1. Anatomical Terms Flashcards
(72 cards)
1
Q
Dorsal
A
toward the back
2
Q
Ventral
A
toward the stomach
3
Q
Medial
A
toward midline
4
Q
Lateral
A
towards the side
5
Q
Cranial
A
toward the head
6
Q
Caudal
A
towards the tail
7
Q
Rostral
A
towards the nose
8
Q
Proximal
A
toward the body
9
Q
Distal
A
away from the body
10
Q
Palmar
A
surface of front paw
11
Q
Plantar
A
surface of hind paw
12
Q
Dorsal (paws)
A
upper surface of paws
13
Q
Superficial
A
near surface of body
14
Q
Deep
A
near centre of body
15
Q
Dorsal plane
A
horizontal across animal
16
Q
Sagittal plane
A
divides body into right and left
17
Q
Transverse plane
A
divides body into top and bottom
18
Q
Medial plane
A
mid-sagittal plane
19
Q
Arthr(o)
A
joint
20
Q
Cardi(o)
A
heart
21
Q
Chondr(o)
A
cartilage
22
Q
Cyst(o)
A
bladder
23
Q
Cyt(o)
A
cell
24
Q
Derm(ato)
A
skin
25
Enter(o)
bowel
26
Gastr(o)/Pep(s)
stomach
27
Gloss(o)
tongue
28
Haem(ato)
blood
29
Hepat(o)
liver
30
Hist(io)
tissue
31
Mamm/Mast(o)
mammory
32
Metr(o)/hystero
uterus
33
Myel(o)
bone marrow
34
my(o)
muscle
35
Neur(o)
nerve
36
Opthalmic(o)
eye
37
Oto/Aur(o)
ear
38
Orchi(d)
testis
39
Oste(o)
bone
40
Pneum(o)
lung
41
Ren/Nephro
kidney
42
Rhin(o)
nose
43
Trich(io)
hair
44
Vas(o)
vessel
45
A-
without
46
Anti-
against
47
Dys-
difficult
48
Pyo-
pus
49
Ante-/Pre-
before
50
Post-
after
51
Brady-
slow
52
Tachy-
fast
53
Endo-
within
54
Epi-
upon,outside
55
Peri-
around, in the
56
Hypo-
decreased
57
Hyper-
increased
58
Iso-
same
59
Uni/Mono-
one
60
Oligo-
few
61
Poly-
many
62
-aemia
relating to blood
63
-cyte
cell
64
-genic
causing
65
-ia/iasis
condition or state
66
-osis
disease state
67
-itis
inflammation
68
-algia
pain
69
-oma
tumour
70
-otomy
surgical incision into
71
-ostomy
surgical opening
72
-ectomy
surgical removal of
