Chap 2 - body structures Flashcards
1
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chondr/o
A
cartilage
2
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cyt/o
A
cell
3
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hist/o
A
tissue
4
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nucle/o
A
nucleus
5
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anter/o
A
anterior, front
6
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caud/o
A
tail
7
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dist/o
A
far, furthest
8
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dors/o
A
back (of body)
9
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infer/o
A
lower, below
10
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later/o
A
lateral, side
11
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medi/o
A
middle
12
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poster/o
A
back, behind, posterior
13
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proxim/o
A
nearest, near
14
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super/o
A
upper, above
15
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ventr/o
A
belly, belly side
16
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—ad
A
toward
17
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—logist
A
specialist in the study of
18
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—logy
A
study of
19
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—lysis
A
separation, destruction, loosening
20
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—toxic
A
posion
21
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cytology
A
study of cells
22
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cytologist
A
person who study cells
23
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cytolysis
A
destruction of cells
24
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10 pertaining to suffixes
A
—ac —al —ar —ary —eal —iac —ic —ior —ous —tic
25
front of body
anterior, ventral
26
back of body
posterior, dorsal
27
caudal
tail
28
proximal
nearest pt of attachment
29
adduction
towards the body
30
abdomin/o
abdomen
31
cephal/o
head
32
cervic/o
neck, cervix
33
crani/o
cranium
34
gastr/o
stomach
35
ili/o
ilium lateral portion of hip bone
36
inguin/o
groin
37
lumb/o
loins (lower back)
38
pelv/i , pelv/o
pelvis
39
spin/o
spine
40
thorac/o
chest
41
umbilic/o
umbilicus, navel
42
Ventral body cavities
thoracic, abdominal, pelvic
43
Dorsal body cavities
cranial, spinal
44
divison for abdominal pelvic cavity
diaphragm
45
3 major plans of body
median (midsagittal) frontal (coronal) horizontal (transverse)
