Medical Terminology and Anatomy Flashcards
(45 cards)
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Blephar/o
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Eyelid
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Bucc/o
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Cheek
3
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Cholecyst/o
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Gallbladder
4
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Colp/o
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Vagina
5
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Cyst/o
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a sac of fluid or pouch/ urinary bladder
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Derm/o
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Skin
7
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Encephal/o
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Brain
8
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Enter/o
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Intestine
9
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Hem/o, Hemat/o
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Blood
10
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My/o
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Muscle
11
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Myel/o
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Spinal cord, bone marrow
12
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Onych/o
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Nail
13
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Oste/o
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Bone
14
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Phleb/o
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Vein
15
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Pulm/o
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Lungs
16
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Pulm/o
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lungs
17
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Synod/i
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synovial fluid, joint, or membrane
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Ab-
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Away from
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Ad-
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Toward, Near
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Ante-
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Before
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Ec-, ecto-
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out, outside
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End/o
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in, Within
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Mon/o
A
one
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Poly-
A
Many, much
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Post-
after, behind
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-centesis
puncture, tap
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-desis
binding, fusion
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-ectomy
excision, surgical removal
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-graphy
act of recording data
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-pexy
surgical fixation
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-plasty
plastic repair, plastic surgery
32
-tripsy
crushing
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Anterior
Toward the front of the body
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Posterior
Toward the back of the body
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Medial
midline of the body
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Lateral
side of the body
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Proximal
Nearer the given reference point
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Distal
Father from the point of given reference
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Superior cranial
Above; toward the head
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Inferior cranial
Below; toward the lower end of the spine
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superficial (external)
closer to the surface of the body
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Deep (internal)
Closer to the center of the body
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Sagittal
cuts through the midline of the body from front to back, dividing the body into right and left sections.
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Frontal
Cuts at a right angle to the midline, from side to side, dividing the body into from anterior and back posterior sections.
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