Ch 12 - Female Reproductive Roots, Prefixes, Suffixes Flashcards
cervic/o
cervix
colp/o
vagina
cry/o
cold
cyst/o
sac
epis/o
vulva
fibr/o
fibrous tissue
gyn/o; gynec/o
woman
hyster/o
uterus
lapar/o
abdominal wall
mamm/o; mast/o
breast
men/o
menses; menstruation
metr/o; metr/i
uterus
oophor/o
ovary
ov/o
ovum; egg
ovari/o
ovary
salping/o
fallopian tubes; oviducts
uter/o
uterus
vagin/o
vagina
vulv/o
vulva
ante-
before; forward
endo-
within
retro-
behind; backward; upward
-arche
beginning; onset
-cele
hernia; protrusion
-version
to turn
amni/o; amnion/o
amnion
chori/o
chorion
embry/o
embryo
fet/o; fet/i
fetus
gravid/o
pregnancy
lact/o
milk
nat/o
birth
par/o; part/o
bear; give birth to; labor; childbirth
pelv/i
pelvis
perine/o
perineum
puerper/o
childbirth; puerperium
micro-
small
poly-
many
nulli-
none
post-
after
primi-
first; one
-centesis
surgical puncture
-metry
to measure
-(o)tomy
incision into
-(r)rhexis
rupture
-tocia
labor; birth