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83 Cards in this Set
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chondr/o |
catrilage |
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cyt/o |
cell |
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hist/o |
tissue |
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nucle/o |
nucleus |
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anter/o |
anterior, front |
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caud/o |
tail
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dist/o |
far, farthest |
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dors/o |
back (of body) |
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infer/o |
lower, below |
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later/o |
side, to one side |
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medi/o |
middle
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poster/o |
back (of body), behind, posterior |
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proxim/o |
near, nearest |
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super/o |
upper, above |
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ventr/o |
belly, belly side |
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-ad |
toward |
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-lysis |
separation, destruction, loosening |
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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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-ary |
pertaining to |
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-eal |
pertaining to |
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-iac |
pertaining to |
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-ic |
pertaining to |
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-ior |
pertaining to |
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-ous |
pertaining to |
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-tic |
pertaining to |
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-duction |
act of leading, bringing, conducting |
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dorsal |
toward the back |
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ventral |
toward the abdomen |
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crainial |
toward the head |
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caudal |
toward the tail |
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rostral |
toward the nose |
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lateral |
toward the side of the body |
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medial |
toward the center of the body |
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proximal |
toward the point of attachment |
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distal |
away from the point of attachment |
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ab- |
from, away from |
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ad-, -ad |
toward |
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trans- |
through or across |
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epi- |
above or on |
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radi/o |
radiation, x-rays, radius |
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cephal/o |
head |
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cervic/o |
neck, cervix |
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ile/o |
ileum |
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inguin/o |
groin |
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lumb/o |
loins (lower back) |
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throac/o |
chest |
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body plane |
imaginary flat surface that divides the body |
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median plane; midsaggital plane |
vertical plane that lies directly in the middle of the body and divides the body into two equal halves (left and right) |
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saggital plane |
any vertical plane that divides the body into left and right (but not equal halves) |
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transverse plane |
plane that divides the body into front and back halves; vertical quadrupeds, horizontal in bipeds |
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dorsal plane |
horizontal plane that divides the body into upper and lower |
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cross-sectional |
either horizontal or vertical, can divide body at any point |
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body cavity |
hallow space within body that helps protect, separate, and support internal organs |
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adhesion |
band of scarlike tissue that forms between two surfaces inside the body and causes them to stick together |
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inflammation |
protective response of body tissues to irritation, infection, or allergy |
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septicemia; sepsis; blood poisoning |
systemic disease caused by infection with microorganisms and their toxins circulating the blood |
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culture |
lab test of body fluid placed on a culture medium |
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endoscopy |
visual examination of the interior of organs and cavities with an endoscope; can be used to take biopsies or perform surgery |
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ultrasonography |
radiographic procedure in which a transducer transmits high-frequency sound waves that bounce off body tissues and then records an image of internal organ or tissue |
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x-ray |
high-energy electromagnetic waves pass through body onto photographic film to produce an image of internal structures of the body |
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anastomosis |
connection between two vessels, ducts, or tubes |
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cauterize |
process of burning tissue with electricity, freezing, heat, or chemicals |
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ant. |
anterior |
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AP |
anterior post |
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BP |
blood pressure |
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IC |
intracardiac |
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ID |
intradermal |
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IM |
intramuscular |
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IN |
intranasal |
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inf. |
inferior, infection |
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IP |
intraperitoneally |
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med. |
medial, median |
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sup. |
superior |
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LA |
large animals |
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pH |
negative logarithm of hydrogen ion activity |
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ppb |
parts per billlions |
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ppm |
parts per million |
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pr |
per rectum |
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SA |
sinoatrial; small animal |
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VD |
ventral dorsal |
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wt |
weight |