Exam 1

Medical Terminology

5 Cavities

cranial, spinal, thoracic, abdominal, pelvic

4 quadrants

right upper, left upper, right lower, left lower

cyt/o

cell, container

-meter

tool

-lysis

destruction or separation

tissues

epithelial, connective, muscle, nervous

neur/o

nervous

my/o

muscle

epitheli/o

epithelial

chondr/o

cartilage

-oma

tumor

-iac

pretaining to

-itis

inflammation

frontal plane

vertical, divides body into front and back

sagittal plane

divides body into right and left

transverse plane

divides body into top and bottom

abdominopelvis cavity regions from right and down over to left

right hydrochondriac, right lumbar, right inguinal, epigastric, umbilical, elypogastric, left hypochondriac, left lumbar, left inguinal

Integumentary system

skin, hair, nails, oil, sweat glands

skin

epidermis (top), dermis (middle), subcutaneous (bottom)

derm/o

skin

-is

pertaining to

onchy/o

nails

aden/o

glands

-pathy

disease

-osis

abnormal condition

kerat/o

keratin, hard tissue, gives skin strength

melan/o

black

coll/a

glue

-en

to produce

cutane/o

skin

-ous

pretaining to

sudor/o

sweat

pil/o or trichl/o

hair

-ologist

specialist in something

-osis/-esis

abnormal condition

an-

without

cry/o

cold

upper respiratory tract

nose, pharynx, larynx, trachea

lower respiratory tract

right and left bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli, lungs

nas/o

nose

rhin/o

surgery of the nose

-plasty

surgical procedure

tonsil/o and adenoid/o

tonsils and adenoids

laryng/o

larynx

pharyng/o

pharynx

trache/o

trachea

bronchi/o and bronch/o

bronchi

alevol/o

alveoli

pneum/o and pneumon/o

lungs

-ectasis

dialation

-stenosis

narrowing

-spasm

involuntary contractions

ate-

incomplete

hypo

defficient

hyper

excessive

-rrhea

discharge

-rrhagia

bursting forth

an-/a-

loss or without

-osmia

smell

-ectomy

removal

-malacia

softening

-ostomy

opening

-ostenosis

narrowing

-algia/-dynia

pain

abdomin/o

abdomen

cephal/o

head

cervic/o

neck, cervix uteri

crani/o

cranium

gastr/o

stomach

ili/o

iluim

inguin/o

groin

lumb/o

lower back

pelv/i

pelvis

spin/o

spine

thorac/o

chest

umbilic/o

umbilicus

-ad

towards

-al,-ic,-ac,-ar,-ary,-ous,-iac,-ior

pertaning to

peri-

around

caud/o

tail

fluor/o

flouresence

hist/o

tissue

radi/o

radiation, xray

ventr/o

belly

-ad

toward

-graphy

process of recording

epi-

above or upon

adip/o, lip/o, steat/o

fat

hidr/o, sudor/o

sweat

ichty/o

dry, scaly

myc/o

fungus

scler/o

hardening

seb/o

sebum, sebaceous

squam/o

scale

xer/o

dry

-oid

resembling

-phoresis

carrying, transmission

leuk/o

white

necr/o

death, necrosis

-cele

hernia, swelling