Medical Terminology: The Body as a Whole

Vocabulary flashcards generated from the medical terminology lecture notes on body structures, directional terms, body positions, anatomical planes, and color root words.

ADEN/O

GLAND

BLAST/O

IMMATURE CELL

CYT/O

CELL

FIBR/O

FIBER

GLUC/O, GLYC/O

GLUCOSE, SUGAR

HEM/O, HEMAT/O

BLOOD

HIST/O

TISSUE

HYDR/O

WATER, WATERY FLUID

LEI/O

SMOOTH

LIP/O

FAT

MORPH/O

FORM, SHAPE

MY/O, MYOS/O

MUSCLE

NECR/O

DEATH

NEUR/O

NERVE

NUCLE/O

NUCLEUS

OSTE/O

BONE

PATH/O

DISEASE

SARC/O

FLESH

TROPH/O

NOURISHMENT

VISCER/O

INTERNAL ORGANS

-CYTE

CELL

-OMA

TUMOR

-OSIS

ABNORMAL CONDITION

-PATHY

DISEASE

-PLASIA

FORMATION, GROWTH

-STASIS

STOPPING, STANDING STILL

CHROMOSOME

STRUCTURE IN THE CELL NUCLEUS THAT CARRIES GENES

CYTOPLASM

SUBSTANCE OF CELL, EXCLUDING THE NUCLEUS

CYTOLOGY

STUDY OF CELLS

HISTOLOGY

FORMATION, GROWTH, study of the structure of cells and tissues

HOMEOSTASIS

STATE OF EQUILIBRIUM

METABOLISM

SUM OF THE NORMAL CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL CHANGES IN TISSUE

SOMATIC

PERTAINING TO THE BODY

VISCERAL

PERTAINING TO INTERNAL ORGANS

ACUTE

REFERRING TO A DISEASE OF SUDDEN ONSET

CHRONIC

REFERRING TO A PERSISTENT DISEASE OR ILLNESS

ETIOLOGY

STUDY OF THE CAUSE OF DISEASE

EXACERBATION

AN INCREASE IN THE SEVERITY OF DISEASE OR SYMPTOMS

HYPERPLASIA

EXCESSIVE GROWTH OF TISSUE

IDIOPATHIC

RELATED TO A DISEASE OF UNKNOWN CAUSE

INFLAMMATION

LOCALIZED PHYSICAL CHANGE IN TISSUE, REDNESS, HEAT, PAIN AND SWELLING

LESION

PATHOLOGIC CHANGE IN TISSUE DUE TO INJURY

NECROSIS

PATHOLOGIC DEATH OF CELLS OR TISSUE

PATHOGEN

ANY SUBSTANCE THAT CAUSES DISEASE

REMISSION

LESSENING IN SEVERITY OF DISEASE SYMPTOMS

ABDOMIN/O

ABDOMEN

ACR/O

EXTREMITY, TIP

BRACHI/O

ARM

CERVIC/O

NECK

LUMB/O

LUMBAR REGION, LOWER BACK

PED/O, POD/O

FOOT

PELV/I

PELVIS

THORAC/O

THORAX, CHEST

CAUDAL

TAIL

CEPHAL/O

HEAD

DORSAL

PERTAINING TO THE BACK

MEDI/O

MIDDLE

ANTERO-

FRONT

CIRCUM-

AROUND

EPI-

ON, FOLLOWING

INFRA-

BELOW, BENEATH

LATERO-

SIDE

PERI-

AROUND, SURROUNDING

POSTERO-

BACK

PROXIMO-

NEAR THE POINT OF ORIGIN

RETRO-

BACKWARD, BEHIND

VENTRO-

BELLY

CEPHALAD-

TOWARD THE HEAD

CAUDAD-

TOWARD THE TAIL

SUPERIOR

ABOVE OR UPWARD

ANTERIOR

TOWARD THE FRONT OF THE BODY

POSTERIOR

TOWARD THE BACK OF THE BODY

VENTRAL

PERTAINING TO THE BELLY, FRONT

LATERAL

PERTAINING TO THE SIDE

MEDIAL

PERTAINING TO THE MIDDLE

UNILATERAL

PERTAINING TO ONE SIDE ONLY

BILATERAL

PERTAINING TO BOTH SIDES

PROXIMAL

CLOSEST TO THE TRUNK OR ATTACHMENT POINT

DISTAL

AWAY FROM THE TRUNK OR ATTACHMENT POINT

SUPERFICIAL

NEAR THE SURFACE

DEEP

AWAY FROM THE SURFACE

ANTEROPOSTERIOR

FROM THE FRONT TO THE BACK

DECUBITUS

POSITION OF LYING DOWN

DORSAL RECUMBENT

LYING ON BACK WITH LEGS BENTS AND FEET FLAT

FOWLER POSITION, SEMI-RECUMBENT

LYING ON BACK WITH HEAD OF BED RAISED 45 DEGREES

LATERAL RECUMBENT

LYING ON SIDE

PRONE

LYING FACE DOWN

SUPINE

LYING FACE UP

FRONTAL PLANE, CORONAL PLANE

VERTICAL PLAN DIVIDING THE BODY INTO FRONT AND BACK

SAGITTAL PLANE

VERTICAL PLANE DIVIDING THE BODY INTO LEFT AND RIGHT HALVES

CHLOR/O

GREEN

CHROM/O

COLOR

CYAN/O

BLUE

ERYTHR/O

RED

LEUK/O

WHITE

MELAN/O

BLACK, DARK

XANTHO

YELLOW

CHOROMA

ABNORMAL MASS OF GREEN CELLS

CHROMATURIA

ABNORMAL COLORATION OF URINE

CYANOSIS

BLUISH COLORATION OF SKIN OR OTHER TISSUE