Chapters 1-5 Flashcards
base
middle
meaning, makes sense on own
essential
often more than one
suffix
end
adds to meaning, does not make sense on own
essential
sometimes more than 1
prefix
beginning
adds to meaning, no sense on own
not essential
rarely more than 1
combining vowels
a, e, i, o, u, y
adds no meaning, just makes it easier to pronounce
ambi-, ambo-
both
apo-
away from
contra-
opposite, against
ecto-
outside, outer
endo-
inside, inner
inter-
between
intra-
within
meso-
middle
sub-
below, underneath
super-
upper, above, beyond
trans-
across, through
-ad
toward
-an
pertaining to
-al
pertaining to
-ary
pertaining to
-ial
pertaining to
-ic
pertaining to
-ion
action, condition, act of
-ior
pertaining to
-ous
pertaining to, like, full of, having
-tic
pertaining to
-verse
to turn, to travel, turned
vent
front, abdomen, belly
dors
back
anter
front, before
poster
back, behind
front
front, forehead
later (as in lateral)
side
medi
middle, midline
mes
middle, midline
centr
center, mid-point
dextr
right, right-handed
sinistr
left, left-handed
laev, lev
left, left-handed
super
above, in the top part of
infer
below, in the bottom part of
cephal
head
caud
tail, tail bone, coccyx
proxim
near to, near a point of attachment, near the beginning of a structure
dist
away from, away from a point of attachment, away from the beginning of a structure
intern
inside
extern
outside
faci, fici
face, surface
pariet
wall (of a body cavity)
ax
axis, central line
vers, vert
travel, turn
coron
crown, like a crown
sagitt
arrow
morph
form, shape
derm, dermat
skin, layer
som, somat
body
corp, corpor, corpus
body
a-
without, non, non-
anti-
against, opposite
circum-
around
de-
down, downward, away from, from, without, out of
dys-
bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
en-
in, inward
epi-
upon, on the surface
eu-
good, well, normal
hyper-
over, above, more than normal
peri-
around, near
-al, -eal, -ial
pertaining to
-alis
pertaining to
-aris
pertaining to
-ar
pertaining to, having the character of
-ate
pertaining to, having, having the shape of, to(…)
-etic
pertaining to
-ety
condition, state, quality
-ia
condition of, quality of, state of, act of
-ile
pertaining to, able to
-ity
condition, state, quality
-ive
pertaining to, tending to
-oid
resembling, shaped, like, shaped like
-orium
place for
-osis
process of, condition of, abnormal condition of
-sia
process of, condition of, act of
-sis
process of, condition of, act of
-ure
result of, act of
-y
condition of, quality of, state of, act of
crani
cranium, skull (does not include jawbone)
tempor
temple, time
occipit
occiput (back of head)
sphen
wedge
pter, pteryg
wind
ethm
sieve
zygomat
yoke
squam
scale-like bone, scale-like cell, squama
lambd
lambda (sort of looks like n)
sigm
sigma (like s)
cav
hollow space
cerebr
cerebrum (largest part of brain)
cerebell
cerebellum
encephal
brain
lob
lobe
fiss
split, splitting
thalam
chamber, thalamus
mening
membrane, meninges
arachn
spider, spider’s web
limb
border, edge
gyr
circle, coil
sulc
groove, furrow
cingul
girdle, belt, structure that surrounds
amygdal
almond
pituit
mucus, phlegm, discharge
ment
mind, or reason, or chin
psych
mind
thym
emotion, mind
phren
mind or diaphragm
schis, schist, schiz
split, division
san, sanit
healthy, sound
man
frenzy, or hand, or thin, or loose
