middle lower abdominopelvic region below the umbilical region
RUQ
right upper quadrant
LUQ
left upper quadrant
RLQ
right lower quadrant
LLQ
left lower quadrant
C1-C7
cervical
Vertebrae in the neck region
T1 - T12
thoracic
Vertebrae in the chest region
L1 - L5
lumbar
Vertebrae in the loin/waist region
S1 - S5
sacral
Vertebrae in the region of the sacrum
coccygeal
region of the coccyx, tailbone
vertebra
single backbone
vertebrae
several backbones (plural)
spinal column
bones surrounding the spinal cavity
spinal cord
nervous tissue within the spinal cavity
disk (disc)
pad of cartilage between vertebrae
anterior
front
posterior
back, behind
ventral
front
dorsal
back
deep
away from the surface
superficial
on the surface
proximal
near the point of attachment
distal
far from the point of attachment
inferior
below another structure
superior
above another structure
medial
pertaining to the middle
lateral
pertaining to the side
supine
lying on the back
prone
lying on the belly
abdomin/o
abdomen
adip/o
fat
anter/o
front
bol/o
to throw
cervic/o
neck
chondr/o
cartilage
chrom/o
color
coccyg/o
coccyx
crani/o
skull
cyt/o
cell
dist/o
far, distant
dors/o
back portion of the body
hist/o
tissue
ili/o
ilium
inguin/o
groin
kary/o
nucleus
later/o
side
lumb/o
lower back
medi/o
middle
nucle/o
nucleus
pelv/i
pelvis, hip region
poster/o
back, behind
proxim/o
nearest
sacr/o
sacrum
sarc/o
flesh
spin/o
spine, backbone
Integumentary system structures
skin, hair, nails
thel/o, theli/o
nipple
thorac/o
chest
trache/o
trachea, windpipe
umbilic/o
navel, umbilicus
ventr/o
belly side of the body
vertebr/o
vertebra(e), backbones
viscer/o
internal organs
ana-
up
cata-
down
epi-
above
hypo-
below
inter-
between
meta-
change
-ac
pertaining to
-iac
pertaining to
-al
pertaining to
-ary
pertaining to
-ar
pertaining to
-eal
pertaining to
-ose
pertaining to, full of
-ous
pertaining to
-tic
pertaining to
-ic
pertaining to
-ical
pertaining to
-genic
pertaining to producing
-oid
resembling
-ior
pertaining to
-ism
process, condition
-plasm
formation
-somes
bodies
-type
picture, classification
abdomin/o
abdomen
acr/o
extremities, top, extreme point
acu/o
sharp, severe, sudden
aden/o
gland
adip/o
fat
amni/o
amnion (fetal sac)
angi/o
vessel
arteri/o
artery
arthr/o
joint
axill/o
armpit
bi/o
life
blephar/o
eyelid
bronch/o
bronchial tubes
carcin/o
cancer
cardi/o
heart
chem/o
drug, chemical
chondr/o
cartilage
chron/o
time
col/o
colon
cyst/o
urinary bladder, sac
encephal/o
brain
erythr/o
red
hem/o
blood
hepat/o
liver
hydr/o
water, fluid
inguin/o
groin
isch/o
to hold back
lapar/o
abdomen, abdominal wall
laryng/o
larynx
leuk/o
white
lymph/o
lymph
mamm/o
breast
mast/o
breast
morph/o
shape, form
muc/o
mucus
my/o
muscle
myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
oste/o
bone
ot/o
ear
path/o
disease
peritone/o
peritoneum
phag/o
to eat, swallow
phleb/o
vein
plas/o
formation, development
pleur/o
pleura
pneumon/o
lungs
pulmon/o
lungs
radi/o
x-rays
rect/o
rectum
ren/o
kidney
rhin/o
nose
necr/o
death
nephr/o
kidney
neur/o
nerve
neutr/o
neutrophil (white blood cell)
nucle/o
nucleus
ophthalm/o
eye
splen/o
spleen
staphyl/o
clusters
strept/o
twisted chains
thorac/o
chest
thromb/o
clot
tonsill/o
tonsils
ven/o
vein
-algia
pain
-cele
hernia
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
-coccus (-cocci, pl)
berry-shaped bacterium
-cyte
cell
-dynia
pain
-ectomy
surgical removal, excision, resection
-emia
blood condition
-genesis
condition of producing, forming
-gram
record, picture
-graph
instrument for recording
-graphy
process of recording
-itis
inflammation
-logy
study of
-lysis
breakdown, destruction, separation
-malacia
softening
-megaly
enlargement
-oma
tumor, mass, collection of fluid
-opsy
to view
-osis
condition, usually abnormal
-pathy
disease condition
-penia
deficiency
-phobia
fear
-plasia
development, formation, growth
-plasty
surgical repair
-ptosis
drooping, falling, prolapse
-sclerosis
hardening
-scope
instrument for visual examination
-scopy
process of visual examination (with an endoscope)
-stasis
controlling, stopping
-stomy
opening to form a mouth (stoma)
-therapy
treatment
-tomy
inision, cutting into
-trophy
development, nourishment
-er
one who, person
-ia
condition
-ist
specialist
-ole
small, little
-ule
small, little
-um, -ium
structure, tissue
-us
structure, substance
-y
condition, process
carp/o
wrist bones
cib/o
meals
cis/o
to cut
cost/o
rib
cutane/o
skin
dactyl/o
fingers, toes
duct/o
to lead, carry
flex/o
to bend
furc/o
forking, branching
gloss/o
tongue
glyc/o
sugar
immun/o
protection
morph/o
shape, form
mort/o
death
nat/i
birth
nect/o
to bind, tie, connect
norm/o
rule, order
-blast
embryonic, immature
-crine
to secrete
-drome
to run
-gen
substance that produces
-lapse
to slide, fall, sag
-meter
to measure
-or
one who
-oxia
oxygen
-partum
birth, labor
-phoria
to bear, carry, feeling (mental state)
-fusion
coming together, to pour
-physis
to grow
-plasia
development, formation, growth
-plasm
structure, formation
-pnea
breathing
-rrhea
flow, discharge
ox/o
oxygen
pub/o
pubis
seps/o
infection
somn/o
sleep
son/o
sound
the/o
to put, place
thyr/o
thyroid gland, shield
top/o
place, position
tox/o
poison
urethr/o
urethra
ad-
toward
ana-
up, apart
ante-
before, forward
anti-
against
auto-
self
bi-
two
brady-
slow
con-
with, together
contra-
against, opposite
de-
down, lack of
dia-
through, complete
dys-
bad, painful, difficult
ec-, ect-
out, outside
endo-
in, within
eu-
good, normal
ex-
out, outside, away from
hemi-
half
demi-
half
semi-
half
hyper-
excessive, above
hypo-
deficient, under
in-
not
in-
into, within
infra-
beneath, under
inter-
between
intra-
in, within, into
macro-
large
mal-
bad
meta-
beyond, change
micro-
small
neo-
new
pan-
all
para-
abnormal, beside, near
per-
through
peri-
surrounding
poly-
many, much
post-
after, behind
pre-
before, in front of
pro-
before, forward
pros-
before, forward
retro-
behind, backward
sub-
under
supra-
above, upper
syn-, sym-
together, with
tachy-
fast
trans-
across, through
ultra-
beyond, excess
uni-
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