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ST-101 Week 1 Vocab
Organization of the body
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01/23/2009

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Term
crani/o
Definition
Skull
Term
sagittal
Definition
A vertical plan passing through the standing body from front to back. The mid-sagittal, or median plane splits the body into left and right halves
Term
diaphragm
Definition
partition separating the chest and abdominal cavities
Term
peritoneum
Definition
the smooth transparent membrance that lines the cavity of the abdomen
Term
urethra
Definition
the canal that in most mammals carries off the urine from the bladder (in males it also serves as a passageway for semen)
Term
cervic/o
Definition
neck, cervix (neck of the uterus)
Term
inguin/o
Definition
groin
Term
thoracic cavity
Definition
space in the chest containing the heart, lungs, bronchial tubes, trachea, esophagus, and other organs
Term
abdomin/o
Definition
abdomen
Term
coccyg/o
Definition
coccyx (tailbone)
Term
lumbosacral
Definition
relating to the lumbar and sacral regions or parts
Term
anabolism
Definition
process of building up complex materials (proteins) for simple materials
Term
cranial cavity
Definition
space in the head containing the brain and surrounded by the skull
Term
umbilical
Definition
relating to, or used at the naval
Term
pleural cavity
Definition
the delicate serous membrance that line each 1/2 of the thorax of mammals and is folded back over the surface of the lung on the same side
Term
abdominal cavity
Definition
space below chest, containing liver, stomach, gallbladder and intestines
Term
transverse
Definition
a horizontal plane passing through the standing body so that the transverse plane is parallel to the floor
Term
lumb/o
Definition
lower back, loin
Term
anterior
Definition
front side of the body
Term
adip/o
Definition
fat
Term
later/o
Definition
side
Term
catabolism
Definition
process of breaking down complex materials to form simpler substances and release energy
Term
vertebra
Definition
a single back bone
Term
cytoplasm
Definition
all the material that is outside the nucleus, and yet still contained within the cell membrane
Term
chrondroplasty
Definition
repair of cartilage
Term
anter/o
Definition
front
Term
ana
Definition
up, apart, backward, again, new
Term
genic
Definition
produced by or in
Term
medi/o
Definition
middle
Term
-oma
Definition
tumor, mass fluid collection
Term
hist/o
Definition
tissue
Term
-ism
Definition
process, condition
Term
proxim/o
Definition
hear
Term
dors/o
Definition
back (of body)
Term
sacr/o
Definition
sacrum
Term
-tomy
Definition
process of cutting
Term
-iac
Definition
pertaining to
Term
thorac/o
Definition
chest
Term
poster/o
Definition
back (of body; behind)
Term
viscer/o
Definition
internal organs
Term
-ectomy
Definition
removal, excision, resection
Term
meta-
Definition
change, beyond
Term
spin/o
Definition
spine, backbone
Term
sarc/o
Definition
flesh, connective tissue
Term
chondr/o
Definition
cartilage
Term
inter
Definition
between
Term
epi-
Definition
above, upon, on
Term
ventr/o
Definition
belly side of the body
Term
cyt/o
Definition
cell
Term
nucle/o
Definition
nucleus
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