J - L Flashcards
jaund/o
yellow
jejun/o
jejunum
kal/i
potassium
kary/o
nucleus
kerat/o
cornea, hard thorny tissue
karot ring
kern-
nucleus (collection of nerve cells in brain)
ket/o
ketones, acetones
keton/o
ketones, acetones
kines/o
movement
kinesi/o
movement
-kenesia, -kinesis
movement
kyph/o
humpback
labi/o
lip
lacrim/o
tear, tear duct, lacrimal duct
DNE lamin/o which is “in”
lact/o
milk
lamin/o
lamina (part of the vertebral arch)
lapar/o
abdominal wall, abdomen
-lapse
slide, fall, sag
laryng/o
larynx (voice box)
later/o
side
leiomy/o
smooth (visceral) muscle
lay something smooth
-lemma
sheath, covering
mmat
-lepsy
seizure
lept/o
thin, slender
-leptic
pertaining to seizing, taking hold of
leth/o
death
lex/o
word, phrase
-lexia
word, phrase
lingu/o
tongue
lip/o
fat, lipid
-listhesis
condition of stones
lith/o
stone, calculus
-lithaisis
condition of stones
-lithotomy
incision (for removal) of a stone
lob/o
lobe
log/o
to study
log in some hours
-logy
process of study
lord/o
curve, swayback
-lucent
to shine
lumb/o
lower back, loin
lute/o
yellow
3rd grade flute was yellow
lux/o
slide
Blues Deluxe uses slide guitar
lymph/o
lymph
lymphaden/o
lymph gland (node)
Lymphangi/o
lymph vessel
-lysis
destroy, breakdown, separate, loosen
-lytic
destroying, breakdown, separating, reducing