Chapter 5 & 6 Flashcards
cut/o, cutane/o
loan word: cutis, cutes
skin
derm/o, dermat/o, -derm
loan word: dermis, dermes
skin
adip/o
loan word: adeps
fat
lip/o
fat
stear/o, steat/o
sebum, fat
seb/o
loan word: sebum, seba
sebum
ecchym/o
loan word: ecchymosis, ecchymoses
bruise
verruca
wart
furuncle
boil
urticaria, urtica
hives
nervus
mole
erythema nodosum
red skin, knots
pallid
grey
induration
into, hard
keratoderma
horn/hardlike, skin
cornu cutaneum
horn, on the skin
sud/o, sudor/o
loan word: sudor
sweat
lepid/o
scaly
lepidic
adeno carcin oma
gland, cancer, tumors
rhytid/o
loan word: rhytide
wrinkle
dr curtis is scheduled for a rhytidectomy
puriti/o
severe itch
puritis vaginalis
prefixes associated with skin grafts
autograft (self), isograft (equal, sibling), homo* (same), allo* (different), xeno** (foreign, animal), hetero** (two, different)
sud/o, sudor/o
loan word: sudor
sweat
hidr/o
sweat
hyperHIDRosis
onych/o
loan word: onyx
fingernail, toenail, claws, talon, hoof
ungu/o
loan word: ungis, ungues
fingernail, toenail, claws, talon, hoof
follicul/o
loan word: folliculus, folliciuli
little bag, follicle
trich/o, -thrix
loan word: thrix
hair
trichotillomania
pil/o
loan word: pilus, pili
hair
corne/o, corn/o
loan word: cornu, cornua
horn, horn-like, hard, cornea
cornucopia
kerat/o, cerat/o
horn, horn-like, hard, cornea
papill/o
loan word: papilla, papillae
nipple, nipple-like structure
thel/o, -thele
nipple, nipple-like structure
epiTHELium
strat/o
stratum, strata
layer
histi/o, hist/o
tissue
hisiocyte
cre/o, creat/o
flesh, muscle
creatine
carn/o
flesh
sarc/o
flesh, muscle
sarcolemma
pell/o
skin
cori/o
skin, dermis
-graft
tissue transplant
-plasty
surgical reconstruction
rhinoplasty
cosm/o, cosmet/o
universe, world, beautification, cosmetic
cosmos, cosmetics
xen/o
foreign
xenophobia
is/o
equal
isometric
hom/o, home/o
same
aut/o
self, same
autobiography
heter/o
different, other
all/o
other, different, abnormal
allograft
rug/o
ruga, rugae
crease, fold
gastric rugae
pur/o, purul/o
pus, consisting of pus
purulence
py/o
pus
pyogenic
tum/o
tumor
tumor, swelling
onc/o
oncus
tumor
oncology
cancr/o
cancrum, cancra
ulcer (type of rapidly spreading)
carcin/o
cancer, crab, crab-like
carcinoma
fung/o
fungus, fungi
fungus
myc/o, mycet/o
fungus, mold
necr/o
dead, dead tissue
pedicul/o
pediculus
louse, lice
lup/o
lupus
wolf, lupus
herpet/o
herpes
reptile, herpes
exanthem/o
exanthema, exanthem
rash
purit/o
severe itchs
scabi/o
scabies
psor/o, psorias/o
psoriasis
itch, psoriasis
sicc/o
dry, siccus
xer/o
dry
lepr/o
lepra
leprosy
squam/o, squamat/o
squama,squamae
scale, scaly
lepid/o
scaly
ichthy/o
fish, fish-like
crypt/o
hidden, covered, secret
tel/o
end, complete, purpose
tele-
distant
petechi/o
petechia
petechia, red spots
ecchym/o
ecchymosis, ecchymoses
broad bruising, ecchymosis
purpur/o
purpura, purpurae
purple, purpura
bull/o
bulla, bullae
large blister
vesicu/o
vesica, vesicae
bladder, vesicle
vesicul/o
vasicula, vesiculae
small blister
cyst/o
cyst
sac, bladder, cyst
urtic/o
wheal, hive
comed/o
comedo, comedones
pimple, blackhead, whiteheadp
papul/o
papule (small raised bump)
pustul/o
pustula, pustulae
pustule
nod/o, nodul/o
knot-like, node, nodule
nodulus
little knot
cicatric/o
cicatrix, cicatrices
scar
nev/o
nevus, nevi
mole
macul/o
macula, maculae
spot, macule
ulcer/o
ulcer
helc/o
ulcer
melan/o
black, dark
nigr/o
black, dark
leuc/o, leuk/o
white
alb/o, albin/o
white
pallid/o
pallid
pale, globus, pallidus
erythr/o
red
erythem/o
erythema, redness of skin
rubr/o
red
xanth/o
yellow
flav/o
yellow
oste/o
osteon
bone
oss/o, osse/o
os, ossa
bone
jug/o, junctur/o
junctura, juncturae
joint, a joining
articul/o
articulatio, articulationes
joint, to join, to speak clearly
arthr/o
joint
ligat/o, ligament/o
ligamentum, ligamenta
to bind, tie, ligament
desm/o
ligament, band, bond
cartilag/o
cartilago, cartilagines
cartilage
chondr/o
cartilage
menisc/o
meniscus, menisci
meniscus, crescent (cartilage in knee joint)
synovi/o, synov/o
synovia, synoviae
synovial fluid (fluid in joint space)
capsul/o, caps/o
capsula, capsulae
capsule
burs/o
bursa, bursae
bursa (fluid sack about body), bag, pouch
fasci/o
fascia, fasciae
fascia, band (broad band of connective tissue enveloping muscle)
muscul/o
musculus, musculi
muscle, mouse
my/o, myos/o, mys/o
muscle, mouse
tendin/o
tendo, tendines
tendon
ten/o, tenont/o
tendon
myel/o
bone marrow, spinal cord
medull/o
medulla, medullae
bone marrow, innermost part of an organ
spin/o
spina, spinae
spine, thorn, vertebral column
rach/o
rachis
vertebral column, spinal cord
physi/o, -physis
nature, natural function
growth, growth plate
phyt/o, -phyte
plant
phytochrome
-phyma
a growth, tumor
capit/o
caput, capita
head, head of a long bone
coll/o
collum, colla
neck, neck of a long bone
corpor/o
corpus, corpora
body
foramin/o
foramen, foramina
hole or passageway in a bone (foramen)
lamin/o
lamina, laminae
plate (lamina)
condyl/o
condyle, condylus, condyli
rounded protuberance at the ends of bones, condyle
styl/o, -style
column shaped bone, pillar
styloid
tuber/o
tuber, tubera
an elevated process of bone, tubercle, nodule, swelling
tubercul/o
tuberculum, tuberula
small eminence on long bone (tubercle), a nodule, small swelling
crist/o
crista, cristae
crest, ridge
foss/o
fossa, fossae
a shallow depression, something dug, ditch
sulc/o
sulcus, sulci
a groove, furrow
incisur/o
incisura, incisurae
notch, indentation, incision
spondyl/o
vertebra
cost/o
costa, costae
rib
xiph/o
xiphoid process, sword-like
om/o
shoulder
cleid/o
clavicle, collar bone
dactyl/o
finger
gony/o
knee
cnem/o
leg
perone/o
fibula bone
astragal/o
astragalus
talus bone
tal/o
talus bone, ankle
ptern/o
heel
scaph/o
scaphoid, shaped like the hull of a boat
my/o, myos/o, mys/o
muscle, mouse
rhabd/o
striated, rod, rod-like
lei/o
smooth
sarc/o
flesh, muscle
mer/o, -mer, -mere
part, partial
lemm/o, -lemma
membrane, husk, sheath-like structure
fibr/o, fibrill/o
fibrilla, fibrillae
fiber, fibril (muscle fiber)
fascicul/o
fasciculus, fasciculi
a small bundle of rod-like structures, fascicle
ten/o, tenont/o
tendon
ton/o
tension, tone
capit/o, cipit/o, -ciput, -ceps
caput, capita
head, origin of a muscle
ventr/o
venter, ventres
belly (of a muscle), cavity, abdomen
duc/o, duct/o
to lead, convey
abduct/o
abductor, abductores
to lead or convey away (from midline)
adduct/o
adductor, aductores
to lead or convey toward (midline)
rot/o, rotat/o
rotator, rotatores
to turn around
flex/o, -flex
flexor, flexores
to bend, flex
sphincter/o
sphincter, sphincteres
to bind/constrict, ringlike muscle of an orifice (sphincter)
pon/o, pos/o, posit/o
to place, put
rect/o
straight, correct
malac/o, -malacia
soft, softening
orth/o
straight, correct, normal, upright
ped/o, -pedia
child, education in -
frang/o, fract/o
break, broken
-rhexis
rupture
lux/o
dislocated
por/o
passage, pore
-penia
decrease, deficiency
crepit/o
creak, crackle
-agra
gout, attack (of severe pain)
rheum/o, rheumato/o
rheum, rheuma
flow, discharge, rheumatoid, arthritis
ankyl/o
stiff, fused, crooked
squestr/o
sequestrum, sequestra
fragment of bone/tissue
talip/o
talipes
deformity of foot and ankle
plan/o
planus, planum
flat
cav/o
cavus, cavum
hollow
valg/o
valgus, valgum
bent outward
var/o
varus, vara, varum
bent inward
kyph/o
bent forward (convex posteriorly)
lord/o
bent backward (convex anteriorly)
lev/o
left
dextr/o
right
scoli/o
bent sideways, crooked
tors/o, tort/o
twist, turn
-olisthesis
slipping
bifid/o
split in two
schiz/o, -schisis
a splitting, a cleft
tract/o
to draw, pull
campt/o, campyl/o, -campsia, -campsis
bent, curved
