Chapter 2: Body Structure Flashcards
(120 cards)
1
Q
chondr/o
A
cartilage
2
Q
cyt/o
A
cell
3
Q
hist/o
A
tissue
4
Q
nucle/o
A
nucleus
5
Q
anter/o
A
anterior, front
6
Q
caud/o
A
tail
7
Q
dist/o
A
far, farthest
8
Q
dors/o
A
back of body
9
Q
infer/o
A
lower, below
10
Q
later/o
A
side, to one side
11
Q
medi/o
A
middle (CF)
12
Q
poster/o
A
posterior, back of body, behind
13
Q
proxim/o
A
near, nearest
14
Q
super/o
A
upper, above (CF)
15
Q
ventr/o
A
belly, belly side
16
Q
-ad
A
towards
17
Q
-logist
A
specialist in the study of
18
Q
-logy
A
study of
19
Q
-lysis
A
separation, destruction, loosening
20
Q
abdomin/o
A
abdomen
21
Q
cephal/o
A
head
22
Q
cervic/o
A
neck; cervix uteri
23
Q
crani/o
A
cranium (skull)
24
Q
gastr/o
A
stomach
25
ili/o
ilium (lateral flaring portion of hip bone)
26
inguin/o
groin
27
lumb/o
lower back
28
pelv/i\*
pelvis
29
spin/o
spine
30
thorac/o
chest
31
umbilic/o
umbilicus, navel
32
cutane/o
skin
33
fluor/o
luminous, fluorescence
34
radi/o
radiation, x-ray; radius (bone)
35
-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -ous, ,-iac, -ic, -ior
pertaining to
36
-graphy
process of recording
37
-meter
instrument for measuring
38
-scopy
visual examination
39
-toxic
poison
40
-verse
turning
41
endo-
in, within
42
epi-
above, upon
43
hypo-
under, below, deficient
44
medi-
middle (prefix)
45
super-
upper, above (prefix)
46
trans-
through, across
47
AP
anteroposterior
48
Bx
biopsy
49
LAT
lateral
50
LLQ
left lower quadrant
51
LUQ
left upper quadrant
52
PA
posteroanterior; pernicious anemia; pulmonary artery; physician assitant
53
RLQ
right lower quadrant
54
RUQ
right upper quadrant
55
CT
computed tomography
56
CXR
chest x-ray, chest radiograph
57
MRI
magnetic resonance imaging
58
PET
positron emission tomography
59
US
ultrasound, ultrasonography
60
SPECT
single-photon emission computed tomography
61
cartilage
chondr/o
62
cell
cyt/o
63
tissue
hist/o
64
nucleus
nucle/o
65
anterior, front
anter/o
66
tail
caud/o
67
far, farthest
dist/o
68
back of body
dors/o
69
lower, below
infer/o
70
side, to one side
later/o
71
middle (CF)
medi/o
72
posterior, back of body, behind
poster/o
73
near, nearest
proxim/o
74
upper, above (CF)
super/o
75
belly, belly side
ventr/o
76
towards
-ad
77
specialist in the study of
-logist
78
study of
-logy
79
separation, destruction, loosening
-lysis
80
abdomen
abdomin/o
81
head
cephal/o
82
neck; cervix uteri
cervic/o
83
cranium (skull)
crani/o
84
stomach
gastr/o
85
ilium (lateral flaring portion of hip bone)
ili/o
86
groin
inguin/o
87
lower back
lumb/o
88
pelvis
pelv/i\*
89
spine
spin/o
90
chest
thorac/o
91
umbilicus, navel
umbilic/o
92
skin
cutane/o
93
luminous, fluorescence
fluor/o
94
radiation, x-ray; radius (bone)
radi/o
95
pertaining to
-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -ous, ,-iac, -ic, -ior
96
process of recording
-graphy
97
instrument for measuring
-meter
98
visual examination
-scopy
99
poison
-toxic
100
turning
-verse
101
in, within
endo-
102
above, upon
epi-
103
under, below, deficient
hypo-
104
middle (prefix)
medi-
105
upper, above (prefix)
super-
106
through, across
trans-
107
anteroposterior
AP
108
biopsy
Bx
109
lateral
LAT
110
left lower quadrant
LLQ
111
left upper quadrant
LUQ
112
posteroanterior; pernicious anemia; pulmonary artery; physician assitant
PA
113
right lower quadrant
RLQ
114
right upper quadrant
RUQ
115
computed tomography
CT
116
chest x-ray, chest radiograph
CXR
117
magnetic resonance imaging
MRI
118
positron emission tomography
PET
119
ultrasound, ultrasonography
US
120
single-photon emission computed tomography
SPECT
