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- cata-
- down
- cartilage
- flexible connective tissue attached to bones at joints
- karyotype
- Picture of chromosomes in the nucleus, arranged to determine their number and structure
- sarc/o
- flesh
- pituitary gland
- endocrine gland at the base of the brain
- Organs in the abdominopelvic LUQ
- liver (left lobe), stomach, spleen, pancreas, intestines
- Organs in the abdominopelvic RUQ
- liver (right lobe), gallbladder, pancreas, intestines
- Abdominopelvic quadrants
- right upper, left upper, right lower, left lower
- sacrum
- one bone comprised of the five bones S1-S5 fused together
- retrocele
- protrusion (hernia) of rectum toward vagina through weak vagina wall
- ur/o
-
urinary tract;
urine - Organs in the abdominopelvic RLQ
- intestines, right ovary, right fallopian tube, appendix, right ureter
- neutrophyl
- a granulocyte that is disease-eating
- chondr/o
- cartillage
- thromb/o
-
clot;
clotting - posterior
- back side of the body
- anterior
- front side of body
- epigastric
- upper middle region above stomach
- tonsill/o
- tonsils
- blephar/o
- eyelid
- lumbar
- middle left and right regions above stomach
- chron/o
- time
- chem/o
-
drug;
chemical - angi/o
- vessel
- disc
- pad of cartillage between vertebrae
- vertebra -brae
- single back bone -bones
- spinal cord
- Nervous tissue within the spinal cavity
- transverse plane
- horizontal plane that divides the structure or body into upper and lower portions
- -oid
- resembling
- chrom/o
- color
- distal
- far from the attachment to the trunk or the beginning of a structure
- -trophy
-
nourishment;
development - proximal
- near the point of attachment to the trunk or near the beginning of a structure
- lymphocyte
- an agranulocyte that produces antibodies
- medial
- pertaining to the middle or near the medial plane of body
- superior
- above a structure (also cephalic)
- -cele
- hernia
- prone
- lying on the belly
- frontal plane
- vertical plane that divides body or structure into anterior and posterior portions
- inter-
- between
- ana-
- up
- adip/o
- fat
- neutr/o
- neutrophil (white blood cell)
- The three types of agranulocytes
-
lymphocytes;
monocytes;
thrombocytes - leukocytosis
- a slight increase in white blood cells to fight disease
- chromosomes
- Rod-shaped structures in nucleus containing genes (46 in every cell except sex cells = 23)
- viscer/o
- internal organs
- anter/o
- front
- monocyte
- an agranulocyte that engulfs cellular debris
- -stasis
-
stopping;
controlling - amni/o
-
amnion
(sac surrounding the embryo) - -ior
- pertaining to
- -ism
- process
- trache/o
-
windpipe,
trachea - umbilic/o
-
navel,
umbilicus - vertebr/o
-
vertebrae,
backbones - lumb/o
- lower back and side
- sacr/o
- sacrum
- medi/o
- middle
- abdomin/o
- abdomen
- bol/o
- to cast or throw
- chondroma
- benign tumor
- cervic/o
- neck (of body or uterus)
- lateral
- pertaining to the side
- sagittal plane
- lengthwise vertical plane that divides the body or structure into left and right sides
- supine
- lying on the back
- 4 organs of the urinary or excretory system
- kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder, urethra
- umbilical
- central region near navel
- deep
- away from the surface of the body
- inferior
- below the structure (also called caudal)
- superficial
- on the surface
- inguinal
- lower right and left regions near groin (also called iliac region)
- spinal column
- Bone tissue surrounding the spinal cavity
- hypogastric
- lower middle region below the umbilical region
- 6 organs of the respiratory system
- nose, pharynx, larynx (voice box), trachea (windpipe), bronchial tubes, lungs
- Organs in the abdominopelvic LLQ
- intestines, left ovary, left fallopian tube, left ureter
- hypochondriac
- upper right and left regions beneath ribs
- 5 divisions of the Spinal Column
- cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, coccygeal
- 5 organs of the female reproductive system
- ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, vagina, mammary glands
- 4 organs of the male reproductive system
- testes and associated tubes, urethra, penis, prostate gland
- thyroid gland
- endocrine gland surrounding the trachea
- metabolism
- Total chemical processes in a cell (catabolism and anabolism)
- nucleus
- Control center of the cell containing chromosomes
- mitochondria
- Structures in cytoplasm in which food is burned to release energy
- aden/o
- gland
- arthr/o
- joint
- carcin/o
-
cancerous;
cancer - cardi/o
- heart
- cephal/o
- head
- cis/o
- to cut
- derm/o or dermat/o
- skin
- erythr/o
- red
- gastr/o
- stomach
- gnos/o
- knowledge
- hepat/o
- liver
- onc/o
- tumor
- ophthalm/o
- eye
- ped/o
- child
- -ole or -ule
- small, little
- ren/o
- kidney
- rhin/o
- nose
- sect/o
- to cut
- pulmon/o
- lungs
- -sclerosis
- hardening
- axill/o
- armpit
- -um or -ium
-
structure;
tissue;
thing - -er
- one who
- ot/o
- ear
- -stomy
- opening - to form a mouth
- -coccus
- berry-shaped bacterium
- lapar/o
-
abdomen;
abdominal wall - -algia
- pain
- -al
- pertaining to
- isch/o
- to hold back
- -ac
- pertaining to
- -therapy
- treatment
- thrombocyte
- an agranulocyte that promotes blood clotting
- myel/o
-
spinal cord;
bone marrow - gon/o
- seed
- acu/o
-
sharp;
severe;
sudden - -logy
- study of
- -ectomy
-
excision;
removal - col/o
-
colon
(large intestine) - -cyte
- cell
- agor/a
- marketplace
- -itis
- inflammation
- -genic
-
pertaining to;
producing;
produced by;
produced in - -emia
- blood condition
- -gram
- record
- -ist
- specialist
- -ion
- process
- -ic or -ical
- pertaining to
- -pathy
- disease condition
- kary/o
- nucleus
- coccyg/o
- coccyx
- crin/o
-
secrete
(to form and give off) - -eal
- pertaining to
- dist/o
-
far,
distant - rect/o
- rectum
- cyt/o
- cell
- crani/o
- skull
- -opsy
- process of viewing
- -oma
-
mass;
tumor;
swelling - path/o
- disease
- -osis
-
condition
(usually abnormal)
(increase in numbers when used with blood) - endo-
- within
- hist/o
- tissue
- neur/o
- nerve
- -y
-
process;
condition - -scope
- instrument to visually examine
- dors/o
- dorsal (back portion)
- -scopy
- process of visually examining
- iatr/o
- treatment
- -tomy
-
process of cutting;
incision - -sis
- state of
- hemat/o or hem/o
- blood
- inguin/o
- groin
- dia-
-
through;
complete - ili/o
- ilium (pelvis)
- auto-
- self
- a- or an-
-
no;
not;
without - meta-
- change
- necr/o
- death
- hyper-
-
excessive;
above;
more than normal - ex- or exo-
- out
- epi-
- above
- in-
-
into;
in - hydr/o
-
water;
fluid - later/o
- side
- hypo-
-
deficient;
below;
less than normal - enter/o
-
intestines
(usually the small intestine) - omphalocele
- hernia of the navel occurring at birth
- acromealgy
- an endocrine disorder causing excessive growth hormones after puberty resulting in large extremities
- pro-
- before
- peri-
-
surrounding;
around - sub-
-
below;
under - acr/o
-
extremities;
top;
extreme point - retro-
- behind
- re-
-
back;
backward;
again - electr/o
- electricity
- cyst/o
-
urinary bladder;
sac;
cyst - trans-
-
across;
through - cell membrane
- Structure surrounding and protecting the cell. It also regulates what goes into/out of cell
- plas/o
-
formation;
development - anabolism
- Process of building up complex materials (proteins) from single materials
- muc/o
- mucus
- catabolism
- Process of breaking down complex materials (foods) to form simple substances and release energy
- cerebr/o
-
cerebrum
(largest part of the brain) - 2 organs of the skeletal system
- bones, joints
- nucle/o
- nucleus
- -graphy
- process of recording
- ventr/o
- belly side of body
- peritoneum
- membrane surrounding the organs in the abdomen
- achondroplasia
- dwarfism - defect in cartilage and bone
- DNA
- Chemical in each chromosome aranged like a sequence of recipes in code, directing the activities of the cell
- -iac
- pertaining to
- bi/o
- life
- 8 organs of the digestive system
- mouth, pharynx (throat), esophagus, stomach, intestines, liver, gallblader, pancreas
- basophyl
- a granulocyte present with inflammation
- bronch/o
- bronchial tubes
- The three types of granulocytes
-
eosinophyls;
basophyls;
neutrophyls - ischemia
-
to hold back blood from part of the body resulting from:
clotting; occlusion; injury - cytoplasm
- Material outside the nucleus and inside cell membrane
- mast/o
- breast
- pneumon/o
- lungs
- lymph/o
-
lymph
(clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces-contained in nodes) - genes
- Regions of DNA within each chromosome
- proxim/o
- nearest
- -megaly
- enlargement
- pelv/o
-
hip,
pelvic cavity - peritone/o
- peritoneum
- endoplasmic reticulum
- Structure (canals) within the cytoplasm in which large proteins are made
- pharynx
- throat, passageway for food and air
- adipose tissue
- collection of fat cells
- granulocyte
- leukocytes with dark staining granules in their cytoplasm and which are formed in bone marrow
- phag/o
-
to eat;
to swallow - poster/o
- back, behind
- 8 skin and sense organs
- skin, hair, nails, sweat/oil glands, eye, ear, nose, tongue
- -ptosis
-
drooping;
sagging;
prolapse - encephal/o
- brain
- -ia
- condition
- larynx
- voice box at upper part of trachea
- -plasty
- surgical repair
- aplastic anemia
- anemia in which the body fails to produce erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes
- -centesis
- puncture to remove fluid
- agranulocyte
- cells without dark-staining granules in their cytoplasm) produced in lymph nodes and spleen
- histologist
- a specialist in the study of tissues
- spin/o
-
spine,
backbone - hiatal
-
stomach
(hiatal hernia) - epithelial cell
- skin cells that cover the external body surface and line the internal surfaces of organs
- hernia
- protrusion of an organ or organ wall through its cavity
- radi/o
- x-rays
- omphal/o
-
umbilicus;
navel - leuk/o
- white
- my/o
- muscle
- gynec/o
-
woman;
female - thel/o
- nipple
- -ose
-
pertaining to,
full of - 6 abdominopelvic regions
- hypochondriac (upper left and right below ribs); epigastric; lumbar (right and left at waist); umbilical; inguinal (right and left near groin); hypogastric
- trachea
- windpipe that leads from the throat to the bronchial tubes
- abdominal cavity
- space below the chest containing organs like the liver, stomach, gallbladder and intestines
- 5 organs of the circulatory system
- heart, blood vessels, lymphatic vessels and nodes, spleen, thymus
- arteri/o
- artery
- mamm/o
- breast
- 5 body cavities
- cranial, thoracic, abdominal, pelvic, spinal
- urethra
- tube leading from the urinary bladder to the outside of the body
- ureter
- one of two tubes that lead from a kidney to the urinary bladder
- staphyl/o
- clusters