Exam 4 Units 13-15 Flashcards
pneumon/o
lung
-ectasis, -ectasia
dilation, expansion
melan/o
black
myc/o
fungus
ser/o
serum, serosa (the tissue that secretes serum)
pulmon/o
lung
embol
thrombus (clot) that is moving
pne/o
breathing
orth/o
straight, correct
hem/o
blood
pty
sputum
ptyal/o
saliva
nas/o
nasal cavity
ment/o
chin (mentum)
epi-
upon, over
pharyng/o
pharynx (back of throat)
laryng/o
larynx (vocal cords)
trache/o
trachea (windpipe)
bronch/o
bronchus
pleur/o
pleura
phren/o
diaphragm
-plegia
paralysis
diaphragm/o
diaphragm
dextr/o
right
sinistr/o
left
ad-, -ad
towards
pod/o
foot
ped/i
foot
-iatrist, iatric
medical professionals or physicians
chir/o
hands
ger/i
old age
pneum/o
air
lev/o
left
epistaxis
nosebleed
-staxis
ooze, drip
atel
incomplete
skelet/o
“dried up”
skeleton
carp/o
wrist
meta-
beyond
tars/o
ankle bones
malleolus, malleoli
bony process on the outer distal end of tibia
phalang/o
fingers
acromi/o
scapula projection
humer/o
bone of upper arm, humerus
radi/o
radius
uln/o
ulna
condyl/o
rounded process on many bones
femor/o
femur (thigh bone)
tibi/o
tibia (shin bone)
fibul/o
fibula (thin, long bone lateral to tibia)
calcane/o
heel bone
ili/o
ilium (pelvic bone, hip)
ischi/o
ischium (lower pelvic bone)
pub/o
pubis
stern/o
sternum
cost/o
ribs
xiph/o
projection at inferior end of sternum
rach/i, rachi/o
spine
spindly/o
vertebrae
cervic/o
cervical vertebrae
sacr/o
sacrum
thorac/o
thoracic vertebrae
coccyg/o
coccygeal
brachi/o
arm
lamin/o
thin flat sheet, plate, or membrane
noct/i
night
nyct/o
night
ambul/o
walk
somn/o
sleep
ankyl/o
immovable, fixed
-ia
condition
-stasis
stopping, controlling
schizo-
split
schisto-
cleft
-schisis
fissure
onych/o
nails
ophthalm/o
eye
opt/o
vision
-opia
vision condition
diplo
double
ambi-
both, both sides
-opter
visible
-tropia, trop/o
turning abnormally
exo-
outwards
eso-
toward
hypo-
downward
hyper-
upward
belphar/o
eyelid
edema
swelling due to fluid retention
conjunctiv/o
membrane that lines eyelids
corne/o
cornea
phac/o
crystalline lens of the eye
-cele
herniation, disloaction
scler/o
sclera (hardening)
ir/o, irid/o
iris
retin/o
retina
cor/e, core/o
pupil
karat/o
cornea
cycl/o
ciliary body
lacrim/o
tears
dacry/o
excessive lacrimation
onych/o
nails
crypt/o
hidden
trich/o
hair
phag/o, -phagia
swallow
cyt/o, -cyte
cell
endo-
within
thyroid/o, thyr/o
thyroid gland
thym/o
thymus gland
adren/o
adrenal gland
pancreat/o
pancreas
oophor/o
ovary
test/o, orchid/o, orchi/o
testes
-emia
condition of the blood
hemat/o, hem/o
blood
traumat/o
wound or injury