Medical Terminology and Anatomy Review Flashcards
Blephar/o
eyelid
Bucc/o
cheek
Cholecyst/o
gallbladder
Colp/o
Vagina
Cyst/o
A fluid sac or pouch, urinary bladder
Derm/o
skin
Encephal/o
brain
Enter/o
intestine
Hem/o, Hemat/o
blood
my/o
muscle
Myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
onych/o
nail
Oste/o
bone
Phleb/o
vein
Pulm/o, Pulmon/o
lungs
Synov/i
synovial fluid, joint, or membrane
Ab-
away from
Ad-
toward, near
Ante-
before
Ec-, ecto-
out, outside
End/o
in, within
Mon/o
one
Poly-
many, much
Post-
after, behind
-centesis
puncture, tap
-desis
binding fusion
-ectomy
excision, surgical removal
-graphy
act of recording data
-pexy
surgical fixation
-plasty
plastic repair, plastic surgery, reconstruction
-tripsy
crushing
Plural ending for
“vertebra”
-ae = vertebrae
Plural ending for
“lumen”
-ina = lumina
Plural ending for
“index”
ices = indices
Plural ending for
“prognosis”
-es = prognoses
Plural ending for
“stigma”
-mata = stigmata
Plural ending for
“phalanx”
-nges = phalanges
Plural ending for
“phenomenon”
-a = phenomena
Plural ending for
“serum”
-a = sera
Plural ending for
“thrombus”
-i = thrombi