Chapters 2 & 3 (Becky's work) Flashcards
1
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abdomin/o
A
abdomen
2
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amni/o
A
amnion (sac of fluid surrounding embryo)
3
Q
angi/o
A
vessel
4
Q
anter/o
A
front
5
Q
arteri/o
A
artery
6
Q
ather/o
A
plaque (yellow fatty material)
7
Q
axill/o
A
armpit (underarm)
8
Q
bronch/o
A
bronchial tubes
9
Q
bronchi/o
A
bronchial tube
10
Q
cervic/o
A
neck of the body or neck (cervix) of the uterus
11
Q
chem/o
A
drug, also chemical
12
Q
cholecyst/o
A
gallbladder
13
Q
chondr/o
A
cartilage
14
Q
chron/o
A
time
15
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coccyg/o
A
coccyx, tailbone
16
Q
col/o
A
colon
17
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crani/o
A
skull
18
Q
cry/o
A
cold
19
Q
epitheli/o
A
skin, surface tissue
20
Q
esophag/o
A
esophagus
21
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hem/o
A
blood
22
Q
hemat/o
A
blood
23
Q
hepat/o
A
liver
24
Q
hyster/o
A
uterus
25
inguin/o
groin
26
isch/o
to hold back
27
lapar/o
abdomen
28
laryng/o
larynx (voice box)
29
later/o
side
30
lumb/o
loin (waist)
31
lymph/o
lymph
32
mamm/o
breast
33
mast/o
breast
34
mediastin/o
space between the lungs
35
men/o
menses (menstruation); month
36
mening/o
meninges (membrane around brain)
37
my/o
muscle
38
myel/o
spinal cord (can also mean bone marrow)
39
necr/o
death (of cells)
40
oophor/o
ovary
41
ot/o
ear
42
pelv/o
pelvis (bones of the hip)
43
peritone/o
peritoneum (membrane surrounding the abdominal organs)
44
phleb/o
vein
45
pneumon/o
lung
46
pharyng/o
throat
47
pleur/o
pleura (double membrane surrounding the lungs)
48
poster/o
back, behind
49
pulmon/o
lung
50
radi/o
x-rays
51
sacr/o
sacrum (five fused bones in the lower back)
52
salping/o
fallopian (uterine) tube
53
septic/o
pertaining to infection
54
spin/o
spine, backbone
55
thrac/o
chest
56
trache/o
trachea (windpipe)
57
ur/o
urine or urea: urinary tract
58
vascul/o
blood vessel
59
vertebr/o
vertebra (backbone)
60
-ior
(S) pertaining to
61
-eal
(S) pertaining to
62
-ar
(S) pertaining to
63
Epi-
(P) upon
64
-megaly
(S) enlargement
65
fibr/o
fibrous tissue
66
lip/o
fat
67
leiomy/o
visceral or "smooth" muscle
68
rhabdomy/o
skeletal muscle
