Ch 3 & 4, integument and directional terms Flashcards
(49 cards)
1
Q
anter/o
A
front
2
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caud/o
A
tail (downward)
3
Q
cephal/o
A
head (upward)
4
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dist/o
A
away
5
Q
dors/o
A
back
6
Q
infer/o
A
below
7
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later/o
A
side
8
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medi/o
A
middle
9
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poster/o
A
back, behind
10
Q
proxim/o
A
near,
11
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super/o
A
above
12
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ventr/o
A
belly (front)
13
Q
bi-
A
two
14
Q
uni-
A
one
15
Q
-ad
A
toward
16
Q
-ior
A
pertaining to
17
Q
cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o
A
skin
18
Q
hidr/o
A
sweat
19
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kerat/o
A
horny tissue, hard (also cornea of eye)
20
Q
onych/o, ungu/o
A
nail
21
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seb/o
A
oil
22
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trich/o
A
hair
23
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aut/o
A
self
24
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bi/o
A
life
25
coni/o
dust
26
crypt/o
hidden
27
hetr/o
other
28
myc/o
fungus
29
necr/o
death
30
pachy/o
thich
31
rhytid/o
wrinkles
32
staphyl/o
grapelike clusters
33
strept/o
twisted chain
34
xer/o
dry
35
epi-
up, upon, over
36
intra-
within
37
para-
beside, beyond, around
38
per-through
sub-under, below
39
-a
noun (no other meaning)
40
coccus or cocci
berry-shaped
41
-ectomy
excision or surgical removal
42
-ia
diseased or abnormal state, condition of
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-itis
inflamation
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-malacia
softening
45
-opsy
view of, viewing
46
-phagia
eating or swallowing
47
-plasty
surgial repair
48
-rrhea
flow, excessive discharge
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-tome
instrument used to cut
