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Suffixes
-able Able to
-algia Pain
-Cele Tumor
-centesis Surgical puncture
-cide Kill,destroy
-ectasia Dilating, stretching
-ectomy Cutting out
-esis Action
-form Shape
-genesis,genetic Formation
-ism Conditon
-Itis Inflammation
-Ize To treat
-Lith Stone, calculus
-Lithiasis Presence of stones
-megaly Enlargement
-oid Like, resemble
-orrhaphy Surgical repair
-osis Disease, condition
-ostomy To form an opening
/ outlet
-otomy To incise
-Pathy Disease
-pexy Fixation
-phage Ingesting
-phobia Fear
-plasty Plastic surgery
-plegia Paralysis
-rhexis Rupture
-rrhagia Abnormal/excessive
discharge
-rrhea Flow/discharge
-scopy To examine visually
-Stomy Establishment of an
artificial opening
-Tomy Incision into
-uria Urine
-zyme Enzyme, ferment
Developmental anatomy:
Levels of Structural Organization
o Studies the structural changes that o The human body exhibits many
occur between conception and levels of structural complexity.
adulthood.
o Subspecialties:
Atoms:
o Embryology o Tiny building blocks of matter
o Cytology o Water, sugar, proteins.
o Histology
Cells:
Gross Anatomy:
o Smallest units of living things.
o Studies of structures that can be o Some have common structures and
examined without the aid of functions.
microscope. o Individual cells vary widely in size,
shape and their particular roles in
o System:
body.
o A group of structures that
Example:
have one or more common o One-celled organism(amoebas)
functions (Cardiovascular, o Multicellular organism(dogs,human)
nervous, respiratory and
etc.). Tissues:
o Systemic anatomy o Tissues consist of groups of similar
o Body is studied system by system cells that have a common function.
o Regional Anatomy:
o Studied the body area by
area Examples:
Epithelium tissue:
o Covering, lining, and glandular
Surface anatomy: tissue.
Nervous tissue:
o Composed of irritable cells called
neurons, which are highly specialized
to receive and transmit nerve
impulses, and supporting cells called
neuroglia.
o Neurons are important in control of
body processes.
o Located in nervous system
structures—brain, spinal cord, and
nerves. o External covering of the body or the
skin including hair and fingernails.
Tissue repair (wound healing): o Waterproofs the body and cushions
o May involve regeneration, fibrosis, or and protects the deeper tissues from
both. injury.
In regeneration, the injured tissue is o Via direct sunlight:
replaced by the same type of cells. o produced of vit. D
o In fibrosis, the wound is repaired with
scar tissue.
o Function:
Consists: o Contract/shorten
o Bone o When this happens, movement
o Cartilages o occurs.
o Joints o The mobility of the body as a whole
o It supports the body and provides a reflects the activity of skeletal
framework that the skeletal muscles muscles, the large, fleshy muscles
use to cause movement. attached to bones.
o Protective function o When these contracts, you are able
o Sites (the blood cells formed) to stand erect, walk, jump, grasp,
o Storage (minerals) throw a ball, or smile.
The skeletal muscles form the
Nervous System:
Endocrine System
Cardiovascular System
Urinary System
Reproductive System
o The role of the reproductive system is
to produce offspring.
Section (Cut)
Sagittal Section
Abdominopelvic Cavity
Enclosed by abdominal muscles:
Abdominal cavity
o Stomach
o Intestines
o Liver
o Spleen Pericardial Cavity
o Heart
Pelvic cavity:
o Below pelvis. Parietal pericardium
o Urinary bladder o Parietal serous membrane.
o Urethra
o Rectum (Large intestine) Visceral pericardium.
o Reproductive organs o Visceral serous membrane.
o Pleural Cavities
Serous membranes:
Pericarditis
o An inflammation of the pericardium.
Pleurisy:
o An inflammation of the pleura.
Peritonitis
o An inflammation of the peritoneum.
Parietal peritoneum.
o Serous membrane in the peritoneal
cavity.