Chapter 1-5 BASES Flashcards
VENTR
front, abdomen, belly
DORS
back
ANTER
front, before
POSTER
back, behind
FRONT
front, forehead
LATER
side
MEDI
middle, midline
MES
middle, midline
CENTR
center, mid-point
DEXTR
right, right-handed
SINISTR
left, left-handed
LAEV
left, left-handed
LEV
left, left-handed
SUPER
above, in the top part of
INFER
below, in the bottom part of
CEPHAL
head
CAUD
tail
PROXIM
near to, near a point of attatchment, near the beginning of
DIST
away from, away from the point of attatchment, away from the beginning of a structure
INTERN
inside
EXTERN
outside
FACI
face, surface
FICI
face, surface
PARIET
wall (usually of a body cavity)
AX
axis, central line
VERS
travel, turn
VERT
travel, turn
CORON
crown, like a crown
SAGITT
arrow
MORPH
form, shape
DERM
skin, layer
DERMAT
skin, layer
SOM
body
SOMAT
body
CORP
body
CORPOR
body
CORPUS
body
CRANI
cranium (skull only not jaw)
TEMPOR
I) temple (side of the head, behind and above the ear)
II) Time
OCCIPIT
occiput (back of the head)
SPHEN
wedge
PTER
wing
PTERYG
wing
ETHM
sieve
ZYGOMAT
yoke
SQUAM
I) scale
II) scale like bone, squama, scale-like cell
LAMBD
greek lettr lambda
SIGM
greek letter sigma
CAV
hollow space
CEREBR
cerebrum (largest part of the brain)
CEREBELL
cerebellum (the posterior part of the brain)
ENCEPHAL
brain
LOB
lobe
FISS
split, splitting
THALAM
chamber, thalamus
MENING
membrane, meninges
ARACHN
spider, spider’s web
LIMB
border, edge
GYR
circle, coil
* can have 2 suffixes. Ex: Gyroidal–> GYR-oid-al
SULC
groove, furrow
CINGUL
gridle, belt, structure that surrounds
AMYGDAL
almond
PITUIT
mucus, phlegm, discharge
MENT
I) mind, reason
II) chin
PSYCH
mind
THYM
emotion, mind
PHREN
I) mind
II) diaphragm
SCHIS, SCHIST, SCHIZ (different bases, same meaning)
split, division
SAN, SANIT
healthy, sound
MAN
I) frenzy (*meaning crazy, violent)
II) hand
III) thin, loose
PRESS
to press, pressing
PHOR
to bear, to carry, bearing
PHOB
fear
PHIL
loving, affinity to, craving for