Cell Body

1.     Cell membrane

2.     Cytoplasm

3.     Chromosome

4.     Nucleus

5.     Gene

6.     Chromosome

Body Cavities:

1.     Cranial Cavity

2.     Spinal Cavity

3.     Dorsal Cavities

4.     Thoracic Cavity

5.     Abdominal Cavity

6.     Pelvic Cavity

7.     Abdominopelvic Cavity

8.     Ventral Cavities

Organization of the Human Body:

1.     Cell CF: Cyt/o

2.     Tissue CF: Hist/o

3.     Organ CF: Organ/o

System CF: System/o 

Type of Tissue:

1.     Nerve CF: Neur/o

2.     Epithelium CF: Epitheli/o

3.     Connective CF: Sarc/o

Muscle CF: My/o 

Combining Forms:

·       Flesh/Connective Tissue – sarc/o

·       Internal organs – viscer/o

·       Muscle – my/o

·       Smooth – lei/o

·       Smooth muscle – lei/o/my/o

·       Striated – rhabd/o

·       Striated muscle – rhabd/o/my/o

·       Cancer – cancer/o, carcin/o

·       Nucleus – kary/o

Prefix:

·       Through, complete: dia-

·       Above, excessive: hyper-

·       Below, incomplete, deficient: hypo-

·       Painful, abnormal, difficult: dys-

·       After, beyond, change: meta-

Suffixes:

·       Control, stop, and standing: -stasis

·       Substance or agent that produces or causes: -gen

·       Producing (cells, disease): -genic

·       Resembling (fat, cells): -oid

·       Enlargement (organ): -megaly

Colors:

·       CF for color: chrom/o

o   Red: erythr/o

o   Blue: cyan/o

o   White: leuk/o

o   Green: chlor/o

o   Yellow: xanth/o

o   Black: melan/o

·       Pertaining to yellow color: xanthic

·       Abnormal condition of bluish discoloration: cyanosis

Oncology:

·       Tumor composed of fat (benign tumor): lipoma

·       Tumor composed of muscle: myoma

·       Tumor derived from the smooth muscle: leiomyoma

·       Tumor of connective tissue: sarcoma

·       Another term for malignant tumor: carcinoma

·       Beyond control (transfer of cells from one organ to another): Metastasis

·       Cancerous tumor of a glandular tissue: adenocarcinoma

·       Substance that produces cancer: Carcinogen

·       Spread of cancer to more than one organ: metastasis

·       Cancer in the early stage, before invading the surrounding tissue: cancer in situ

·       Tumor is becoming progressively worse and is likely to death: Malignant

Complementary terms:

·       Study of disease: pathology

·       State of complete knowledge: diagnosis

·       Pertaining to a disease of unknown origin: idiopathic

·       Disease or disorder originating in the body: somatopathy

·       Physician who studies and treats malignant tumors: oncologist

·       Excessive cell development: hyperplasia

·       Incomplete development of an organ or tissue: hypoplasia

·       State of being mortal (death): mortality

·       Increase in the severity of a disease or its symptoms:  exacerbation

Word building:

·       Neuroma: tumor composed of nerve (benign)

·       Leiomyoma: tumor composed of smooth muscle (benign)

·       Leiomyosarcoma: malignant tumor of smooth muscle

·       Rhabdomyoma: tumor composed of striated muscle (benign)

·       Rhabdomyosarcoma: malignant tumor of striated muscle

·       Melanocarcinoma: cancerous black tumor (malignant)

·       Adenocarcinoma: cancerous tumor of glandular tissue

Abbreviations:

·       State of complete knowledge: Dx

·       Red blood cell: RBC

·       White blood cell: WBC