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60 Cards in this Set
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cervical |
neck region |
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thoracic |
chest region |
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lumbar |
loin or waist region |
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sacral |
sacrum or lower back region |
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coccygeal |
coccyx or tailbone region |
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frontal (coronal) plane |
a vertical plane that divides the body into front and back regions |
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sagittal (lateral) plane |
a vertical plane that divides the body into right and left regions |
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transverse (axial) plane |
horizontal plane that divides the body into upper and lower portions |
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MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) |
magnetic waves are are used to create images, which show organs and other structures |
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abdomin/o |
abdomen |
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anter/o |
front |
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bronch/o |
bronchial tubes |
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cervic/o |
neck of the body or neck of the cervix |
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chondr/o |
cartilage |
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coccyg/o |
coccyx, tailbone |
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crani/o |
skull |
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epitheli/o |
skin, surface, tissue |
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esophag/o |
esophagus |
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hepat/o |
liver |
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lapar/o |
abdomen |
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laryng/o |
larnyx |
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later/o |
side |
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lumb/o |
loin (waist) |
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lymph/o |
lymph |
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mediastin/o |
mediastinum |
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pelv/o |
pelvis |
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peritone/o |
peritoneum |
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pharyng/o |
pharnyx |
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pleur/o |
pleura |
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poster/o |
back/behind |
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radi/o |
x rays
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sacr/o |
sacrum |
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spin/o |
spine |
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thorac/o |
chest |
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trache/o |
trachea (windpipe) |
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vertebr/o |
vertebra |
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What are the five divisions of the spinal cord? |
cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacrum, and coccygeal |
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radiology |
study of x rays |
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craniotomy |
incision of the skull |
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abdominal |
pertaining to the abdomen |
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pelvic |
pertaining to the pelvis
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thoracic |
pertaining to the thorax |
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tracheotmy |
incision into the trachea |
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hypochondriac |
pertaining to under the cartilage of the ribs |
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epithelial |
pertaining to the skin cells |
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laparotomy |
incision of the abdomen |
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pleuritis |
inflammation of the tissue that surrounds the lungs |
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thoracotomy |
incision into the chest |
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-ac |
pertaining to |
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-al |
pertaining to |
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-ar |
pertaining to |
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-cyte |
cell |
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-eal |
pertaining to |
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-ectomy |
cutting out, removal, excision, resection |
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-ic |
pertaining to |
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-itis |
inflammation |
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-logy |
the study of |
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-oma |
mass, tumor |
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-scopy |
process of visual examination |
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-tomy |
cutting into, incision, to cut into |
