Chap. 2 Body structure

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Instrument for measuring the pelvis

Pelv/i/meter

Ventral

Toward the belly

abdomin/o

abdomen

Movement away from the body

abduction (hint: abducting a person)

trans-

across, through

Regions used to identify the location of underlying body structures and visceral organs

adominopelvic

anter/o

anterior, front

pain from right lower quadrant

appendicitis

distal

away from the point of attachment

dors/o

back of body

poster/o

back, behind

ventr/o

belly, belly side

infra-

below

chondroma

benign tumor of cartilage

somat/o

body

chondr/o

cartilage

chondr/o

cartilage (type of connective tissue)

Pertaining to the tail

caudal

eti/o

cause

Cyt/o

cell (combining form), container, receptable

-cyte

cell (suffix)

Toward the head

cephalad

thorac/o

chest

Tumor composed of cartilage

chondr/oma

crani/o

cranium (skull)

Pertaining to the skin

cutaneous

The study of cells

cytology

coronal plane

divides body into front and back

sagittal plane

divides body into left and right

transverse plane

divides the body into superior and inferior parts

Visual exam inside an organ or cavity using a lighted instrument

endoscopy

Four types of tissue

epithelial, connective, muscle, nervous

dist/o

far, farthest

-gen, -genesis

forming, producing, origin

poli/o

gray; gray matter (of brain or spinal cord)

inguin/o

groin

cephal/o

head

Specialist in the study of tissue

histologist

Separation, destruction, or loosening of tissue

histolysis

Under or below the stomach

hypogastric

ili/o

ilium (lateral, flaring portion of hip bone)

Pertaining to the groin

inguinal

-scope

instrument for visual examining

cytometer

instrument used to count cells

viscer/o

internal organs

pain from left lower quadrant

kidney infection, or kidney stone

-gnosis

knowing

Pertaining to the side (one side)

lateral

lumb/o

loins (lower back)

Pertaining to the lower back

lumbar

Toward the middle

mediad

medi-, medi/o

middle

Plane that divides the body into right and left halves

midsagittal

my/o

muscle

umbilic/o

navel, umbilicus

proxim/o

near, nearest

cervic/o

neck; cervix uteri (neck of uterus)

nucle/o, kary/o

nucleus

Complete living entity

organism

pelv/o, pelv/i

pelvic bone, pelvis

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

pertaining to

Dorsal

pertaining to the back

Pertaining to the back and side of the body

poster/o/later/al

-graphy

process of recording

Nearer to the center or the point of attachment

proximal

Pertaining to nearest the point of attachment

proximal

Pertaining to the nearest point of attachment

proximal

radi/o

radiation, x-ray; radius (lower arm bone on thumb side)

Erythorocytes

red blood cells

Quadrant containing the appendix

right lower

later/o

side, to one side

epitheli/o

skin, surface tissue

gastr/o

stomach

caud/o

tail

4. Cavity that contains the heart and lungs

thoracic

hist/o

tissue (histology)

-ad

toward

-scopy

visual examination

Leukocytes

white blood cells

What is a scan?

A term used to describe a computerized image by modality or by structure

proximal

Closer to the point of attachment

A radiographic procedure called MRI uses _____ to produce multiplanar cross-sectional images of the body.

Electromagnetic waves


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