Chap. 2 Body structure
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