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Vocab 1 & 2
Chapter One & Two Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Adipose | type of connective tissue |
Anuria | urine suppression |
Auditory | pertaining to hearing |
Cephalic | toward head, above |
Coronal | vertical plane, dividing anterior and posterior |
Crural | pertaining to leg |
Cytoplasm | watery internal environment of a cell |
Dystrophy | loss of tissue |
Electrocardiogram | record of electrical activity of heart |
Epigastric | above stomach |
Gastroenterologist | Doctor specializing in gastrointestinal tract |
Hospice | group of healthcare providers specializing in the dying |
Hypochondriac | pertaining to under cartilage |
Opthalmologist | specializing in the eye |
Orthopedic | specializing in the musculskeletal system |
Peritoneal | pertaining to peritoneum |
Physiatrist | nerve, muscle and bone Doctors that specialize in how you move |
Physiology | the study of how our cells, muscles and organs work together |
Proctologist | specializes in rectum |
Prone | lying horizontal, facing down |
Proximal | closest point to attachment to body |
Pulmonary | pertaining to lung |
Quadripilegia | paralysis of all extremities |
Rhinoplasty | plastic surgery of the nose |
Sagittal Plane | vertical plane, divided into left and right sections |
Supine | lying horizontally, facing upward |
Thoracic | pertaining to the chest |
Transverse | divides into superior (upper) and inferior (lower) sections - horizontal plane |
Vertebra | each of the series of small bones forming the backbone |
Vesceral | pertaining to viscera or internal organs |