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front

anterior/ventral

posterior/dorsal

back

superior

anything moving towards or above the head.

anything decending towards or below the feet.

inferior

Describe the position of the eyes to the mouth

inferior, medial, & anterior

proximal

closer to where the arm/leg inserts into the body.

distal

further away where the arm/leg inserts into the body.

Can you describe more than 2 limbs while describing proximal and distal planes?

only use when describing 2 points on the same limb (arm/leg)

Is the knee proximal or distal to the ankle?

proximal

digits are distal to proximal to the elbow?

distal

away from the point of origin

Medial

closer to the midline

lateral

further away from the midline

superfical

close to the external surface

deep

away from external surface

Superfical and Deep terms refer to?

layers of bodily organs, tissues, and systems

humanatomical position:

standing upright, arms at sides, palms forward, feet together standing.

nerve

neur(o)

neurology, neurosurgery

non-

not

nonsteroidal, nontoxic

odont

tooth

odonitis,odontology,orthodontist

tumor abnormal growth suffix

-oma

carcinoma, osteosarcoma, adenoma

onco-

tumor

oncology, oncogenic, oncogene

nail of the finger or toe

onych-

onychectomy

vision, eye

-opia

myopia, presbyopia

ophthalm(o)

vision, eye

ophthalmology, ophthalmoscope

opt-

vision, eye

optician, optical, optometry

testes, testis

orchi

cryptorchidism, orchiectomy

-osis

condition, increase

halitosis, leukocytosis, neurosis, acidosis

bone

oste(o)

osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, osteoclast

ear

ot(o)

otic, otitis, otalgia, otorrhea, otoplasty

-pathy

disease, anomaly

neuropathy, myopathy, osteopathy

-penia

deficiency, low number

eosinopenia, thrombocytopenia, erythropenia

digestion

-pepsia

dyspepsia, eupepsia

peri-

near, around, surrounding

pericardium, periodontal, perineurium

fixation

-pexy

hysteropexy, orchiopexy, gastropexy

eat, swallow, consume

phag(o)

dysphagia, phagocyte

pharynx

pharyng(o)

pharyngitis, pharyngeal

vein

phleb(o)

phlebitis, phlebotomy

fear of

-phobia

hydrophobia, acrophobia

-plasia

development, formation

neoplasia, myelodysplasia, hyperplasia

surgical

-plasty

arthroplasty, osteoplasty, rhinoplasty

paralysis

-plegia

paraplegia, hemiplegia

-pnea

breathing, breath

apnea, tachypnea, orthopnea

air, lung

pneum(o)

pneumonia, pneumothorax

foot

pod(o)

podiatrist, podiatric, podalic, podagra

poly-

much, many, several, excessive

polyuria, polycystic, polyarthritis

after

post-

postnatal, postcoronary, postoperative

pre-

before, in front of

prenatal, preoperative, premature

presby(o)

old age

presbyopia, presbycusis

anus, rectum

proct(o)

proctitis, proctoscopy, proctology

psych(o)

mind, mental

psychology, psychotropic

prolapse, sagging, sagged

-ptosis

belpharoptosis

pulmon-

lung

pulmonary, pulmonology, pulmonectomy

pus

py(o)

pyemia, empyema

pyel(o)

renal pelvis

pyelonepritis

pyr-, pyro-

fever, heat

pyrogen

ren(o)

kidney

renogram, renal, renoprival.

behind, backward, in black of

retro-

retroocular, retrocolic, retroflexion, retrolental

rhin(o)

nose

rhinorrhea, rhinitis, rhinoplasty

-rrhagia

excessive discharge or flow

menorrhagia

excessive

-rrhea

rhinorrhea

salping(o)

fallopian tube

salpingitis

hard, hardening

scler(o)

atherosclerosis, myelosclerosis, arteriosclerosis

instrument used to

-scope

microscope, arthroscope, otoscope

-spasm

involuntary contraction

angiospasm, vasospasm

-stomy

surgical opening

enterostomy, colostomy, gastrostomy

under, beneath, below

sub-

sublingual, subcutaneous, subcostal

fast, rapid

tachy-

tachypnea, tachycardia, tachyarrhythmia

thorac(o)

chest, thorax

thoractomy, thoracoscopy

blood clot

thromb(o)

thrombosis, thrombogenic, thrombus

thyroid

thyr(o)

thyroxine, hypothyoidism

-tomy

incision, incise, to cut into

gastrotomy, duodenotomy, laparotomy

poison

toxi-

toxic, toxicology, toxicity

trachea, windpipe

trache-

tracheitis, tracheoscopy, tracheostomy

across, over, through

trans-

transdermal, transfusion, transurethral

-trophy

growth, development

hypertrophy, hypotrophy, dystrophy

urethra

urethr(o)

urethritis, urethrotomy, urethroscope

urine

-uria

pyuria, nocturia, polyuria, albuminuria

vas(o)

blood vessel, vas deferens

vascular, vasospasm, vasectomy, vasodilator

vein

ven(o)

venipuncture, venous, venopressor, intravenous