Module 11 - Bodily Fluids

Question 1

pyel-

Answer 1

renal pelvis; urine reservoir in kidney [which passes urine to ureter]

Question 2

cyst-

vesic-

Answer 2

sac; cyst; bladder

Question 3

nephr-

ren-

Answer 3

kidney

Question 4

ur-

urin-

Answer 4

urine; urinary tract; urination

Question 5

ureter-

Answer 5

ureter; tube carrying urine from kidney to bladder

Question 6

urethr-

Answer 6

urethra; tube carrying urine from bladder to outside the

body

Question 7

uric-

Answer 7

uric acid

Question 8

aden-

Answer 8

gland; lymph node

Question 9

adren-

Answer 9

adrenal gland

Question 10

hormon-

Answer 10

hormone

Question 11

amygdal-*

tonsill-

Answer 11

tonsil

[See Mod. 12, amygdal-]

Question 12

lymph-

Answer 12

lymph

Question 13

lymphatic-

Answer 13

lymphatic system; lymphatic duct

Question 14

por-

Answer 14

pore; passage

Question 15

splen-

lien-

Answer 15

spleen

Question 16

adip-
lip-
steat-

Answer 16

fat

Question 17

seb-

Answer 17

sebum; fatty secretion [of the sebaceous gland]

Question 18

crin-

Answer 18

secretion

Question 19

eme-

Answer 19

vomit

Question 20

hidr-

Answer 20

sweat; sweat gland

Question 21

hist-

Answer 21

tissue [of an animal or plant]

Question 22

py-

Answer 22

pus

Question 23

tox- 
toxic-
toxin- 
ven-*
venen-
venom-

Answer 23

poison [See Mod. 8, ven-]

Question 24

zym-

Answer 24

enzyme; fermentation

Question 25

aeti-

eti-

Answer 25

cause

Question 26

antr-

Answer 26

antrum; cavity

Question 27

bar-

bary-

Answer 27

weight; pressure

Question 28

carcin-

Answer 28

cancer; cancerous [adjective]

Question 29

chron-

Answer 29

time

Question 30

drom-

Answer 30

a running; flow

Question 31

dynam-

Answer 31

power

Question 32

helc-

Answer 32

ulceration

Question 33

aux-

Answer 33

increase

Question 34

hypn-

somn-

Answer 34

sleep

Question 35

icter-

Answer 35

jaundice

Question 36

sept-*

saept-

Answer 36

septum [a wall that divides two cavities] [See Mod. 8, sept-]

Question 37

all-

Answer 37

other; another; divergent; alternating

Question 38

anis-

Answer 38

unequal

Question 39

atel-

Answer 39

incomplete

Question 40

atret-

Answer 40

without an opening (to an organ/structure)

Question 41

brachy-

Answer 41

short [no connecting vowel follows]

Question 42

brady-

Answer 42

slow [no connecting vowel follows]

Question 43

idi-

Answer 43

individual; distinct; distinctive; unknown

Question 44

is-

equ-

Answer 44

equal

[equ- is followed by connecting vowel i]

Question 45

lept-

Answer 45

thin

Question 46

macr-

Answer 46

large; long

Question 47

megal-

Answer 47

large

Question 48

mes-

Answer 48

middle

Question 49

micr-

Answer 49

small

Question 50

olig-

Answer 50

few; small; scanty

Question 51

orth-

Answer 51

straight; normal; correct

Question 52

oxy-*

Answer 52

acute; swift; sharp; sour [no connecting vowel follows]

[See Mod. 6, oxy-]

Question 53

pachy-

Answer 53

thick [no connecting vowel follows]

Question 54

pale-

Answer 54

old; ancient

Question 55

poikil-

Answer 55

mottled; varied; irregular

Question 56

prosth-

prosthet-

Answer 56

artificial

Question 57

prot-

Answer 57

earliest; first

Question 58

pseud-

Answer 58

false; imaginary

Question 59

schist-

schiz-

Answer 59

split

Question 60

scirrh-

Answer 60

hard [adjective]; hard, cancerous tumour [noun]

Question 61

scoli-

Answer 61

crooked; laterally curved

Question 62

sten-

Answer 62

narrow; constricted

Question 63

tach-

tachy-

Answer 63

rapid [no connecting vowel follows tachy-]

Question 64

xen-

Answer 64

strange; foreign [adjectives]; foreigner [noun]

Question 65

xer- sicc-

Answer 65

dry

Question 66

-agogue

Answer 66

agent used to induce (an action); agent used to induce the flow (of a substance, or from an organ or tissue); agent used to induce the expulsion (of a foreign body)

Question 67

anti- … -agogue

Answer 67

agent used to suppress (an action); agent used to suppress the flow (of a substance, or from an organ or tissue); agent used to suppress the explusion (of a foreign body)

Question 68

• auxe
• auxis
• auxesis

Answer 68

enlargement

Question 69

-crine

Answer 69

secretion

Question 70

-elcosis

Answer 70

ulceration (of an organ or structure)

Question 71

-emesis

Answer 71

the vomiting (of a substance)

Question 72

-emetic

Answer 72

causing vomiting (of a substance)

Question 73

-emphraxis

Answer 73

obstruction; blockage

Question 74

-lepsy

Answer 74

seizure

Question 75

• phyma

- phymata [pl.]

Answer 75

a swelling

Question 76

-pore

Answer 76

pore; passage

Question 77

-toxin

Answer 77

substance poisonous to (an organ or tissue);

poisonous substance present in (a plant or life form)

Question 78

anti- … -toxin

Answer 78

agent used to counteract a substance poisonous to (an organ or tissue); agent used to counteract a poisonous substance present in (a plant or life form)

Question 79

-uria

Answer 79

urination; presence of (a substance) in the urine; (abnormal) condition of the urine

Question 80

a- … -uria

Answer 80

absence of (a substance) in the urine

Question 81

note: additional notes at the front of the module have not been included yet

Answer 81

why are you reading this there’s nothing to memorize!

Question 82

hygr-

Answer 82

moisture