Body Structure

Front 1

chondr/o

Back 1

cartilage

Front 2

cyt/o

Back 2

cell

Front 3

hist/o

Back 3

tissue

Front 4

nucle/o

Back 4

nucleus

Front 5

anter/o

Back 5

anterior, front

Front 6

caud/o

Back 6

tail

Front 7

dist/o

Back 7

far, farthest

Front 8

dors/o

Back 8

Back (of body)

Front 9

infer/o

Back 9

lower; below

Front 10

later/o

Back 10

side, to one side

Front 11

medi/o

Back 11

middle

Front 12

poster/o

Back 12

Back (of body), behind, posterior

Front 13

proxim/o

Back 13

near, nearest

Front 14

super/o

Back 14

upper, above

Front 15

ventr/o

Back 15

belly, belly side

Front 16

-ad

Back 16

toward

Front 17

-logist

Back 17

specialist in the study of

Front 18

-logy

Back 18

study of

Front 19

-lysis

Back 19

separation; destruction; loosening

Front 20

-toxic

Back 20

poison

Front 21

abdomin/o

Back 21

abdomen

Front 22

cephal/o

Back 22

head

Front 23

cervic/o

Back 23

neck; cervix uteri (neck of uterus)

Front 24

crani/o

Back 24

cranium (skull)

Front 25

gastr/o

Back 25

stomach

Front 26

ili/o

Back 26

ilium (lateral, flaring portion of hip bone)

Front 27

inguin/o

Back 27

groin

Front 28

lumb/o

Back 28

loins (lower back)

Front 29

pelv/i, pelv/o

Back 29

pelvis

Front 30

spin/o

Back 30

spine

Front 31

thorac/o

Back 31

chest

Front 32

umbilic/o

Back 32

umbilicus, navel

Front 33

abd

Back 33

abdomen

Front 34

ant

Back 34

anterior

Front 35

AP

Back 35

anteroposterior

Front 36

Bx, bx

Back 36

biopsy

Front 37

LAT, lat

Back 37

lateral

Front 38

LLQ

Back 38

left lower quadrant

Front 39

LUQ

Back 39

left upper quadrant

Front 40

PA

Back 40

posteroanterior; pernicious; anemia; pulmonary artery; physician assistant

Front 41

RLQ

Back 41

right lower quadrant

Front 42

RUQ

Back 42

right upper quadrant

Front 43

U&L, U/L

Back 43

upper and lower

Front 44

CT

Back 44

computed tomography

Front 45

CXR

Back 45

chest x-ray, chest radiograph

Front 46

MRI

Back 46

magnetic resonance imaging

Front 47

PET

Back 47

positron emission tomography

Front 48

US

Back 48

ultrasound; ultrasonography

Front 49

SPECT

Back 49

single photon emission computed tomography

Front 50

adhesion

Back 50

band of scar tissue binding anatomical surfaces that are normally separate from each other

Front 51

inflammation

Back 51

protective response of body tissues to irritation, infection, or allergy

Front 52

sepsis

Back 52

body's inflammatory response to infection, in which there is fever, elevated heart and respiratory rate, and low blood pressure

Front 53

endoscopy

Back 53

visual examination of the interior of organs and cavities with a specialized lighted instrument called an endoscope

Front 54

flouroscopy

Back 54

radiographic procedure that uses a fluorescent screen instead of a photographic plate to produce a visual image from x-rays that pass through the patient, resulting in continuous imaging of the motion of internal structures and immediate serial images

Front 55

magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Back 55

radiographic technique that uses electromagnetic energy to produce multiplanar cross-sectional images of the body

Front 56

nuclear scan

Back 56

diagnostic technique that produces an image of an organ or area by recording the concentration of a radiopharmaceutical (the combination of a radioactive substance called a radionuclide and another chemical) introduced into the body (ingested, inhaled, or injected)

Front 57

radiography

Back 57

production of captured shadow images on photographic film through the action of ionizing radiation passing through the body from an external source

Front 58

radiopharmaceutical

Back 58

drug that contains a radioactive substance which travels to an area or a specific organ that will be scanned

Front 59

scan

Back 59

technique for carefully studying an area, organ, or system of the body by recording and displaying an image of the area

Front 60

tomography

Back 60

radioactive technique that produces a film representing a detailed cross section, or slice, of an area, tissue, or organ at a predetermined depth

Front 61

computed tomography (CT)

Back 61

radiographic technique that uses a narrow bean of xrays that rotates in a full arc around the patient to acquire multiple views of the body that a computer interprets to produce cross-sectional images of that body part

Front 62

positron emission tomography (PET)

Back 62

radiographic technique combining computed tomography with radio pharmaceuticals that produces a cross-sectional (transverse) image of the dispersement of radioactivity (through emission of positions) in a section of the body to reveal the areas where the radiopharmaceutical is being metabolized and where there is a deficiency in metabolism

Front 63

single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)

Back 63

type of nuclear imaging study that scans organs after injection of a radioactive tracer and employs a specialized gamma camera that detects emitted radiation to produce a three-dimensional image from a composite of numerous views

Front 64

ultrasonography

Back 64

imaging technique that uses high-frequency sounds waves (ultrasound) that bounce off body tissues and are recorded to produce an image of an internal organ or tissue

Front 65

doppler

Back 65

ultra high-frequency sound waves and doppler technology are used to produce audible sound of blood flowing through an artery

Front 66

anastomosis

Back 66

connection between two vessels; surgical joining of two ducts, blood vessels, or bowel segments to allow flow from one to the other

Front 67

cauterize

Back 67

process of burning abnormal tissue with electricity, freezing, heat, or chemicals (silver nitrate)