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Chap 1&2 Spelling
Term | Definition |
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Adipose | type of connective tissue provides protective padding |
Anuria | Suppression of urine formed by kidney |
Auditory | Pertaining to hearing |
Cephalic | Directional term meaning towards the head or above |
Coronal | Divides body into front and back portions |
Crural | Pertaining to the leg |
Cytoplasm | Watery internal environment of a cell |
Dystrophy | Abnormal development |
Electrocardiogram | Recording electrical activity of the heart |
Epigastric | Pertaining to above the stomach |
Gastroenterologist | Physician specializing in the stomach and small intestine |
Hospice | Provides supportive treatment for terminally ill and family |
Hypochondriac | Pertaining to under the cartilage |
Ophthalmologist | Physician specializing in treating conditions and diseases of the eye |
Orthopedic | Pertaining to the diagnosis and treatment musculoskeletal system |
Peritoneal | Pertaining to the peritoneum (stomach lining incasing abdominopelvic organs |
Physiology | the branch of biology dealing with the functions and activities of living organisms and their parts |
Physiatrist | A physician who specializes in physical medicine |
Proctologist | Physician specializing in the rectum |
Prone | laying horizontally facing downwards |
Proximal | directional term meaning closest to the body |
Pulmonary | Pertaining to the lungs |
Quadriplegia | paralysis of all 4 extremities |
Rhinoplasty | Surgical repair of the nose |
Sagittal | Vertical plane that divides the body into left and right portions |
Supine | laying down horizontally facing upwards |
Thoracic | Pertaining to the chest |
Transverse | Horizontal cut |
Vertebra | Pertaining to the vertebrae |
Visceral | Pertaining to the viscera |