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Use the Key Word Parts and Terms listed below to help form your knowledge base for medical terminology. This list will prepare you for course assignments.
PREFIX
SUFFIX
COMBINING FORMS a-,ana-,an- -ac aden/o- an-, ana-
-al
adip/o abd- -ar abdomin/o, lapar/o adip- ( see also combining form lipid/o and lip/o)
-eal
anter/o anter- -ic caud/o caud-
-ior
cephal/o cephal -crine chir/o cyt-
-ectomy
chrondr/i dem- -itis chrondr/o dors-
-malacia
coron/o dys- -ologist cyt/o endo-
-ology
end/o epi- -oma ex/o eti-
-osis
hist/o ex- -pathy home/o dys-
-plasm
idi/o mal- -plasia inguin/o ne/o
-sclerosis
lapar/o gastr- -stasis , -static lipid/o, lip/o, hyper- -trophy- mes/o, mes- hist- my/o hypo- neur/o Ili-

nucle/o lumb- pariet/o mal- path/o mes- poster/o pan- prot/o pelv- thorac/o path- umbilic/o periton- viscer/o poster- retro- trans- ventr-

QUADRANT DIVISIONS OF ABDOMEN

RUQ
RIGHT UPPER QUADRANT OF ABDOMEN

LUQ
LEFT UPPER QUADRANT OF ABDOMEN
RLQ
RIGHT LOWER QUADRANT OF ABDOMEN

LLQ
LEFT LOWER QUADRANT OF ABDOMEN

NINE REGIONS OF THORAX AND ABDOMEN
RIGHT HYPOCHONDRIAC

EPIGASTRIC
LEFT HYPCHONDRIAC

RIGHT LUMBAR
UMBILICAL

LEFT LUMBAR
RIGHT ILIAC(INGUINAL)

HYPOGASTRIC
LEFT ILIAC (INGUINAL)

DISEASE /CONDITION TERMS
Genetic heredity
Cystic fibrosis
Down syndrome
Trisomy 21
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Hemophilia
Sickle cell anemia
Muscular dystrophy
Congenital disorder
Congenital anomaly
TERMS
Laparoscopy
Peritoneum
Membrane

Parietal peritoneum
Visceral peritoneum
Retroperitoneum
Peritonitis
Cytology
Histology
Protoplasm
Cell membrane
Cytoplasm
Nucleus
Epithelium
endothelium
Connective tissue aplasia A-, ana-
Blood Borne Pathogen hypoplasia hyperplasia hypertrophy neoplasm benign malignant exocrine endocrine pancreas adenosis adenitis adenomalacia adenosclerosis adenoma
adenectomy