C804 Medical Terminology

Cyt/p

cell

Cytology

study of structure and function of cells

Cytologist

a specialist in the study and analysis of cells

Cytometer

instrument that measures (counts) cells

-meter

instrument for measuring

-Cyte

cell (suffix)

Leukocytes

white blood cells

Erythrocytes

red blood cells

Cytolysis

When a cell dies

-lysis

separation; destruction; loosening

Hist/o

combining form for tissue

chondr/o

cartilage (type of connective tissue)

Epitheli/o

skin, surface tissue

My/o

combining form for muscle

Histologist

a specialist in the study of the organization of tissues at all levels

-oma

tumor, mass

Super-

above, beyond

Infer-

under, below

Anterior

front of the body

Posterior

Toward the back of the body; behind

Medial

Toward the midline of the body

Lateral

Away from the midline of the body

Proximal

Closer to the point of attachment

Distal

away from the point of attachment

transverse plane (horizontal plane)

horizontal division of the body into upper and lower portions

sagittal plane (median plane)

vertical division of the body into right and left portions

frontal (coronal) plane

vertical plane dividing the body or structure into anterior and posterior portions

cranial cavity

contains the brain

spinal cavity

contains the spinal cord

thoracic cavity

contains heart and lungs

abdominal cavity

Contains stomach, intestines, spleen, and liver, and other organs

pelvic cavity

Contains urinary bladder, reproductive organs, and rectum

-ic

pertaining to

What are the four quadrants?

RUQ, LUQ, RLQ, LLQ

What are the 9 regions of the abdomen?

right hypochondriac, epigastric, left hypochondriac, right lumbar, umbilical, left lumbar, right iliac, hypogastric, left iliac

Abduction

Movement away from the midline of the body

Cephalad

toward the head

Inguinal

pertaining to the groin

Hypogastric

below the stomach

Posterolateral

Pertaining to the back and side of the body

Mediad

Toward the middle

a-, an-

without, not

Brady-

abnormally slow

Circum-, peri-

around

Dia-, Trans-

through, across

dipl, diplo (prefix)

double

Dys-

bad, painful, difficult

Endo-, Intra-

in, within

Hemi-

one half

Hetero-

different

Homo-, Homeo-

same

Hyper-

excessive, above normal

Hypo-

under, below, deficient

Macro-

large

Micro-

small

Mono-, Uni-

one

multi-, poly-

many, much

Peri-, Circum-

around

Post-

after, behind

Pre-, pro-

before, in front of

Primi-

first

Quadri-

Four

Retro-

Backward, Behind

Tachy-

fast, rapid

Tri-

Three

-ac, -al, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ical, -ior, -ous, -tic

pertaining to

-algia, -dynia

pain

-cele

hernia, swelling

-centesis

surgical puncture

-cyte

cell

-desis

binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)

-ectasis

dilation, expansion

-ectomy

excision, removal

-edema

swelling

-emesis

vomiting

-emia

blood condition

-gram

record, writing

-graph

instrument for recording (suffix)

-graphy

process of recording

-trophy

nourishment, development

-iasis

abnormal condition (produced by something specified)

-itis

inflammation

-lith

stone, calculus

-malacia

softening

-megaly

enlargement

-metry

act of measuring

-osis

abnormal condition, increase (used primarily with blood cells)

-pathy

disease

-penia

decrease, deficiency

-pexy

fixation (of an organ)

-phobia

fear

-plasia

formation, growth

-plasty

surgical repair

-plegia

paralysis

-rrhage, -rrhagia

bursting forth (of)

-rrhaphy

suture

-rrhea

discharge, flow

-rrhexis

rupture

-scope

instrument for visual examination

-scopy

visual examination