Medical Terminology and Body Organization Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards covering medical terminology, word analysis, body organization, regions, prefixes, combining forms, and suffixes from the lecture transcript.

Adipose tissue

Fat tissue

RUQ

Right Upper Quadrant containing liver, gallbladder, part pancreas and intestines

LUQ

Left Upper Quadrant containing liver, stomach spleen, part pancreas and intestines

RLQ

Right Lower Quadrant containing part intestines, ovary, fallopian tub, appendix, ureter

LLQ

Left Lower Quadrant containing part intestines, ovary, fallopian tub, ureter

Body cavities

Cranial, Thoracic, Abdominal, Pelvic, spinal

Abdominopelvic regions

Right hypochondriac, Right lumbar, Right inguinal, Epigastric, Umbilical, Hypogastric, Left hypochondriac, Left lumbar, Left inguinal

Anatomical divisions of the back

Cranial, Thoracic, Lumbar, Sacral, Pelvic, Coccygeal

Strep

Strips

Staph

Cluster

Anti-

Against

Ante-

Before or infront

Con-

Together

Ad-

Towards

Hypo-

Deficient, below

Inter-

Between

Intra-

Within

Dys-

Abnormal, bad

Tachy-

Fast

Dia-

Through, complete

Peri-

Surrounding

Retro-

Behind, backward

Post-

After

Brady-

Slow

arthr/o

Joint

adip/o

Fat

Cardi/o

Heart

cerebr/o

Cerebrum

Cyst/o

Bladder

Encephal/o

Brain

Hemato/o

Blood

Hepat/o

Liver

Phag/o

Swallow

Rect/o

Rectum

Strept/o

Twisted chain

Staph/o

Cluster

dipl/o

Double

gastr/o

Stomach

-al

Pertaining to

-ia

Condition or state of

-ic

Pertaining to (describe body part)

-stomy

Artificial opening

-tomy

Incision

-ectomy

Removal

-cele

Hernia

-gram

Record

-opsy

Process of viewing

-Itis

Inflamation

-penia

Deficiency / decrease (cells or substances)

-cocci

Round bacteria

-cyte

Cells

-cardia

Heart

-malacia

Softening

-megaly

Mega

-lysis

Breakdown, destruction

-pathy

Disease condition

-graph

Instrument of recording

-stasis

Stopping

-genesis

Producing

-plasia

Growth