MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY TEST 1 BENITEZ TXST

for the first test, and to study for the final. pulled from slideshow and textbook

aden/o

gland

arthr/o

joint

bi/o

life

carcin/o

cancer

cardi/o

heart

cephal/o

head

cerebr/o

cerebrum

cis/o

to cut

crin/o

to secrete

cyst/o

urinary tract

cyt/o

cell

derm/o or dermat/o

skin

electr/o

electricty

encephall/o

brain

entr/o

intestines

erythr/o

red

gastr/o

stomach

glyc/o

sugar

gnos/o

knowledge

gynec/o

women

hemat/o

blood

hepat/o

liver

iatr/o

treatment, physician

leuk/o

white

log/o

study of

nephr/o

kidney

neur/o

nerve

onc/o

tumor

ophthalm/o

eye

oste/o

bone

path/o

diesease

ped/o

childe

pysch/o

mind

radi/o

x ray

ren/o

kidney

rhin/o

nose

sarc/o

flesh

sect/o

to cut

ur/o

urinary tract, urine

-ac

pertaining to

-al

pertaining to

-algia

pain

-cyte

cell

-ectomy

excision, removal

-emia

blood condition

-genetic

produced by or in

-globin

protein

-gram

record

-ic

pertaining to

-ical

pertaining to

-ion

process

-ist

speacialist

-istis

inflamtion

-logy

study of

-oma

tumor

-opsy

process of viewing

-osis

condition, usually abnormal

-pathy

disease condition

-scope

instrument to visually examine

-scopy

process of visually examining

-sis

state of; conditon

-tomy

new opeing

-y

process, condition

a- or an-

no, not without

dia-

complete, through

aut-, auto-

self

endo-

within

epi-

above, upon

ex-, exo-

out, outside of

hyper-

excessive, above

hypo-

deficient, below

in-

into, in

peri-

surrounding, around

pro-

before, forward

re-

back, backward, again

retro-

behind

sub-

below, under

trans-

across, through

anatomical divisions of the back

-cervical

-thoracic

-lumbar

-sacral

-coccygeal

cells

the fundamental unit of all living things

cranial

(body cavity and organs)

brain

thoracic

(body cavity and organs)

lungs, heart, esophagus, trachea, bronchial tubes, thymus gland, aorta (the part of the body cavity that is between the diaphragm)

abdominal

(body cavity and organs)

stomach, small and large intestines, spleen, pancreas, liver, gall bladder

pelvic

(body cavity and organs)

portions of the small and large intestine, bladder, rectum, ureta, uters, uterus, vagina,

spinal

(body cavity and organs)

nerves of the spinal cord

anterior (ventral)

the front surface of the body, including structures such as the chest and abdomen.

posterior (dorsal)

the back surface of the body, including structures such as the spine and shoulder blades.

deep

pertaining to structures located further away from the surface of the body, often in contrast to superficial.

superficial

the surface level of the body, indicating structures closer to the skin and away from deeper tissues.

proximal

located closer to the point of attachment or origin, especially in relation to limbs.

distal

pertaining to structures located farther from the point of reference or attachment, often in contrast to proximal.

inferior

referring to a position that is lower or below another structure in the body, typically in relation to anatomical landmarks.

superior

referring to a position that is higher or above another structure in the body, often used in anatomical contexts.

medial

pertaining to structures located closer to the midline of the body, often in contrast to lateral.

lateral

referring to a position that is farther from the midline of the body, often in contrast to medial.

supine

lying on the back, face upward.

prone

lying flat on the stomach, face downward.

adipose tissue

collection of fat cells