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Term
Abbreviation ant.
 Definition
anterior
Term
Abbreviation AP
 Definition
Anteroposterior
Term
Abbreviation inf.
 Definition
inferior
Term
Abbreviation lat.
 Definition
lateral
Term
Abbreviation LLQ
 Definition
Left Lower Quadrant
Term
Abbreviation LUQ
 Definition
Left Upper Quadrant
Term
Abbreviation med
 Definition
medial
Term
Abbreviation PA
 Definition
Posteroanterior
Term
Abbreviation RLQ
 Definition
Right Lower Quadrant
Term
Abbreviation RUQ
 Definition
Right Upper Quadrant
Term
Abbreviation Abbreviation sup.
 Definition
superior
Term
What are the Abdominopelvic Quadrants and what organ(s) do they contain?
 Definition
1) Right Upper Quadrant(RUQ): contains liver and large intestines.
2) Left Upper Quadrant(LUQ): contains the stomach
3) Right Lower Quadrant(RLQ): contains the appendix
4) Left Lower Quadrant(LLQ): contains the umbilicus and small intestines.
Term
What are the Abdominopelvic Regions?
 Definition
1) Right Hypochondriac Reg.
2) Epigastric Reg.
3) Left Hypochondriac Reg.
4) Right Lumbar Reg.
5) Umbilical Reg.
6) left Lumbar Reg.
7) Right Iliac Reg.
8) Hypogastric Reg.
9) Left Iliac Reg.
Term
Anatomical Planes?
 Definition
frontal or coronal: vertical field passing through the body from side to side, dividing the body into anterior and posterior portions.
Sagittal: vertical field running from front to back dividing the body into right and left sides.
Midsagittal: divides the body into right and left halves.
Transverse: horizontal field dividing the body into upper and lower portions.
Term
What is Anatomy?
 Definition
is the study of the structure of an organism and the relationship of its parts
Term
What is Physiology?
 Definition
is the study of the functions of living organisms and their parts.
Term
Structural Levels of Organization?
 Definition
Chemical, cell, tissue, organ, system
Term
What's supine
 Definition
facing upward
Term
what's prone
 Definition
facing downward
Term
Prefixes:
bi-
uni-
 Definition
one
two
Term
Suffixes
-ad
-ior
 Definition
toward
pertaining to
Term
Caudad
 Definition
toward the tail
Term
cephalad
 Definition
toward the head
Term
lateral (lat.)
 Definition
pertaining to a side
Term
medial (med)
 Definition
pertaining to the middle
Term
unilateral
 Definition
pertaining to one side
Term
bilateral
 Definition
pertaining to two sides
Term
mediolateral
 Definition
pertaining to the middle and to the side
Term
distal
 Definition
pertaining to away
Term
proximal
 Definition
pertaining to near
Term
inferior (inf.)
 Definition
pertaining to below
Term
superior
 Definition
pertaining to above
Term
caudal
 Definition
pertaining to the tail
Term
cephalic
 Definition
pertaining to the head
Term
anterior (ant.)
 Definition
pertaining to the front
Term
posterior
 Definition
pertaining to the back
Term
dorsal
 Definition
pertaining to the back
Term
ventral
 Definition
pertaining to the belly
Term
anteroposterior (AP)
 Definition
pertaining to the front and to the back
Term
posteroanterior (AP)
 Definition
pertaining to the back and to the front
Term
anter/o
 Definition
front
Term
poster/o
 Definition
back, behind
Term
caud/o
 Definition
tail
Term
cephal/o
 Definition
head
Term
dist/o
 Definition
away
Term
dors/o
 Definition
back
Term
dors/o
 Definition
back
Term
infer/o
 Definition
below
Term
later/o
 Definition
side
Term
medi/o
 Definition
middle
Term
poster/o
 Definition
back, behind
Term
proxim/o
 Definition
near
Term
super/o
 Definition
above
Term
ventr/o
 Definition
belly
Term
Abbreviation Ca
 Definition
carcinoma
Term
Abbreviation chemo
 Definition
chemotherapy
Term
Abbreviation Dx
 Definition
diagnosis
Term
Abbreviation mets
 Definition
metastasis
Term
Abbreviation Px
 Definition
prognosis
Term
RBC
 Definition
Red Blood Cell
Term
WBC
 Definition
White Blood Cell
Term
XRT
 Definition
Radiation Theraphy
Term
benign
 Definition
not malignant, favorable for recovery
Term
carcinoma in situ
 Definition
cancer in the early stage before invading surrounding tissue
Term
chemotherapy (chemo)
 Definition
treatment of cancer with drugs
Term
encapsulated
 Definition
enclosed in a capsule, as with benign tumors
Term
exacerbation
 Definition
increase in the severity of a disease or its symptoms
Term
idiopathy
 Definition
pertaining to disease of unknown origin
Term
inflammation
 Definition
response to injury or destruction of tissue
Term
in vitro
 Definition
within a glass, observable within a test tube
Term
in vivo
 Definition
within the living body
Term
malignant
 Definition
tending to become progressively worse and cause death as in cancer
Term
Radiation Therapy (XRT)
 Definition
treatment of cancer with a radioactive substance, x-ray, or radiation
Term
Remission
 Definition
improvement or absence signs of disease
Term
Adenocarcinoma
 Definition
cancerous tumor of the glandular tissue
Term
Adenoma
 Definition
tumor of the glandular tissue
Term
Carcinoma
 Definition
cancerous tumor
Term
chloroma
 Definition
tumor of green color
Term
Epithelioma
 Definition
tumor composed of epithelium
Term
Fibroma
 Definition
tumor composed of fiber
Term
fibrosarcoma
 Definition
malignant tumor composed of fiber
Term
leiomyoma
 Definition
tumor composed of smooth muscle
Term
leiomyosarcoma
 Definition
malignant tumor composeed of smooth muscle
Term
lipoma
 Definition
tumor composed of fat
Term
liposarcoma
 Definition
malignant tumor composed of fat
Term
melanocarcinoma
 Definition
cancerous tumor of black color
Term
melanoma
 Definition
tumor of black color
Term
myoma
 Definition
tumor composed of muscle
Term
neoplasm
 Definition
new growth
Term
neuroma
 Definition
tumor composed of nerve
Term
rhabdomyoma
 Definition
tumor composed of striated mmuscle
Term
rhabdomyosarcoma
 Definition
malignant tumor composed of striated muscle
Term
sarcoma
 Definition
malignant muscle
Term
oncologist
 Definition
someone who studies tumors
Term
oncology
 Definition
the study of tumors
Term
aden/o
 Definition
gland
Term
cyt/o
 Definition
cell
Term
epitheli/o
 Definition
epithelium
Term
fibr/o
 Definition
fiber
Term
hist/o
 Definition
tissue
Term
kary/o
 Definition
nucleus
Term
lip/o
 Definition
fat
Term
my/o
 Definition
muscle
Term
neur/o
 Definition
nerve
Term
organ/o
 Definition
organ
Term
sarc/o
 Definition
connective tissue
Term
system/o
 Definition
system
Term
viscer/o
 Definition
internal organ
Term
eti/o
 Definition
cause (of disease)
Term
gno/o
 Definition
knowledge
Term
iatr/o
 Definition
medicine, physician, treatment
Term
lei/o
 Definition
smooth
Term
path/o
 Definition
disease
Term
rhabd/o
 Definition
striated, rod-shaped
Term
somat/o
 Definition
body
Term
chlor
 Definition
green
Term
chrom/o
 Definition
color
Term
cyan/o
 Definition
blue
Term
erythr/o
 Definition
red
Term
leuk/o
 Definition
white
Term
melan/o
 Definition
black
Term
xanth/o
 Definition
yellow
Term
cytogenic
 Definition
producing cells
Term
cytoid
 Definition
resembling a cells
Term
cytology
 Definition
the study of cells
Term
cytolplasm
 Definition
cell substance
Term
dysplasia
 Definition
abnormal development
Term
epithelial
 Definition
pertaining to epithelium
Term
erythrocytosis
 Definition
increase in number of red blood cell
Term
erythrocyte
 Definition
RBC
Term
histology
 Definition
the study of tissue
Term
hyperplasia
 Definition
excessive development
Term
hypoplasia
 Definition
incomplete development
Term
karyocyte
 Definition
cell with a nucleus
Term
karyoplasm
 Definition
substance of a nucleus
Term
leukocyte
 Definition
WBC
Term
leukocytosis
 Definition
increase in number ofo WBC
Term
lipoid
 Definition
resembling fat
Term
myopathy
 Definition
disease of the muscle
Term
neuroid
 Definition
resembling a nerve
Term
somatic
 Definition
pertaining to the body
Term
somatogenic
 Definition
originating in the body
Term
somatopathy
 Definition
disease in the body
Term
somatoplasm
 Definition
body substance
Term
systemic
 Definition
pertaining to a system ( of the body)
Term
visceral
 Definition
pertaining to the internal organs
Term
dia-
 Definition
complete, through
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