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Sports Med Quiz #1
Term | Definition |
---|---|
Prefix | Root at the beginning |
Root | Gives meaning to word |
Suffix | End of word |
Cardi | heart |
Hemat | blood |
Neuro | refer to brain |
Gastr | stomach |
logy | study of |
IC | pertaining to |
sub | below |
A/An | without |
Algia | pain |
Anti | prevent/oppose |
Ater | artery |
Arthro | joints of body |
Auto | self |
Axill | armpit |
audi | hearing or sound |
Brachi | arm |
bronchi | bronchus |
bi | two |
Burs | bursae |
Carp | carpal bones |
cephalic, cephalo | head |
chondro | cartilage |
contra | against |
costo | rib |
constrict | narrowing |
cidal | killing |
dent | teeth |
derma | skin |
dors | back or behind |
dys | difficult |
epi | above |
ectomy | removal of |
ex | outer |
faci | face |
fossa | hollow area |
gastr | stomach |
gram | recording |
graph | recording process |
Hemo/Hemat | blood |
hemi | half |
hetero | different |
histo | tissue |
hydro | water |
hyper | extreme |
hypo | below or under |
Distal | further from trunk |
proximal | closer to trunk |
lateral | away from midline |
medial | closer to midline |
anterior | front side (aka ventral) |
posterior | back side (aka dorsal) |
superior | closer to head (aka cranial) |
inferior | further from head (aka caudal) |
superficial | closer to surface |
deep | further from surface |
plantar | bottom of foot |
dorsal | above foot |
Infra | beneath/below |
inter | between |
intra | within |
ipsi | same |
ism | disorder |
iso | same |
itis | inflammation |
kinesio | movement |
lipo | fat |
logy | study of |
lysis | destruction |
metry | measure |
micro | small |
mono | one |
muscule | muscle |
myo | muscle |
naso | nose |
necro | death |
neo | new |
nerv | nerves |
neur | nervous system |
transverse/horizontal | plane disects horizontally (ex. woodchop) |
front/coronal | plane disects vertically (cuts body into left and right, ex lateral raises) |
sagittal/medial | plane disects middle of body (ex. squats) |