1&3 Flashcards by jennifer.hotvedt@gmail.com Hotvedt

arthr

joint

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hepat

liver

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ven

vein

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oste

bone

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-itis

inflammation

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-ic

pertaining to

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-ous

pertaining to

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-pathy

disease

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-megaly

enlargement

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intra-

wihtin

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sub-

under

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modern language terms

derived from English language

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eponyms

derived from the name of a person or place

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Acronyms

terms formed from the first letters of words in a phrase

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word root

“core” of a word, fundamental meaning

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-ad

toward

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-ior

pertaining to

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medi/o

middle

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superior

pertaining to above

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frontal/coronal plane

vertical plane passing through body from side to side

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midsagittal plane

passing through body from front to back UNEQUAL left and right sides

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parasagittal plane

passing through front to back, UNEQUAL left and right sides

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sagittal plane

vertical plane front to back, parallel to midsagittal

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transverse plane

horizontal plane dividing into upper and lower portions

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Folwer position

sitting with slight elevation on knees

lateral recumbent position

lying on side

lithotomy position

lying on back, legs raised, feet in stirrups, hips and knees flexed

orthopned position

upright in chair/bed supported by pillows

Prone position

lying on abs facing down

Ventral recumbent position

lying on abs with head turned to one side

recumbent postion

laying

sims position

lying on side, knees to chest, arm behind parallel to back left usually

supine position

lying on back facing upward

Trendelenburg position

lying on back with head tilted, head lower than feet

umbilical region

around navel

lumbar region

waist

epigastric region

superior (above) umbilical region

hypogastric region

inferior (lower) than umbilical region

hypochondriac region

to right and left of epigastric

iliac regions

to the right and left of hypogastric

inguinal

groin

Right upper quadrant

liver, gallbladder, pancreas

Left upper quadrant

liver, stomach, spleen, pancreas

right lower quadrant

appendix, ureter, ovary

left lower quadrant

ureter, ovary

lat

lateral

cuad/o

tail

anter/o

front

cephal/o

head

dist/o

away

super/o

above

med

medial

uni-

one

bi-

two

ventr/o

belly

dors/o

back

poster/o

back/behind

infer/o

below

later/o

side

ant

inf

inferior

sup

superior

proxim/o

near

combining forms

word root with vowel attatched

combining vowel

usually an "o"

my/o

muscle

cyt/o

cell

leuk/o

white

dermat/o

skin

-logy

study of

-oid

resembling

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