Med Term: Unit 1 test

alveol/o

alveolus; air sac

Autoimmune

immune system starts producing antibodies against its own tissues (ex: rheumatoid arthritis)

arthr/o

joint

Benign

Nonrecurring; nonmalignant. Used to describe noncancerous tumors (growths) in which the patient has a good chance of survival.

aur/o

ear

congenital

A condition that is present at birth and may be the result of either genetic or environmental factors; cerebral palsy, for example

bi/o

life

endemic

A disease that is ongoing and restricted to a specific population, group, or area of land.

cardi/o

heart

epidemic

A sudden, widespread outbreak of a disease within a population, group, or area of land.

caud/o

tail

cephal/o

head

cervic/o

neck; cervix (neck of uterus)

col/o

colon/o

cost/o

rib

cutane/o

skin

a-

an-

ante-

before

anti-

against

bi-

two; both

brady-

slow

epi-

on; over; upon

hyper-

above; above normal; excessive

hypo-

below; below normal; deficient

inter-

between

intra-

within; into

peri-

around; surrounding

sub-

below; under

supra-

above

tachy-

fast

trans-

across

ultra-

beyond; excess

algia

pain

-cyte

cell

-ectomy

surgical removal; excision

-emia

blood condition

-gen

substance that produces

-ia

condition

-ine

a substance (noun)

-itis

inflammation

-logist

specialist (one who studies)

-logy

study of

-megaly

enlargement

-oma

tumor; mass

-osis

process; abnormal condition

-pathy

disease

-plasty

surgical repair (suffix)

-stomy

surgical opening (suffix)

-tomy

process of cutting; incision (suffix)

-um

structure; tissue; thing

PTT

partial thromboplastin time (blood-clotting

c

lateral position

supine position

abdomin/o

abdomen

anter/o

front

astr/o

star; star-shaped

bol/o

cast; throw

carcin/o

cancer

chondr/o

cartilage

crani/o

skull

cyt/o

cell

dist/o

away from the point of origin; far; distant

dors/o

back of the body

fibr/o

fiber

gastr/o

stomach

hemat/o

blood

hist/o

tissue

infer/o

below

is/o

same; equal

kary/o

nucleus

later/o

side

lumb/o

lumbar region; loin

medi/o

middle

path/o

disease

pelv/i

pelvis

physi/o

function

poster/o

back (of body); behind (root word)

proxim/o

near the point of origin; near; close (root word)

super/o

above (root word)

thorac/o

chest

ton/o

tone; tension

umbilic/o

umbilicus (belly button)

ventr/o

belly side of body; ventral aspect

viscer/o

internal organ (root word)

blast

developing cell (word)

-cyte

suffix: cell

-gen

substance that produces (suffix)

-genesis

formation (suffix)

-ism

suffix:process; condition

-plasia

development; formation

The frontal plane, also called the coronal plane,

is a vertical plane that divides the body into front and back sections

Anterior and ventral

Also front of the body (two)

Dorsal and posterior

Back of the body (two)

Anterior,

refers to the “head end” of the body. (word)

whereas ventral,

refers to the “belly” side of the body. (word)

posterior

refers to the tail end. (word)

dorsal

refers to the back of the body or the spinal column. (word)

Medial

Near the midline, or center, of the body.