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Anaplasia
change in the structure and orientation of cells. Loss of differentiation; immature cells.
Aplasia
A developmental failure resulting in the ABSENCE of any organ or tissue.
Dysplasia
Any abnormal development of tissues or organs.
Hyperplasia
An increase in the number of cells of a body part. (excessive)
Hypoplasia
Incomplete or underdeveloped tissue or organ; decreased number of cells.
Atrophy
• Shrinkage or decrease in cellular size
• If atrophy is significant it can affect organs
• Can affect any organ but common in:
o Skeletal muscle
o Heart Muscle
o Secondary sex organ
o Brain
Hypertrophy
• Increase in the size of the cells
o Leads to increased size of tissue
o Leads to increased size of organ
• Occurs in heart, kidneys, muscle
• Increased accumulation of protein in
o Plasma membrane
o Endoplasmic reticulum
o Mitochondria
o Myofilaments
Hyperplasia
• More red cells getting made after your blood bank deposit
• Hyperplasia helps your body adapt to the loss of blood
Ventrical
(Anterior side of the body)
• Thoractic: Lungs, heart, aorta, esophagus, and trachea
• Abdominal: separated from the thoractic cavity by diaphragm. Liver, gall bladder, spleen, stomach, pancreas, intestines, kidneys
• Pelvic: Urinary bladder, reproductive organs
Dorsal
(Posterior side of the body)
Cranial
Contains the brain
Spinal
Contains the nerves of the spinal cord
Cephalo
Pertaining to the head
Caudal
Pertaining to the tail of the spine
Frontal
Anterior body
Transverse
Imaginary line between the top half of body and bottom half
Sagittal/miolsagittal
Imaginary line dividing the right and the left sides of the body
RU
Liver, gall bladder, small intestines, and large intestines
RL
appendix, small intestines, and large intestines
LU
Stomach, spleen, pancreas, small intestine, large intestine
LL
Small intestine, Large intestine
Cardi
Heart
Derm
Skin
Uria
Urine
Endocardium
Inner lining of the heart
Intracardium
Within the heart (Interior heart chambers)
Pericardial
Pertaining to the sac around the heart
A, An–
No, not
Dia –
through, complete
Dys-
bad, difficult
Hyper-
excessive or above
Hypo–
deficient, below
In-
not
Neo-
New
Post-
After
Cardialgia
Pain in the heart
Cardiocentesis
Surgical puncture of the heart
Cardiomegaly
Enlargement of the heart
-algia
Pain
-cyte
Cell
-ectomy
Removal
-gen/-genic/-genous
producing
-itis
inflammation
-ist
specialist
-ologist
one who studies
-logy
study of
-oid
resembling
-oma
tumor
-osis
abnormal condition
-pathy
disease
-scope
instrument used for visual exam
-scopy
visual examination
-tomy
process of cutting
-ac/-al/-ar/-ary/-eal/-ic/-ior/-ose/-ous/-tic/-ine/
pertaining to
Eponym
• The name of a disease, organ, procedure, or body function that is derived from the name of a person. (Parkinson’s, Hodgkin’s, Cushing’s, Lou Gehrig’s)