Chapter 2 Divide and define Flashcards
practice grouping prefixes, roots, and suffixes
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abdominal
abdomin/al
abdominal region is below the chest
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adipose
adip/ose
full of fat
the suffix -ose means pertaining to or full of.
lip/o = fat (lipids are fats)
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chromosomes
chrom/o/somes
nuclear structures that absorb the color of dyes used to stain the cell.
The suffix -somes means bodies.
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coccygeal
coccyg/eal
pertaining to the tailbone or coccyx
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craniotomy
crani/o/tomy
process of cutting the skull
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cytoplasm
cyt/o/plasm
The suffix -plasm means formation
give the cell shape
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anterior
anter/ior
pertaining to the front
the suffix -oir means pertaining to.
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cervical
cervic/al
1. pertainig to the neck of the body and
2. pertaining to the lower portion or neck of the uterus (cervix)
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chondroma
chondr/oma
cartilage (type of connective tissue) a benign tumor
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chondrosarcoma
chondr/o/sarc/oma
a malignant tumor.
The root sarc indicates the mailignant tumor arises from a type of flesh or connective tissue.
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distal
dist/al
pertaining to distance and being far away
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dorsal
dors/al
pertaining to the back portion of the body
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histology
hist/o/logy
process of study of tissue
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Iliac
ili/ac
pertaining to the upper part of the hip bone.
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inguinal
inguin/al
pertaining to the groin
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karyotype
kary/o/type
picture of the chromosomes in the nucleus
The suffix -type means classification or picture
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lateral
later/al
pertaining to the side
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lumbosacral
lumb/o/sacr/al
pertaining to the lower back and the sacrum.
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medial
med/ial
pertainig to the middle
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nucleic
nucle/ic
pertaining to the nucleus
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pelvic
pelv/ic
pertaining to the pelvis
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pharyngeal
pharyng/eal
pertainig to the pharynx (throat)
(common passageway for food from the mouth and air from the nose)
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posterior
poster/ior
pertaining to the back or behind
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proximal
proxim/al
pertaining to the nearest
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sacral
sacr/al
pertaining to the sacrum
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sarcoma
sarc/oma
malignent tumor of flesh or connective tissue
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spinal
spin/al
pertaining to the spine or backbone
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epithelial cell
epi/theli/al cell
skin cells outside the body and lining cavities and organs
originally identified in the skin of the nipples
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thoracic
thorac/ic
pertaining to the chest
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thoracotomy
thorac/o/tomy
process of cutting the chest
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tracheal
trache/al
pertaining to the trachea or windpipe
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umbilical
umbilic/al
pertaining to the navel, or umbilicus
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ventral
ventr/al
pertaining to the belly side of the body
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vertebral
vertebr/al
pertaining to the vertebra(e) or backbone(s)
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visceral
viscer/al
pertaining to the internal organs
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anabolism
ana/bol/ism?
cellular process proteins are built up from simpler substances call amino acids.
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catabolism
cata/bol/ism
comples nutrients are broken down into simpler substanes and energy is released
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epinephrine
epi/nephr/ine
the suffix -ine means a substance. Epinephrine is a hormone secreted by the adrenal glands, located above (epi-) the kidneys. It is the same thing as adrenaline in an EpiPen
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hypochondriac region
hypo/chondr/iac
pertaining to below the cartalige region
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intervertebral
inter/vertebr/al
pertaining to between the vertebra(e)
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intravenous
intra/veno/us?
pertaining to within the veins.
abbreviation for intravenous is IV.
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metabolism
meta/bol/ism
process of …to cast (bol/o) a change (meta-) meaning the chemical changes (processes) that occur in a cell
