Medical Terminology and Body Structure Review

A collection of vocabulary flashcards covering medical combining forms, suffixes, prefixes, and basic body anatomical terminology based on lecture notes.

arthr/o

joint

derm/o

Skin

cardi/o

heart

cephal/o

head

dermat/o

in

gastr/o

stomach

hemat/o

blood

ren/o

kidney

anter/o

front

inguin/o

groin

ventr/o

belly (front)

oste/o

bone

encephal/o

brain

hem/o

blood

rhin/o

nose

chondr/o

Cartilage

dist/o

far

lumb/o

lower back

cutane/o

skin

nat/i

birth

cyst/o

fluid Alled; bladder

enter/o

intestines (small)

nephr/o

kidney

abdomin/o

abdomen

dors/o

back

thorac/o

chest (thorax)

-itis

inflamation

-logy

study of

-ectomy

Surgical removal

-lapse

Slipping falling

-rrhea

flowl discharge

-osis

abnormal condition/disease

-emia

blood condition

-lysis

breakdown, destruction;

-centesis

Surgical puncture to remove fluid

-pathy

disease

-gram

record/image

-plasia

formation/ development

-cyte

cell

-algia

pain

-blast

immature, developing

-plasm

formation/ Tissue Cell

-megaly

enlargement

epi

upon, above, on

hyper

above Normal

hypo

below normal

ab

away from

ad

toward

inter

between

intra

within

pre

before

ante

before, in front

retro

behind/backward

anti

against

pro-

before /forward

sub-

under/below

anterior

front

posterior

bach

inferior

below

superior

above

proximal

close to attachment

distal

farther from attachment

deep

far from Surface

ventral

front-thoracic cavity (heart/longs) - abdominopelvic cavity

dorsal

bask-cranial cavity-spinal/vertebral Cavity

RUQ

liver, gallbladder Pancreas

LUQ

stomacht/spleen

RLQ

appendix, parts of intestines

LLQ

descending e sigmoid alan