AAPC CPC Study Guide Chapter 2 Med Term and Anatomy(solved)

Blephar/o Eyelid Bucc/o Cheek 00:04 00:53 Cholecyst/o Gallbladder Colp/o Vagina Cyst/o A fluid sac or pouch, urinary bladder Derm/o Skin Encephal/o Brain Enter/o Intestines Hem/o, Hemat/o Blood My/o Muscle Myel/o Spinal cord, bone marrow Onych/o Nail Oste/o Bone Phleb/o Vein Pulm/o Lungs Synov/i Synovial fluid, joint, or membrane Ab- Away from Ad- Toward, near Ante- Before Ec-, Ecto- In, within Mon/o One Poly- Many, much Post- After, behind -centesis Puncture -desis Binding, fusion -ectomy Excision, surgical removal -graphy Act of recording data -pexy Surgical fixation -plasty Plastic repair, plastic surgery, reconstruction -tripsy Crushing Anterior (ventral) Toward the front of the body Posterior (dorsal) Toward the back of the body Medial Toward the midline of the body Lateral Toward the side of the body Proximal Nearer to the point of attachment or to a given reference point Distal Farther point of attachment or from a given reference point Superior (cranial) Above; toward the head Inferior (caudal) Below; toward the lower end of the spine Superficial (external) Closer to the surface of the body Deep ( internal) Closer to the center of the body Sagittal Cut through the midline of the body from front to back dividing the body into right and left sections Frontal (coronal) Cuts at a right angle to the midline, from side to side dividing the body into front (anterior) and back (posterior) sections. Transverse ( horizontal) Cuts horizontally through the body separating the body into upper (superior) and lower (inferior) sections Organs of cranial cavity The space inside this skull or cranium containing the brain Spinal (vertebral) cavity Space inside the spinal column containing the spinal cord Thoracic, or chest cavity The space containing the heart, lungs, esophagus, trachea, bronchi and thymus Abdominal cavity The space containing the lowest