Ch 2: Body Parts Flashcards

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1
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abdomin/o-

celio, laparo, ventro

A

belly

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2
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aden/o-

A

gland

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3
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andr/o-

gynec/o-

A

man

woman

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4
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angi/o-

vaso-

A

vessel

lymph, blood

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5
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append/o-

A

apppendage

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6
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arteri/o-

A

artery

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7
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arthr/o-

A

joint

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8
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bronch/o

A

trachea-like (rough)

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9
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cardi/o-

A

heart

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10
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cephal/o-

A

head

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11
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cerebr/o-

A

brain

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12
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cheil/o-

labi/o

A

lip

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13
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cholecys/o-

A

gallbladder

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14
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choledoch/o

A

common bile duct

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15
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chondr/o-

A

cartilage

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16
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col/o

A

big intestine

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17
Q

cost/o, pleur/o-

A

rib

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18
Q

crani/o-

A

skull

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19
Q

cyst/o-, vesico-

A

bladder

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20
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dent/o-, dont/o-

A

tooth

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21
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derm/o-. cuti-

A

skin

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22
Q

duoden/o-

A

twelve (fingers)

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23
Q

en/cephal/o-

A

in head (brain)

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24
Q

eso/phag/o-

A

toward eater (mouth)

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25
Q

gastr/o-

A

stomach

26
Q

gloss/o-, linguo-

A

tongue

27
Q

hepato-, hepa-

A

liver

28
Q

hyster/o-, metr/o-, uter/o-

A

uterus

29
Q

ile/o-

A

twisted (3rd part of small intestine)

30
Q

irid/o-, iro-

A

rainbow (eye)

31
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kerat/o-

A

cornea (eye)

horny (substance)

32
Q

lamin/o-

A

thin flat part (vertebra)

33
Q

lob/o-

A

lobe (lung)

34
Q

mast/o-, mamm/o

A

breast

35
Q

my/o-, myos-

A

muscle

36
Q

myel/o-

A

bone marrow, spinal cord

37
Q

myring/o-, tympan/o-

A

eardrum

38
Q

neuro-

A

nerve

39
Q

nephr/o-, ren/o-

A

kidney

40
Q

oophor/o-

A

ovary

41
Q

ophthalm/o-, ocul/o-

A

eye

42
Q

orchid/o-, testo-

A

testicle

43
Q

oste/o-

A

bone

44
Q

ot/o-, aur/i-

A

ear

45
Q

pan/creat/o-

A

all/ fleshy

46
Q

pharyng/o-

A

throat

47
Q

phleb/o, ven/o-

A

vein

48
Q

pneum/o-, pulmon/o-

A

lungs

49
Q

proct/o-

A

rectum, anus

50
Q

prostat/o-

A

lying before (male gland)

51
Q

pyel/o-

A

pelvis (kidney pelvis)

52
Q

rect/o-

A

straight (rectum)

53
Q

rhin/o-, nas/o-

A

nose

54
Q

sacr/o-

A

sacrum

55
Q

salping/o-, doch/o-, duct/o-

A

tube (Fallopian & Eustachian)

56
Q

splen/o-, leino-

A

spleen

57
Q

spondyl/o-

A

vertebra (joined)

58
Q

steth/o-, pect/o-, thoraco-

A

chest

59
Q

stomat/o-, or/o-, os-

A

mouth

60
Q

ten/o-, tend/o-, tendin/o-

A

strecher (tendon)

61
Q

thyr/o-

A

shield-like (shape)

62
Q

trache/o-, trach/y-

A

rough (windpipe)