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96 Cards in this Set
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abdomin/o
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abodomen
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adip/o
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fat
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anter/o
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front
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caud/o
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tail
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cephal/o
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head
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chondr/o
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cartilage
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crani/o
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skull
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cyt/o
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cell
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dist/o
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away from
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dors/o
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back of body
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epithli/o
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epithelium
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hit/o
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tissue
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infer/o
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below
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later/o
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side
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medi/o
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middle
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muscul/o
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muscle
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neur/o
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nerve
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organ/o
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organ
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oste/o
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bone
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pelv/o
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pelvis
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poster/o
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back
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proxim/o
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near to
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somat/o
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body
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spin/o
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spine
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super/o
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above
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system/o
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system
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thorac/o
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chest
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ventr/o
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belly
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viscer/o
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internal organ
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epi-
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above
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inter-
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between
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intra-
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within
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peri-
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around or about
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post-
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behind or after
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retro-
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behind or backward
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sub-
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under or below
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supra-
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above
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trans-
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through or across
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types of tissues
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muscle-movement
nervvous-sends messages to and brain connective-fat, cartilage, blood and bone epithelial- skin and linning of internal organs |
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body planes
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sagittal- right and left
coronal/frontal-front and back transverse- top and botton |
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RUQ-right upper quardrant
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large and small intestines
pancresas liver gallbladder |
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LUG-left upper quadrant
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large and small intestines
pancresas liver stomach spleen |
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RLQ-right lower quadrant
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large and small intestines
right ureter appendix right ovary right fallopian tube |
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LLQ-left left lower quardrant
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large and small intestines
left ureter left ovary left fallopian tube |
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extension
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straight
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flexion
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bend
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afferent
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toward
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efferent
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away from
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unilateral
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one side
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bilateral
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two sides
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oblique
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at an angle
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internal
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inside
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external
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outside
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central
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middle
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types of tissues
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muscle-movement
nervvous-sends messages to and brain connective-fat, cartilage, blood and bone epithelial- skin and linning of internal organs |
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body planes
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sagittal- right and left
coronal/frontal-front and back transverse- top and botton |
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RUQ-right upper quardrant
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large and small intestines
pancresas liver gallbladder |
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LUG-left upper quadrant
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large and small intestines
pancresas liver stomach spleen |
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RLQ-right lower quadrant
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large and small intestines
right ureter appendix right ovary right fallopian tube |
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LLQ-left left lower quardrant
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large and small intestines
left ureter left ovary left fallopian tube |
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extension
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straight
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flexion
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bend
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afferent
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toward
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efferent
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away from
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unilateral
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one side
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bilateral
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two sides
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oblique
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at an angle
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internal
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inside
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external
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outside
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central
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middle
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body cavities
dorsal |
cranial-brain
spinal-spinial cord |
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body cavities
ventral |
thorcac
abdominal pelvic abdominopelvic daiphragm |
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words ending in a
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will keep the a and add e
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words ending in ax
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will drop the ax and add aces
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words ending ex or ix
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will drop these letters and add ices
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words ending in ma
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will keep the ma and add ta
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words ending in is
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will drop the is and add es
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words ending in on
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will drop the on and add a
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words ending us
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will drop the us and add i
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words ending in um
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will drop the um and add a
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words ending in y
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will drop the y and add ies
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words ending in nx
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will change the x to a g and add es
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superior or cephalic
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more toward the head or above another scture
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inferior or caudal
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more toward the feet or the tail or below another scture
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anterior or ventral
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more the front or the belly side of the body
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posterior or dorsal
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more toward the back or the spinial cord side of the body
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medial
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refers to the middle or near the middle of the body or the structcture
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lateral
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refers to the side
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apex
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tip or summit of an organ
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base
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botton or lower part of an organ
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proximal
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located nearer to the point of attachment to the body
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distal
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located farther awawy frm the point of attachment to the body
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superflicial
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more toward the surface of the body
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deep
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further away from the surface of the body
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supine
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the body lying horzontally and facing upward
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prone
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the body lying horzontally and facing downward
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