Element S Flashcards
1
Q
sacr/o
A
sacrum
2
Q
salping/o
A
tube (usually the fallopian or eustachian (auditory) tube)
3
Q
-salpinx
A
tube (usually the fallopian or eustachian *auditory) tube)
4
Q
sarc/o
A
flesh (connective tissue)
5
Q
-sarcoma
A
malignant tumor of connective tissue
6
Q
scapul/o
A
scapula (shoulder blade)
7
Q
-schisis
A
a splitting
8
Q
schiz/o
A
split
9
Q
scler/o
A
hardening; sclera (white of the eye)
10
Q
scoli/o
A
crooked, bent
11
Q
-scope
A
instrument for examining
12
Q
scop/o
A
to view
13
Q
-scopy
A
visual examination
14
Q
scot/o
A
darkness
15
Q
seb/o
A
sebum, sebaceous
16
Q
semi-
A
one-half
17
Q
semin/o
semin/i
A
semen; seed
18
Q
sept/o
A
septum
19
Q
sequestr/o
A
separation
20
Q
ser/o
A
serum
21
Q
sial/o
A
saliva, salivary gland
22
Q
sider/o
A
iron
23
Q
sigmoid/o
A
sigmoid colon
24
Q
silic/o
A
flint
25
sin/o
| sinus/o
sinus, cavity
26
-sis
state of; condition
27
-social
society
28
somat/o
body
29
somn/o
sleep
30
son/o
sound
31
-spadias
slit, fissure
32
-spasm
involuntary contraction, twitching
33
sperm/i
sperm/o
spermat/o
spermatozoa, sperm cells
34
sphygm/o
| -sphyxia
pulse
35
spin/o
spine
36
spir/o
breathe
37
splen/o
spleen
38
spondyl/o
vertebrae (backbone)
39
squam/o
scale
40
staped/o
stapes (middle ear bone)
41
-stasis
standing still
42
steat/o
fat
43
sten/o
| -stenosis
narrowing, stricture
44
stern/o
sternum (breastbone)
45
steth/o
chest
46
sthen/o
strength
47
stigmat/o
point, mark
48
stomat/o
mouth
49
-stomy
forming an opening (mouth)
50
sub-
under, below
51
sudor/o
sweat
52
super-
| super/o
upper, above
53
supra-
above; excessive; superior
54
sym-
| syn-
union, together, joined
55
synapt/o
synapsis, point of contact
56
synov/o
synovial membrane, synovial fluid
