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| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| adip/o | fat |
| anter/o | front |
| bol/o | to cut (throw) |
| cervic/o | neck (of the body or of the uterus) |
| chondr/o | cartilage (type of connective tissue) |
| chrom/o | color |
| coccyg/o | coccyx (tailbone) |
| crani/o | skull |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dist/o | far, distant |
| dors/o | back portion of the body |
| hist/o | tissue |
| ili/o | ilium (part of the pelvic bone) |
| inguin/o | groin |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| later/o | side |
| lumb/o | lower back (side and back between the ribs and the pelvis |
| medi/o | middle |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| poster/o | back, behind |
| proxim/o | nearest |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| spin/o | spine, backbone |
| thel/o | nipple |
| thorac/o | chest |
| trache/o | trachea, windpipe |
| umbilic/o | navel, umbilicus |
| ventr/o | belly side of the body |
| vertebr/o | vertebra(e) |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| ana- | up |
| cata- | down |
| epi- | above |
| hypo- | below |
| inter- | between |
| meta | change |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -iac | pertaining to |
| -ior | pertaining to |
| -ism | pertaining to |
| -ose | pertaining to, full of |
| -plasm | formation |
| -somes | bodies |
| -type | picture, classification |
| digestive | mouth, pharynx (throat), esophagus, stomach, intestines, (small and large), liver, gallbladder, pancreas |
| urinary or excretory | kidneys, ureters (tubes from the kidneys to the urinary bladder), urinary bladder, urethra (tube from the bladder to the outside of the body) |
| respiratory | nose, pharynx, larynx (voice box), trachea (windpipe), bronchial tubes, lungs (where the exchange of gases takes place) |
| reproductive | Female: ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus (womb), vagina, mammary glands. Males: testes, and associated tubes, urethra, penis, prostate gland |
| endocrine | thyroid gland (in the neck), pituitary gland (at the base of the brain), sex glands (ovaries and testes), adrenal glands, pancreas (islets of Langerhans), parathyroid glands |
| nervous | brain, spinal cord, nerves, and collections of nerves |
| circulatory | heart, blood vessels, (arteries, veins, and capillaries), lymphatic vessels and nodes, spleen, thymus gland |
| musculoskeletal | muscles, bones, and joints |
| skin and sense organs | skin, hair, nails, sweat glands, and sebaceous (oil) glands; eye, ear, nose, and tongue |
| crainial | brain, pituitary, gland |
| thoracic | lungs, heart, esophagus, trachea, bronchial tubes, thymus gland, aorta |
| pleural cavity | space surrounding each lung. A double-folded membrane, or pleura, lines the pleural cavity. If the pleura becomes infllamed (as in pleuritis or pleurisy), the pleural cavity can fill with fluid. |
| mediastinum | centrally located area outside of and between the lungs. It contains the heart, aorta, trachea, esophagus, thymus gland, bronchial tubes, and many lumph nodes |
| Abdominal | stomach, small and large intestines, spleen, pancreas, liver, and gallbladder. The diaphragm (a muscular wall) divides the abdominal and thoracic cavities |
| peritoneum | the double folded mambrane surrounding the abdominal cavity. The kidneys are two bean-shaped organs situated behing (retroperitoneal area) the abdominal cavity on either side of the backbone |
| pelvic | portions of the small and large intestines, rectum, urinary bladder, urethra, and ureters; uterus and vagina in the female |
| spinal | nerves of the spinal cord |
| hydrochondriac region | upper right and left region below (hypo) the cartilage |
| epigastric | region above the stomach |
| lumbar region | middle right and left region near the waist |
| umbilical region | region of the navel or umbilicus |
| inguinal region | lower right and left region near the groin (inguin/o= groin), which is the area where the legs join the trunk of the body. This region, on right and left, is also known as the iliac region because it is near the ilium, which is the upper portion of the hip bone |
| hypogastric | lower middle region below the umbilical region |
| RUQ | right upper quadrant-contains the liver (right lobe), gallbladder, part of the pancreas, parts of the small and large intestines |
| LUQ | left upper quadrant-contains the liver (left lobe), stomach, spleen, part of the pancreas, parts of the small and large intestines |
| RLQ | right lower quadrant-contains parts of the small and large intestines, right overy, right fallopian tube, appendix, right ureter |
| LLQ | left lower quadrant-contains parts of the small and large intestines, left ovary, left fallopian tube, left ureter |
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Renton Technical College |
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