combining forms
prefixes
Regions of the abdomen
peritoneum
Hodge Podge
100
abdomen
What is lapar/o?
100
above
What is epi-?
100
the region that surrounds the navel
What is the umbilical region?
100
located behind the peritoneum of the abdominal cavity
What is the retroperitoneal?
100
the structure that surrounds and protects the cell
What is the cell membrane?
200
tissue
What is hist/o?
200
without
What is -a?
200
located on the sides over the hipbones
What are the iliac regions?
200
the outer layer of the membrane that lines the abdominal cavity
What is the parietal peritoneum?
200
functional units of heredity
What are genes?
300
behind
What is retr/o?
300
endo-
What is the prefix that means within?
300
located on the sides around from the lower back that has the inward curve of the spine
What are the lumbar regions?
300
the layer of the peritoneum that suspends parts of the intestine within the abdominal cavity
What is the mesentery?
300
a gland such as a sweat gland that secrete chemicals into ducts that lead either out of the body or to other organs
What is an exocrine gland?
400
colon
What is col/o?
400
exo-
What is the prefix that means out of?
400
located on the upper sides and covered by the lower ribs
What are the hypochondriac regions?
400
inflammation of the peritoneum
What is peritonitis?
400
the study of the causes of diseases
What is etiology?
500
disease, suffering, and emotion
What is path/o?
500
cause
What is eti-?
500
located in the upper center above the stomach
What is the epigastric region?
500
the inner layer of the peritoneum that surrounds the organs in the abdominal cavity
What is the visceral peritoneum?
500
an infection acquired in a hospital setting that was not present on admission but appears 72 hours or more after hospitalization
What is a nosocomial infection?
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