Body Structure Vocabulary
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- structural unit of life
- cell
- Group of cells that perform a specialized activity
- tissue
- Body structures composed of at least two different tissue types that perform specialized functions.
- Organs
- Level of organization composed o0f at least one organ and accessory structures that have similar or interrelated functions.
- System
- Complete living entity composed of several body systems that work together to sustain life
- organism
- The study of all factors in the development of a disease
- Etiology
- Any disease whose cause is unknown.
- Idiopathic disease
- Anatomical divisions of the midsaggital or median plane.
- right & left halves
- Anatomical divisions of the sagittal plane.
- unequal right & left sides
- Anatomical divisions of the coronal or frontal plane.
- anterior or ventral & posterior or dorsal
- Anatomical divisions of the transverse or horizontal plane.
- superior & inferior aspects (portions)
- cyt/o
- cell
- hist/o
- tissue
- nucle/o
- nucleus
- anter/o
- anterior, front
- caud/o
- tail
- dist/o
- far, farthest
- dors/o
- back (of body)
- infer/o
- lower, below
- later/o
- side, to one side
- medi/o
- middle
- poster/o
-
back (of body)
behind
posterior - proxim/o
- near, nearest
- ventr/o
- belly, belly-side
- abdomin/o
- abdomen
- acr/o
- extremity
- inguin/o
- groin
- lumb/o
- loin
- omphal/o
- navel (umbilicus)
-
pelv/i
pelv/o - pelvis
-
albin/o
leuc/o
leuk/o - white
- anthrac/o
- black, coal
- chlor/o
- green
-
cirrh/o
jaund/o
xanth/o - yellow
- cyan/o
- blue
-
erythem/o
erythr/o
rube/o - red
- melan/o
- black
- poli/o
- gray
- fasci/o
- band
- home/o
- same, alike
- idi/o
- unknown, peculiar
- path/o
- disease
- radi/o
- radiation, x-ray
- somat/o
- body
- viscero/o
-
internal organs,
viscera - xen/o
- foreign, stranger
- xer/o
- dry
- -gnosis prognosis
- knowing
- ab-
- from, away from
- ad-
- toward
- allo-
- other, differing from the usual
- infra-
- below
- peri-
- around
- super-
- upper, above
- trans-
- across, through
- ultra-
- excess, beyond
- a uniting or holding together of two surfaces or parts.
- adhesion
- a tumor with a pedicle commonly found in vascular organs such as the nose, uterus, & rectum
- polyp
- pathological state, usually febrile, resulting from the presence of microorganisms producing or their products in the bloodstream
- sepsis
- producing or associated with generation of pus
- suppurative
- A noninvasive imaging technique that uses magnetic field rather than an x-ray beam to produce an image.
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MRI - the joining of two ducts or blood vessels to allow flow from one to another; bypass
- anastomosis
- the obtaining of representative tissue sample for microscopic examination
- biopsy
- to destroy tissue by electricity, freezing, heat, or corrosive chemicals
- cauterize
- the process of binding or tying using a band, bandage, thread, or wire
- ligation
- AP
- anteroposterior
- CNS
- Central Nervous System
- CT Scan or CAT scan
-
computed tomography scan,
computed axial tomography scan - CV
- cardiovascular
- Dx
- diagnosis
- GI
- gastrointestinal
- LLQ
- left lower quadrant
- LUQ
- left upper quadrant
- RLQ
- right upper quadrant
- RUQ
- right upper quadrant
- ROM
- range of motion