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Title:	Medical Transcription
Description:	This set of flash cards allows users to learn roots, prefixes, and suffixes used to form common medical terminology. In addition, basic medical concepts are defined.
Number of Cards:	282
Save Count:	17
Author:	annedejarnette11
Created:	2002-02-11
Tags:	lom medicalterminology medicine
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- cata-
- down
- cartilage
- flexible connective tissue attached to bones at joints
- karyotype
- Picture of chromosomes in the nucleus, arranged to determine their number and structure
- sarc/o
- flesh
- pituitary gland
- endocrine gland at the base of the brain
- Organs in the abdominopelvic LUQ
- liver (left lobe), stomach, spleen, pancreas, intestines
- Organs in the abdominopelvic RUQ
- liver (right lobe), gallbladder, pancreas, intestines
- Abdominopelvic quadrants
- right upper, left upper, right lower, left lower
- sacrum
- one bone comprised of the five bones S1-S5 fused together
- retrocele
- protrusion (hernia) of rectum toward vagina through weak vagina wall
- ur/o
- urinary tract;
  urine
- Organs in the abdominopelvic RLQ
- intestines, right ovary, right fallopian tube, appendix, right ureter
- neutrophyl
- a granulocyte that is disease-eating
- chondr/o
- cartillage
- thromb/o
- clot;
  clotting
- posterior
- back side of the body
- anterior
- front side of body
- epigastric
- upper middle region above stomach
- tonsill/o
- tonsils
- blephar/o
- eyelid
- lumbar
- middle left and right regions above stomach
- chron/o
- time
- chem/o
- drug;
  chemical
- angi/o
- vessel
- disc
- pad of cartillage between vertebrae
- vertebra -brae
- single back bone -bones
- spinal cord
- Nervous tissue within the spinal cavity
- transverse plane
- horizontal plane that divides the structure or body into upper and lower portions
- -oid
- resembling
- chrom/o
- color
- distal
- far from the attachment to the trunk or the beginning of a structure
- -trophy
- nourishment;
  development
- proximal
- near the point of attachment to the trunk or near the beginning of a structure
- lymphocyte
- an agranulocyte that produces antibodies
- medial
- pertaining to the middle or near the medial plane of body
- superior
- above a structure (also cephalic)
- -cele
- hernia
- prone
- lying on the belly
- frontal plane
- vertical plane that divides body or structure into anterior and posterior portions
- inter-
- between
- ana-
- up
- adip/o
- fat
- neutr/o
- neutrophil (white blood cell)
- The three types of agranulocytes
- lymphocytes;
  monocytes;
  thrombocytes
- leukocytosis
- a slight increase in white blood cells to fight disease
- chromosomes
- Rod-shaped structures in nucleus containing genes (46 in every cell except sex cells = 23)
- viscer/o
- internal organs
- anter/o
- front
- monocyte
- an agranulocyte that engulfs cellular debris
- -stasis
- stopping;
  controlling
- amni/o
- amnion
  (sac surrounding the embryo)
- -ior
- pertaining to
- -ism
- process
- trache/o
- windpipe,
  trachea
- umbilic/o
- navel,
  umbilicus
- vertebr/o
- vertebrae,
  backbones
- lumb/o
- lower back and side
- sacr/o
- sacrum
- medi/o
- middle
- abdomin/o
- abdomen
- bol/o
- to cast or throw
- chondroma
- benign tumor
- cervic/o
- neck (of body or uterus)
- lateral
- pertaining to the side
- sagittal plane
- lengthwise vertical plane that divides the body or structure into left and right sides
- supine
- lying on the back
- 4 organs of the urinary or excretory system
- kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder, urethra
- umbilical
- central region near navel
- deep
- away from the surface of the body
- inferior
- below the structure (also called caudal)
- superficial
- on the surface
- inguinal
- lower right and left regions near groin (also called iliac region)
- spinal column
- Bone tissue surrounding the spinal cavity
- hypogastric
- lower middle region below the umbilical region
- 6 organs of the respiratory system
- nose, pharynx, larynx (voice box), trachea (windpipe), bronchial tubes, lungs