HIMAA component parts - part 3 Flashcards
1
Q
-some
A
body
2
Q
somn/i
A
sleep
3
Q
-somnia
A
sleep
4
Q
son/o
A
sound
5
Q
-spadia
A
to tear, cut
6
Q
-spasm
A
sudden, involuntary contraction of muscles
7
Q
sperm/o
A
seed, sperm, spermatozoa
8
Q
spermat/o
A
seed, sperm, spermatozoa
9
Q
-spermia
A
condition of possessing or producing seed
10
Q
sphen/o
A
wedge, sphenoid bone
11
Q
spher/o
A
sphere, globe, round
12
Q
sphygm/o
A
pulse
13
Q
spin/o
A
spine, backbone
14
Q
spir/o
A
to breathe
15
Q
splen/o
A
spleen
16
Q
spondyl/o
A
vertebra (plural vertebrae)
17
Q
squam/o
A
scale-like
18
Q
staped/o
A
stapes, stirrup, third bone of the middle ear, ossicle
19
Q
-stalsis
A
contraction
20
Q
staphyl/o
A
cluster, “bunch of grapes”
21
Q
-stasis
A
stop, control
22
Q
-static
A
pertaining to stopping, controlling
23
Q
-staxis
A
dripping (of blood)
24
Q
steat/o
A
fat
25
sten/o
narrow, constricted
26
-stenosis
narrowing, stricture
27
ster/o
solid structure
28
ster/o
steroid
29
stere/o
solid
30
stere/o
three-dimensional
31
stern/o
sternum, breastbone
32
steth/o
chest
33
sthen/o
strength, power
34
-sthenia
strength
35
-stitial
to set, standing or positioned
36
stomat/o
mouth
37
-stomy
formation of a mouth or artificial opening, creation of an
38
opening
between two structures
39
strab/o
squinting
40
strept/o
twisted chains
41
styl/o
pole, stake
42
sub-
under, below
43
submaxill/o
mandible, lower jaw bone
44
sud/o
sweat
45
sudor/o
sweat
46
super-
above, excessive
47
super/o
above, toward the head
48
-suppression
to stop
49
supra-
above, upper
50
-surgery
surgery, operative procedure
51
sym-
together, with
52
syn-
together, with
53
syncop/o
to cut off, cut short
54
synovi/o
synovium (plural - synovia), synovial membrane, sheath
55
around
a tendon
56
system/o
system
57
syring/o
tube
58
tach/o
fast, rapid
59
tachy-
fast, rapid
60
tact-
touch
61
tal/o
talus (plural - tali), ankle, the second largest tarsal bone
62
tars/o
tarsus (plural - tarsi), tarsal bones, ankle bone
63
tax/o
order, coordination
64
-taxia
order, coordination
65
tel/o
complete
66
tele-
far, distant
67
tel/o
far, distant
68
ten/o
tendon
69
tend/o
tendon
70
tendin/o
tendon
71
-tension
pressure
72
ter-
three
73
terat/o
monster
74
terti-
third
75
test/i
testis, testicle
76
test/o
testis, testicle
77
testicul/o
testis, testicle
78
tetan/o
tetanus, extreme tension
79
tetra-
four
80
thalam/o
thalamus
81
thalass/o
sea
82
thec/o
sheath (in this case, of the meninges)
83
thec/o
sheath (of brain and spinal cord)
84
thel/o
nipple
85
therapeut/o
treatment
86
-therapy
treatment
87
therm/o
heat
88
-thermy
heat
89
thorac/o
chest, thorax
90
-thorax
chest, pleural cavity
91
thromb/o
clot
92
thym/o
thymus gland
93
-thymia
mind, emotion (condition)
94
-thymic
pertaining to the mind, emotion
95
thyr/o
thyroid gland
96
thyroid/o
thyroid gland
97
tibi/o
tibia, larger of the two lower leg bones
98
-tic
pertaining to, drug action
99
toc/o
labour (labor), delivery
100
-tocia
condition of labour (labor), delivery
101
-tocin
a substance of labour (labor), delivery
102
tom/o
to cut
103
-tome
instrument to cut
104
-tomy
incision into, cut in to
105
ton/o
tension, tone
106
tone/o
to stretch
107
-tonia
muscle tension
108
tonsill/o
tonsils
109
-tony
muscle tension
110
top/o
place, position, location
111
tox/o
poison, toxin
112
toxic/o
poison, toxin
113
trache/o
trachea
114
trachel/o
neck, neck-like structure
115
trans-
across, through
116
-tresia
opening, perforation
117
tri-
three
118
trich/i
hair, hair-like structure
119
trich/o
hair, hair-like structure
120
trigon/o
trigone (area at the base of the urinary bladder)
121
-tripsy
surgical crushing
122
troph/o
nourishment, development
123
-trophy
nourishment, development
124
-tropia
to turn
125
-tropic
stimulating the function of, turning toward, affinity to
126
-tropin
stimulating the function of, to turn or act upon
127
tympan/o
eardrum, tympanic membrane
128
-type
classification, picture
129
-ula
little, small
130
-ule
little, small
131
uln/o
ulna, lower arm bone, medial
132
ultra-
beyond, excess
133
-ulum
little, small
134
-ulus
little, small
135
-um
structure, tissue
136
umbilic/o
umbilicus, navel
137
un-
not, opposite of
138
ungu/o
nail
139
uni-
one
140
ur/o
urine, urinary tract
141
uran/o
palate
142
-urea
urea
143
-uresis
urination, “to make water”
144
ureter/o
ureter
145
urethr/o
urethra
146
-uria
condition of urine, urination
147
uric/o
uric acid
148
urin/o
urine
149
-us
structure
150
uter/o
uterus
151
uve/o
uvea, vascular layer of the eye, including the iris, ciliary
152
body
and choroid
153
uvul/o
uvula
154
vag/o
vagus nerve (10th cranial nerve)
155
vagin/o
vagina
156
valv/o
valve
157
valvul/o
valve
158
varic/o
varicose, varicosity
159
vas/o
vas deferens
160
vas/o
vessel
161
vascul/o
vessel
162
ven/i
vein
163
ven/o
vein
164
vener/o
sexual intercourse
165
ventr/o
front, belly side of the body
166
ventricul/o
ventricle, lower heart chamber
167
venul/o
venule, a little vein, taking blood from capillaries to veins
168
verm/i
worms
169
-version
to turn
170
vertebr/o
vertebra (plural vertebrae), backbone
171
vesic/o
urinary bladder
172
vesic/o
blister, vesicle
173
vesicul/o
seminal vesicle
174
vestibul/o
vestibule
175
vir/o
virus
176
viril/o
masculine
177
visc/o
sticky
178
viscer/o
viscera, organs of the body
179
vit/o
life
180
vitre/o
glassy
181
viv/i
life, living
182
vulv/o
vulva
183
xanth/o
yellow
184
xen/o
stranger
185
xer/o
dry
186
xiph/i
xiphoid process (part of the sternum), sword
187
xiph/o
xiphoid process (part of the sternum), sword
188
-y
process
189
zo/o
animal life
190
zyg/o
union, joined
191
zygomat/o
zygomatic arch, cheekbone
