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77 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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transverse
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in half, upper/lower parts; AKA "Horizontal"
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midsagittal
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vertical plane through the midline of the body into equal halves
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sagittal
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unequal R + L
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coronal/ frontal
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divides front and back; can be unequal
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abdominopelvic quadrants
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RUQ LUQ (Right Upper Quadrant, Left Lower Quad.)
RLQ LLQ (Right Lower Quad., Left Lower Quad.) *patients right and left |
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dorsal (and components)
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posterior/back
-cranial -spinal |
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ventral (and components)
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anterior/front
-thoracic -adbominopelvic OR abdominal and pelvic areas |
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medial/lateral
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MED: middle/center
LAT: side of the center, left or right |
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proximal/distal
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PROX: closest to point of attachment
DIST: farthest away from point of attachment ex: The elbow is proximal from the hand. The hand is distal from the elbow. |
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superior/inferior
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SUP: towards head
INF: towards toes |
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anterior/posterior
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ANT: front aka ventral
POST: back aka dorsal |
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deep/superficial
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DEEP: deep, inside
SUPERFICIAL: external, on outside, not so deep |
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levels of organization
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cells
tissue organ system organism |
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idiopathic
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unknown cause
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homeostasis
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balance, equilibrium with internal environment. The opposite of homeostasis is disease.
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peri-
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prefix; around
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hypo-
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prefix; less than/ diminished
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a-/an-
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prefix; without
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pre-
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prefix; before
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post-
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prefix; after
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hyper-
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prefix; excessive
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poly-
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prefix; many
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epi-
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prefix; above/upon
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homo-
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prefix; same
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sub-
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prefix; under/ below
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oste/o
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root; bone
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dermat/o
cutane/o |
root; skin
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col/o
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root; large intestine/colon
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gastr/o
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root; stomach
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nat/o
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root; birth
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hepat/o
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root; liver
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enter/o
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root; small intestine
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arthr/o
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root; joint
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hemat/o
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root; blood
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nephr/o
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root; kidney
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path/o
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root; disease
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encephal/o
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root; brain
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meninges
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root; coverings of brain/spine
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vascul/o
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root; vessel
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adip/o
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root; fat
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lip/o
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root;fat
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melan/o
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root; black
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scler/o
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root; hardening
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trich/o
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root;hair
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ungu/o
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root; nail
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onych/o
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root; nail
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myc/o
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root; fungus
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-megaly
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suffix; enlargement
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-tomy
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suffix; incision/ to cut into
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-ectomy
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suffix; excision/ remove
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-stomy
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suffix; form an opening
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-emesis
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suffix; vomiting
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-metry
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suffix; act/process of measuring
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-meter
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suffix; instrument to measure
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-pathy
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suffix; disease process
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-al
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suffix; pertaining to
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-malacia
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suffix; softening
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-scopy
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suffix; process of viewing internally with a scope
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-scope
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suffix; instrument to view internally
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-oma
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suffix; tumor
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-itis
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suffix; inflammation/infection
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-algia
-dynia |
suffix; pain
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-centesis
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suffix; surgical puncture
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-plasty
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suffix; surgical repair
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-pexy
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suffix; surgical fixation of an organ
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-logy
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suffix; study of
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-logist
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suffix; specialist in the study of
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-gram
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suffix; a record
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-graph
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suffix; instrument to record
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-graphy
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suffix; process of recording
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-derma
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suffix; skin
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-cyte
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suffix; cell
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-clasis
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suffix; to break/surgically fracture
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-desis
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suffix; binding/surgical fixation of a bone or joint
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-lysis
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suffix; destruction/separation/loosening
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-rraphy
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suffix; suture
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-osis
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suffix; abnormal condition
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