Chapter 17-19 Flashcards
Chapter 17:
aque/o
water
blephar/o
eyelid (see palpebr/o)
conjunctiv/o
conjunctiva
cor/o
pupil
corne/o
cornea
cycl/o
ciliary body or muscle of the eye
dacry/o
tears, tear duct
ir/o, irid/o
iris
kerat/o
cornea
lacrim/o
tears
ocul/o
eye
opthalm/o
eye
opt/o, optic/o
eye, vision
palpebr/o
eyelid
papill/o
optic disc
phac/o, phak/o
lens of the eye
pupill/o
pupil
retin/o
retina
scler/o
sclera (white if the eye)
uve/o
uvea; vascular layer of the eye (iris, ciliary body, and choroid)
vitre/o
glassy
ambyl/o
dull, dim
dipl/o
double
glauc/o
gray
mi/o
smaller, less
mydr/o
widen, enlarge
nyct/o
night
phot/o
light
presby/o
old age
scot/o
darkness
xer/o
dry
-opia
vision
-opsia
vision
-tropia
to turn
acous/o
hearing
audi/o
hearing; the sense of hearing
audit/o
hearing
aur/o, auricul/o
ear
cochle/o
cochlea
mastoid/o
mastoid process
myring/o
eardrum, tympanic membrane
ossicul/o
ossicle
ot/o
ear
salping/o
eustachian tube, auditory tube
staped/o
stapes
tympan/o
eardrum; tympanic membrane
vestibul/o
vestibule
-acusis or -cusis
hearing
-meter
instrument to measure
-otia
ear condition
aden/o
gland
adrenal/o
adrenal gland
gonad/o
sex glands (ovaries and testes)
parathyroid/o
parathyroid gland
pancreat/o
pancreas
pituitar/o
pituitary gland; hypophysis
thyr/o, thyroid/o
thyroid gland
andr/o
male
calc/o, calci/o
calcium
cortic/o
cortex, outer region
crin/o
secrete
dips/o
thirst
estr/o
female
gluc/o
sugar
glyc/o
sugar
home/o
sameness
hormon/o
hormone
kal/i
potassium
lact/o
milk
myx/o
mucus
natr/o
sodium
phys/o
growing
somat/o
body
ster/o
solid structure
toc/o
childbirth
toxic/o
poison
ur/o
urine
-agon
assemble, gather together
-emia
blood condition
-in, -ine
substance
-tropin
stimulating the function of
-uria
urine condition
eu-
good, normal
hyper-
excessive, below; under; less than
oxy-
rapid, sharp, acid
pan-
all
poly-
many or increased
tetra-
four
tri-
three
alveol/o
small sac
cac/o
bad
carcin/o
cancer, cancerous
cauter/o
burn, heat
chem/o
chemical, drug
cry/o
cold
cyst/o
sac of fluid
fibr/o
fibers
follicul/o
small glandular sacs
fung/i
fungus, mushroom
medull/o
soft, inner part
mucos/o
mucous membrane
mut/a
genetic change
mutagen/o
causing genetic change
necr/o
death
neur/o
nerve
onc/o
tumor
papill/o
nipple-like
plas/o
formation
ple/o
many, more
polyp/o
polyp
prot/o
first
radi/o
rays
sarc/o
flesh, connective tissue
scirrh/o
hard
xer/o
dry
-blastoma
immature tumor
-genesis
formation
-oma
mass, tumor
-plasia
formation, growth
-plasm
formation, growth
-suppression
to stop
-therapy
treatment
ana-
backward
apo-
off, away
brachy-
short (distance)
epi-
above
meta-
beyond, change
neo-
new
tele-
far