MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY SEMESTER EXAM REVIEW Flashcards
angi/o
vessel
aort/o
aorta
ather/o
fatty (lipid) paste
brady-
slow
cardi/o
heart
coron/o
coronary
-emia
blood, blood condition
erythr/o
red
hem/o, hemat/o
blood
leuk/o
white
phleb/o
vein
tachy-
rapid
thromb/o
clot
my/o
muscle
pector/o, steth/o
chest
sphygm/o
pulse
blast/o
immature, embryonic
carcin/o
cancerous
cervic/o
neck
-cide
causing death
-genesis
creation, reproduction
immun/o
immune, protection, safe
-lytic
to reduce, destroy
neo-
new, strange
-oma
tumor
onc/o
tumor
phag/o
eat, swallow
-plasm
formative material of cells
sarc/o
flesh, connective tissue
-tic
pertaining to
atel/o
incomplete
bronch/i, bronchi/o, bronch/o
bronchial tube
cyan/o
blue
-ectasis
enlargement
laryng/o
larynx
ox/i, oxo/o, ox/y
oxygen
phon/o
voice or sound
pleur/o
side of the body
-pnea
breathing
pneum/o, pneumon/o
lung, air
pulm/o, pulmon/o
lungs
thorac/o
chest
or/o
relating to the mouth, begins preparation of food for digestion
pharyng/o
pharynx, transports food from the mouth to the esophagus
esophag/o
esophagus, transports food from the pharynx to the stomach
gastr/o
stomach, breaks down food and mixes it with digestive juices
enter/o
small intestine, completes digestion and absorption of most nutrients
col/o
large intestine, absorbs excess water and prepares solid waste for elimination
an/o, proct/o, rect/o
rectum and anus, controls the excretion of solid waste
hepat/o
liver, secretes bile and enzymes to aid in the digestion of fats
cholecyst/o
gallbladder, stores bile and releases it to the small intestine as needed
