chapter 2 Flashcards
1
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anabolism
A
building up large proteins from small amino acids
2
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catabolism
A
nutrients are broken down to simpler substances
3
Q
cata-
A
down
4
Q
bol
A
cast
5
Q
-ism
A
process
6
Q
ana-
A
up
7
Q
anterior, ventral
A
front
8
Q
posterior, dorsal
A
back
9
Q
superficial
A
on the surface
10
Q
deep
A
away from surface
11
Q
proximal
A
near point of attachment to the trunk or near the beginning of a structure
12
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distal
A
far from the point of attachment to the trunk or far from the beginning of the structure
13
Q
inferior
A
below
14
Q
superior
A
above
15
Q
medial
A
middle
16
Q
lateral
A
side
17
Q
supine
A
lying on back
18
Q
prone
A
lying on belly
19
Q
frontal, coronal
A
dividing body into anterior and posterior
20
Q
sagittal, lateral
A
dividing body into left and right
21
Q
transverse, axial
A
dividing body into inferior and superior
22
Q
abdomin/o
A
abdomen
23
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adip/o
A
fat
24
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anter/o
A
front
25
cervic/o
neck
26
chrond/o
cartilage
27
chrom/o
color
28
coccyg/o
coccyx (tailbone)
29
crani/o
skull
30
cyt/o
cell
31
dist/o
far, distant
32
dors/o
back portion of body
33
hist/o
tissue
34
ili/o
ilium (upper part of hip bone)
35
inguin/o
groin
36
kary/o
nucleus
37
later/o
side
38
lumb/o
lower back
39
medi/o
middle
40
nucle/o
nucleus
41
pelv/i
pelvis
42
pharyng/o
pharynx (throat)
43
poster/o
back, behind
44
proxim/o
nearest
45
sacr/o
sacrum
46
sarc/o
flesh
47
spin/o
spine, backbone
48
thel/o, theli/o
nipple
49
thorac/o
chest
50
trache/o
trachea, windpipe
51
umbilic/o
navel, umbilicus
52
ventr/o
belly side of the body
53
vertebr/o
vertebrae, backbone
54
viscer/o
internal organs
55
epi-
above
56
hypo-
below
57
inter-
between
58
intra-
within
59
meta-
change
60
-eal
pertaining to
61
-iac
pertaining to
62
-ior
pertaining to
63
-ose
pertaining to, full of
64
-plasm
formation
65
-somes
bodies
66
-type
picture, classification
67
abdominal cavity
space below the chest (stomach)
68
cranial cavity
space in the head (brain)
69
diaphragm
muscle separating abdominal and thoracic cavities
70
mediastinum
centrally located space outside of and between the lungs
71
pelvic cavity
space below abdomen (intestines)
72
peritoneum
double folded membrane surrounding abdominal cavity, protective membrane
73
pleura
double folded membrane surrounding each lung
74
pleural cavity
space between the pleural layers
75
spinal cavity
space within the spinal column
76
spinal cord
nervous tissue within spinal cavity
77
thoracic cavity
space in the chest (heart, lungs0
78
hypochondriac
right and left upper regions beneath ribs
79
epigastric
middle upper region above stomach
80
lumbar
right and left middle regions near the waist
81
umbilical
central region near the navel
82
inguinal, iliac
right and left lower regions near the groin
83
hypogastric
middle lower region below the umbilical region
84
RUQ
right upper quadrant
85
LUQ
left upper quadrant
86
RLQ
right lower quadrant
87
LLQ
left lower quadrant
88
cervical
neck region (c1 - c7)
89
thoracic
chest region (t1 to t12)
90
lumbar
waist (loin) region (l1 to l5)
91
sacral
region of the sacrum (s1 to s5)
92
coccygeal
region of the coccyx (tailbone)
