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Appendix B1 Flashcards

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aden/o

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gland

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adip/o

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fat

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adren/o

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adrenal glands

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angi/o

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vessel (blood, lymph)

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arteri/o

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artery

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arthr/o

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joints

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blephar/o

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eyelid

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bronchi/o

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bronchus(air passage)

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calc/o

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calcium

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carcin/o

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cancer

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cardi/o

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heart

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cephal/o

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head

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cerebr/o

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cerebrum/brain

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chol/e

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bile/gall

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cholecyst/o

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galbladder

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choledoch/o

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bile duct

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chondr/o

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rib/cartilage

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col/o

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colon (large intestine)

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cost/o

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ribs

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crani/o

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cranium, skull

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cutane/o

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skin

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cyan/o

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blue

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cyst/o

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bladder

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dent/o

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teeth

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dermat/o

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skin

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dipl/o

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double

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electr/o

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electric

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encephal/o

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brain

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enter/o

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intestine (small intestine)

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erythr/o

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red

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esophag/o

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esophagus (food to tummy)

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femor/o

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femur

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gastr/o

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stomach

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gingiv/o

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gums

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gluc/o

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sugar/glucose

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glyc/o

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sugar/glucose

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gynec/o

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female

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hemangi/o

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blood vessel

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hemat/o

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blood

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hepat/o

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liver

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hydr/o

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water

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hyster/o

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uterus (womb)

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irid/o

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iris

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lapar/o

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abdomen

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laryng/o

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larynx (voice box)

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leuk/o

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white

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lingu/o

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toungue

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lip/o

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fat

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lith/o

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stone/calculus

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lumb/o

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lower back

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lymphangi/o

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lymph vessel (carry fluids)

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lymph/o

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lymph (fluid in vessels)

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mamm/o

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mast/o

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megal/o

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enlargement (get it mega)

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melan/o

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mening/o

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meninges (membrane of brain)

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men/o

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menstruation/menses

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muc/o

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myel/o

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spinal cord/bone marrow

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my/o

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myring/o

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tympanic membrane (aka eardrum)

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nas/o

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necr/o

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nephr/o

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nuer/o

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noct/o

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odont/o

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oophor/o

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ovary (reproductive organ releasing hormones/eggs)

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opthalm/o

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orchi/o

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testis (balls: semen/testosterone)

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os/o

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oste/o

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ot/o

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pancreat/o

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pancreas (hormones/insulin)

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pelv/i/o

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pelvis (bone of hips)

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pharyng/o

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pharynx (throat)

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phleb/o

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pluer/o

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pleura (serous membrane, external lungs)

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pnuem/o

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proct/o

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anus/rectum (tube where shit comes)

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pyel/o

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renal penis (relating to kidney [filter waste, excess water in blood])

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radi/o

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xray, radiation

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ren/o

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retin/o

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retina (innermost layer of eye [converts light])

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rhin/o

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salping/o

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fallopian tube (passage for egg and sperm to meet)

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scler/o

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hardening, sclera (white of eye)

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sigmoid/o

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sigmoid colon (between abdomen/anus [holds shit] )

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spermat/o

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spin/o

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spondyl/o

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vertebrae (backbone)

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stern/o

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sternum (breastbone)

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stomat/o

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tend/o

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therm/o

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thorac/o

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thromb/o

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blood clot

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thyr/o

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thyroid gland

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toxic

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tox/o

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trache/o

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trachea (windpipe [air passage])

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tympan/o

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tympanic membrane (eardrum)

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ureter/o

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ureter (tubes propelling urine)

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urethr/o

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urethra (urine leaves here [semen aswell])

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ur/o

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uter/o

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uterus (womb)

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vagin/o

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vascul/o

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blood vessel

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vas/o

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vas deferens (tube carrying sperm from epididymis to urethra) /vessel

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ven/o

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ventricul/o

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ventricle (pump/produce fluid [of brain and heart])

113
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vesic/o

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bladder (vesical holding urine)

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vertebr/o

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vertebrae (backbone)

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root

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contain the basic meaning of the word - ex. - ‘cardi’ means heart

116
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combining vowel

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added in between the root and the suffix to make the word easier to pronounce. usually “o” but also can be “a” or “i”

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dyser

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erythema

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vaso

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Dys

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myo

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tachy

A

fast/rapid

NUR 158 (6 decks)

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