KEY TERMS

Vocabulary (pp. 32-50)

1. abdominal
2. abdominal cavity
3. adipose tissue
4. anabolism
5. anterior (ventral)
6. cartilage
7. catabolism
8. cell membrane
9. cervical
10.chromosome
11.circulatory
system
12.coccygeal
13.coccyx
14.connective
tissue
15.cranial
16.cranial cavity
17.cytoplasm
18.deep
19.diaphragm
20.digestive system
21.disc/disk
22.distal
23.DNA
24.dorsal
25.endocrine
system
26.endoplasmic
reticulum
27.epigastric region
28.epithelial
29.epithelial cell
30.epithelial tissue
31.fat
32.fat cell
33.frontal (coronal)
34.genes
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100.
101.
102.
103.

35.histologist
36.hypochondriac
regions
37.hypogastric
region
38.iliac
39.inferior (caudal)
40.inguinal
41.inguinal regions
42.karyotype
43.larynx
44.lateral
45.left lower
quadrant (LLQ)
46.left upper
quadrant (LUQ)
47.lumbar
48.lumbar regions
49.medial
50.mediastinum
51.metabolism
52.mitochondria
53.muscle cell
54.muscle tissue
55.musculoskeletal
system
56.nerve cell
57.nerve tissue
58.nervous system
59.nucleus
60.pelvic
61.pelvic cavity
62.peritoneum
63.pharynx
64.pituitary gland
65.pleura
66.pleural cavity
67.posterior (dorsal)

68.prone
69.proximal
70.respiratory
system
71.reproductive
system
72.right lower
quadrant (RLQ)
73.right upper
quadrant (RUQ)
74.sacrum
75.sagittal (lateral)
76.skin system
77.slipped disk
78.spinal
79.spinal cavity
80.spinal column
81.spinal cord
82.superficial
83.superior
84.superior
(cephalic)
85.supine
86.thoracic
87.thoracic cavity
88.thyroid gland
89.trachea
90.transverse (crosssectional or axial)
91.umbilical region
92.ureter
93.urethra
94.urinary system
95.uterus
96.ventral
97.vertebra
98.viscera

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Combining Forms
1. abdomin/o
2. adip/o
3. anter/o
4. bol/o
5. cervic/o
6. chondr/o
7. chrom/o
8. coccyg/o
9. crani/o
10.cyt/o
11.dist/o

12.dors/o
13.hist/o
14.ili/o
15.inguin/o
16.kary/o
17.later/o
18.lumb/o
19.medi/o
20.nucle/o
21.pelv/i
22.poster/o

23.proxim/o
24.sacr/o
25.sarc/o
26.spin/o
27.thel/o
28.thorac/o
29.trache/o
30.umbilic/o
31.ventr/o
32.vertebr/o
33.viscer/o

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Prefixes
anacataepihypointermeta-

36.
37.
Suffixes
1. -eal
2. -iac
3. -ior
4. -ism
5. -ose
6. -plasm
7. -somes
8. -type