Test 1 Flashcards
aden/o
gland
carcin/o
cancerous, cancer
cephal/o
head
cerebr/o
cerebrum
crin/o
to secrete
encephal/o
brain
enter/o
intestines (usually the small intestine)
erythr/o
red
hemat/o, hem/o
blood
hepat/o
liver
iatr/o
(due to) treatment, physician
nephr/o
kidney
neur/o
nerves
onc/o
tumor (cancerous)
ophthalm/o
eye
path/o
disease
ren/o
kidney
rhin/o
nose
sarc/o
flesh
sect/o
clot, clotting
-emia
blood condition
-genic
pertaining to, producing, produced by, or produced in
-ion
process
-oma
tumor, mass, swelling
-osis
condition, usually abnormally higher
-pathy
disease condition
-sis
state of; condition
cavity of the back side of the body
dorsal cavity
cavity of the body that contains the brain
cranial
cavity of the torso that houses the organs of the cardiovascular/respiratory system
thoracic
cavities of the front of the body
ventral
cavity that houses the spinal cord
spinal cavity
Combination of the abdominal cavity and the pelvic cavity
abdominopelvic
tissue that makes up fat, cartilage, bone, blood, collogen, keratin
connective
tissue that covers all internal and external surfaces
epithelial tissue
tissue that has the ability to shorten/contract in order to produce movement of the body parts
muscle tissue
tissue that receives stimuli and sends signals to the nervous system
nerve tissue
What separates the thoracic cavity and the abdominal cavity?
The diaphragm
plane that separates the body into the top half and the bottom half
transverse plane
plane that separates the body into two frontal halves
sagittal plane
plane that separates the body into a front and back half
coronal plane
cavity that houses frontal body cavities
ventral
cavity that houses the back cavities
dorsal
