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Medical Terminoloty (Chap 4)
Body Structure
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Undergraduate 1
12/18/2007
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sagittal

 Definition
1 : of, relating to, or being the sagittal suture of the skull.
  2 : of, relating to, situated in, or being the median plane of the body or any plane parallel to it <a sagittal section dividing the body into unequal right and left parts>.
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 Definition

Midsagittal (median) Right and left halves

Coronal (frontal) Anterior (ventral) and postierior (dorsal) aspects

Transverse (horizontal) Superior (upper) and inferior (lower) aspects
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Cranial
 Definition
Brain
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Spinal
 Definition
Spinal cord
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Thoracic
 Definition
Heart, lungs, and associated structure
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Abdominopelvic
 Definition
Digestive, excretory, and repreductive organs and structures
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cyt/o

 Definition

cell
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hist/o
 Definition
tissue
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nucle/o

kary/o

 Definition
nucleus
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anter/o
 Definition
anterior, front
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caud/o
 Definition
tail
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crani/o
 Definition
cranium (skull)
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dist/o
 Definition
far, farthest
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dors/o
 Definition
back (of body)
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infer/o
 Definition
lower,below
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later/o
 Definition
side
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medi/o
 Definition
middle
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poster/o
 Definition
back (of body), behind, posterior
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proxim/o
 Definition
near, nearest
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ventr/o
 Definition
belly, belly side
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abdomin/o
 Definition
abdomen
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cervic/o
 Definition
neck; cervix uteri (neck of uterus)
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crani/o
 Definition
cranium (skull)
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gastr/o
 Definition
stomach
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ili/o
 Definition

ilium (lateral, flaring portion of hip bone)

[image]
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inguin/o
 Definition
groin
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lumb/o
 Definition
loins, lower back
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umbilic/o
 Definition
navel
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pelv/i

pelv/o

 Definition
pelvis
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spin/o
 Definition
spine
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thorac/o
 Definition
chest
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albin/o

leuk/o

 Definition
white
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chlor/o
 Definition
green
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chrom/o
 Definition
color
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cirrh/o

jaund/o

xanth/o

 Definition
yellow
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cyan/o
 Definition
blue
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erythr/o
 Definition
red
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melan/o
 Definition
black
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poli/o
 Definition
gray; gray matter (of brain or spinal cord)
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acr/o
 Definition
extremity
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eti/o
 Definition
cause
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fasci/o
 Definition
band, fascia (fibrous membrane supporting and separating muscles) 筋膜, 肌膜
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idi/o
 Definition
unknown, peculiar 独特的, 特有的
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morph/o
 Definition
form, shapte, structure
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path/o
 Definition
disease
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radi/o
 Definition
radiation, x-ray; radius (lower arm bone on thumb side)
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somat/o
 Definition
body
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son/o
 Definition
sound
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viscer/o
 Definition
internal organs
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xer/o
 Definition
dry
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-logy
 Definition
study of
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-logist
 Definition
specialist in the study of
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-genesis
 Definition
forming, producing, origin
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-genosis
 Definition
knowing
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-gram
 Definition
record, writing
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-graph
 Definition
instrument for recording
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-graphy
 Definition
process of recording
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-meter
 Definition
instrument for measuring
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-metry
 Definition
act of measuring
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-pathy
 Definition
disease
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ab-
 Definition
from, away from
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ad-
 Definition
toward
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infra-
 Definition
below, under
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hetero-
 Definition
different
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homeo-
 Definition
same, alike
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peri-
 Definition
around
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super-
 Definition
upper, above
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trans-
 Definition
across, through
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ultra-
 Definition
excess, beyond
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