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119 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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plantar
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sole of foot
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palmar
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palm of hand
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eversion
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turning outward
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inversion
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turning inward
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supine
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face up
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prone
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face down
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visceral
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pertaining to an organ
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parietal
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pertaining to a cavity
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posterior
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back
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anterior
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front
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proximal
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closer to the point of attachment (trunk of the body)
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distal
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farther away from the point of attachment (trunk of the body)
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inferior
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below
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superior
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above
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lateral
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toward the sides
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medial
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toward the middle
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adduction
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toward the midline
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abduction
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away from the midline
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deep
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deep
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superficial
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toward the surface
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phagia
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eat, swallow
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phasia
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speak
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philia
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love, attraction
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phobia
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fear
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plasia
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growth, formation
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plegia
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paralysis
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poiesis
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production, formation
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ptosis
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downward displacement
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rrhage, rrhagia
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burst forth
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rrhea
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discharge, flow
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rrhexis
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rupture
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scope
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instrument to view
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scopy
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process of viewing, examination
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spasm
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contraction, twitching
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stasis
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standing still
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stenosis
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stricture, narrowing
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toxic
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poison
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trophy
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development, nourishment
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ante, pre, pro
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before
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epi
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upon
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hypo, infra, sub
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under, below
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inter
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between
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medi, meso
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middle
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post
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after
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retro
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backward, behind
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meta
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change, after, beyond
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bi, di
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2
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diplo
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double
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hemi, semi
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half
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hyper
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excessive
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hypo
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below
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micro
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small
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macro
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large
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mono, uni
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one
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primi
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first
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multi, poly
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many
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penia
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decrease in number
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opathy
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disease
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paresis
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partial paralysis
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para
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near beside (prefix)
to bear, give birth (suffix) |
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osis
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abnormal condition
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oma
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mass, swelling, tumor
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oid
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resembling
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meter
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instrument to measure
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metery
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process of measuring
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megaly
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enlargment
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malacia
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softening
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ologist
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specialist
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iatro
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specialist
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ology
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study of
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lith
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stone
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itis
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inflammation
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iasis
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abnormal condition
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graph
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instrument to record
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graphy
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process of recording
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gram
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record
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gen, genesis
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origin, formation, beginning
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emia
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blood condition
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emesis
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vomit
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ectasis
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outward stretching, collapse
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cele
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herniation
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algia, dynia
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pain
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tripsy
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crush
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lysis
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breakdown, destroy, loosen
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clasis
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rebreak, refracture
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plasty
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surgical repair, reconstruction
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rrhaphy
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suture
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pexy
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fixate, suspend
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desis
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fixate, fuse
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oscopy
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view, exam
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otomy
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incision
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otome
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instrument to cut
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ostomy
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artificial opening
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ectomy
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excision, removal
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centesis
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puncture to aspirate
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Treatment
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Tx, therapy, iatro
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iatro
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physician, specialist, treatment
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saggital
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divides body into right and left
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coronal
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divides body into anterior and posterior
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RUQ
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right upper quandrant
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gastric
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pertaining to the stomach
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anatomic position
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patient is standing erect, palms and toes are facing forward
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prone
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face down
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hypochondriac
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pertaining to below rib cartilage
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-centesis
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surgical puncture to remove fluid
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-lysis
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breakdown, seperation, setting free, destruction, loosening
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hyper-
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excessive, increased
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tetra-
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four
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visceral
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pertaining to an organ
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-aspirate
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to draw out, suction
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-ectomy
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surgical removal
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-ostomy
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surgical creation of an opening
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-otome
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instrument to cut
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-otomy
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surgical incision
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what is the prefix of inter?
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between
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what is the prefix of meta?
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change
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what is the suffix of malacia?
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a softening
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what is the suffix of penia?
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a decrease in number
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what are the 5 levels of organization?
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cellular, tissue, organ, systems, and organism
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