Lab #1
 

Vocabulary

Define/be able to use:

Directional Terminology (See Textbook page 16, or Lab page 4)

  superior
  inferior
  anterior
  posterior
  medial
  lateral
  intermediate
  dorsal
  ventral
  proximal
  distal
  superficial
  deep

Body Planes (See Textbook page 17, or Lab page 5)

  sagittal (or parasagittal)
  midsagittal (or median)
  frontal (or coronal)
  transverse (or cross section)

Regional Terms (Surface Areas)  (See Textbook, page 14 figure 1.7 or Lab page 3)

  Omit: coxal, hallux, pollex,
    antecubital, acromial, sural, crural, & otic

Anatomic position

  (See Lab page 2)

Abdominopelvic Quadrants

  (See Lab Manual page 6 or text page 23)

Body Cavities

  (See Lab Manual page 6) Omit: pelvic vs abdomimal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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ROOT WORDS

Define or be able to use the following:

Rootword Definition Example
a-, an-  without, not, lack of anaerobic, asymmetrical
ab- away from, from, apart abnormal, abduct
ad- toward, to, near to  adrenal, adduct
ante-  preceding, before, forward antecubital
anti- against, opposed to antibiotic
circum-, circ- around, about circumcision
co-, con- with,together congenital
contra-  counter, against contraceptive
de-  reverse, away from, loss  deactivate
di-  double, two disaccharide
dia- between, through  diaphragm
ec-, ecto-, ex- outside, away from excrete, ectoderm
end-, em-, en- inside, within inside, within
epi- over, above, on  epidermal
ecto-, exo-  outside, outer layer exocrine
extra-  beyond, outside, additionally extracellular
hemi- half  hemisphere
hetero- different  heterozygous
homeo-, homo-  same, unchanging, steady  homeostasis
hyper-  beyond, excessive  hyperglycemic
hypo-  under, below, deficient hypodermic
in-, im- not, negation  impermeable
inter- among, between  intercostal
intra-  within, inside intravenous
infra-, infer- below   infraorbital
iso- equal  isometric
macro- large, great macrophage
mal- bad, abnormal  malnutrition
medi-, meso-  middle median
meta- after, beyond, changed  metacarpal
mega- great, large megacolon
micro- small microorganism
mono-  one  monocot
mill(i)- one-thousandth  milligram
oligo- small, few, little  oliguria
omni- all  omnipotent
 para-  near, beside, apart from paracentric
peri-  around pericardial
poly-  many, much polycthemia
pre-, pro-  before, in front of prenatal
philic, philo- have an affinity for, like hydrophilic
phobic-  fear  hydrophobic
post- after, behind postpartum
pseudo- false  pseudopodia
quatr-,quadro- four  quadriceps
retro- backward, back  retroperitoneal
re-  again, contrary, back recurrent
semi- half semilunar
sub- beneath subdural
super- over, excessive superficial
supra-  above supraorbital
sym-, syn- together, with, joined synthesis
trans- across, through transfusion
tri- three triceps
ultra- beyond, excess  ultrastructure
Rootword Definition Example