Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

CLST 301 > Module 8 > Flashcards

Module 8 Flashcards

1
Q

cavity

A

atri- [from Roman atrium = central house entrance, leading to more private rooms]
sin-, sinu-, sinus- [from Roman sinus = fold]
ventricul- [small cavity]

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

sext-

A

six; sixth

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

candid-

A

white

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

twice [# of births/pregnancies]

A

secund- [conn. vowel “i”]

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

vascul-

A

blood vessel; vessel; duct

[generally for blood, even w/o specific root]

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

plur-

A

many; multiple

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

di-

A

two; double

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

cardi-

A

heart

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

cirrh-

A

yellow

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

secund-

A

second; “twice” with -gravida, -para

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

small artery [adjoining capillaries]

A

arteriol-

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

-haemia

A

condition of the blood [clarified by R/P];
presence of (a substance) in the blood [clarified by R]
presence of blood in (an organ) [clarified by R]

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

melan-

A

black

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

mon-

A

one

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

aur- [adj context]

A

golden

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

arteri-

A

artery [vessel that carries blood away from the heart]

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

duct

A

angi-, vas-, vascul-

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

virid-

A

green

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

ven- [anatomical context]

A

vein [vessel that carries blood to the heart]

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

four

A

quadr-, quart- [conn. vowel “i” for BOTH]

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

scarlet

A

coccin-

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

tert-

A

three; third

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

fifth

A

quint- [conn. vowel “i”]

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

first time [w.r.t. # of births/pregnancies]

A

prim- [conn. vowel “i”, with -gravida or -para]

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Q

red

A

erythr-, rhod-, rub-, rubr-, rube-

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
26
Q

tortuous dilation of a vein

A

varic- [Latin varix = “twisted”, so varicose vein is twisted & dilated]

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
27
Q

ten

A

dec- [conn. vowel “i”]

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
28
Q

viol-

A

violet

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
29
Q

pigment

A

chrom-, chromat-

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
30
Q

purpur-

A

purple

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
31
Q

sphygm-

A

pulse

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
32
Q

erythr-

A

red

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
33
Q

croc-

A

yellow

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
34
Q

plasma

A

plasm-, plasmat-

[from Greek verb “to form” or “to mould” b/c originally though to pervade & adapt to different tissues]

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
35
Q

nona-

A

nine; ninth

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
36
Q

hem-

A

blood [circulatory root] OR half [adj root]

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
37
Q

chamber

A

atri- [from Roman atrium = central house entrance, leading to more private rooms]

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
38
Q

no

A

null- [conn. vowel “i”]

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
39
Q

three

A

tert- [conn. vowel “i”], tri- [no conn. vowel], tripl-

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
40
Q

aneurysm-

A

aneurysm; dilation of the wall of the heart, artery or vein

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
41
Q

quint-

A

five; fifth

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
42
Q

chrom-

A

colourful; tinted [adj]

colour; pigment [noun]

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
43
Q

hex-

A

six

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
44
Q

-aemia

A

condition of the blood [clarified by R/P];
presence of (a substance) in the blood [clarified by R]
presence of blood in (an organ) [clarified by R]

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
45
Q

oct-

A

eight; eighth

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
46
Q

leuk-

A

white

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
47
Q

clot

A

thromb- [Greek thrombos]

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
48
Q

eight

A

oct- [conn. vowel “i”], octa- [no conn. vowel b/c ends in “a”]

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
49
Q

argyr-

A

silver

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
50
Q

smallest blood vessel

A

capillar- [Latin for “little hair”]

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
51
Q

main vessel of arterial system

A

aort-

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
52
Q

many

A

poly- [no conn. vowel], mult- [conn. vowel “i”], plur- [conn. vowel “i”]

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
53
Q

dipl-

A

two; double

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
54
Q

condition of the blood

A

-emia, -hemia, -aemia, -haemia [used ~interchangeably]

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
55
Q

valve

A

valv-, valvul-

[from Latin valvae = pair of folding doors => anything that controls flow between 2 parts of a structure]

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
56
Q

sixth

A

sext- [conn. vowel “i”]

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
57
Q

mult-

A

many; multiple

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
58
Q

arteriole

A

arteriol-

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
59
Q

thrombocyt-

A

thrombocyte; platelet [Greek, literally “cells that form clots”; necessary if bleeding, but dangerous to form large clot if not bleeding]

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
60
Q

second

A

secund- [conn. vowel “i”]

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
61
Q

golden

A

aur-, chrys-

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
62
Q

tenth

A

dec- [conn. vowel “i”]

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
63
Q

venul-

A

venule; a small vein

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
64
Q

mer-

A

part; partial [less precise than hem- or sem-, could be < or > 1/2]

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
65
Q

capillar-

A

capillary; smallest blood vessel [Latin]

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
66
Q

nine

A

non- [conn. vowel “i”], nona- [no conn. vowel b/c ends in “a”]

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
67
Q

five

A

quint- [conn. vowel “i”], pent-, penta- [no conn. vowel b/c ends in “a”]

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
68
Q

dilation of the wall of the heart, artery or vein

A

aneurysm-

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
69
Q

dec-

A

ten; tenth; one-tenth

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
70
Q

chlor-

A

green

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
71
Q

rube-

A

red

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
72
Q

yellow

A

cirrh-, croc-, flav-, lute-, xanth-

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
73
Q

colour

A

chrom-, chromat-

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
74
Q

cyan-

A

blue

75
Q

tri-

A

three

76
Q

blood

A

hemat-, haemat-, hem-, haem-, sanguin-

77
Q

vessel

A

angi-, vas-, vascul-

78
Q

plasmat-

A

plasma

79
Q

quart-

A

four; fourth

80
Q

violet

A

iod-, viol-

81
Q

bi- [adj]

A

two; double

82
Q

anthrac- [adj]

A

black

83
Q

two

A

di-, dipl-, bi-, bin-
[no connecting vowel for di-, bi-, bin-]
[bi- if consonant after, bin- if vowel after]

84
Q

haem-

A

blood

85
Q

angi-

A

blood vessel; vessel; duct

[generally for blood, even w/o specific root]

86
Q

un-

A

one [“once” with -gravida, -para]

87
Q

none

A

null- [conn. vowel “i”]

88
Q

-hemia

A

condition of the blood [clarified by R/P];
presence of (a substance) in the blood [clarified by R]
presence of blood in (an organ) [clarified by R]

89
Q

heart

A

cardi-
[if followed by ‘i’:
SUFFIX: elide 1st ‘i’
TERMINATION: add conn. vowel between]

90
Q

pent-

A

five

91
Q

rhod-

A

red

92
Q

eighth

A

oct- [conn. vowel “i”], octa- [no conn. vowel b/c ends in “a”]

93
Q

hexa-

A

six

94
Q

rhythm-

A

rhythm; heart beat

95
Q

first [numerical]

A

prim- [conn. vowel “i”]

96
Q

leuc-

A

white

97
Q

pulse

A

sphygm-

98
Q

vein

A

phleb-, ven-

99
Q

atria

A

atri- [from Roman atrium = central house entrance, leading to more private rooms]

100
Q

presence of (a substance) in the blood

A

-emia, -hemia, -aemia, -haemia [used ~interchangeably]

101
Q

coccin-

A

scarlet

102
Q

hept-

A

seven; seventh

103
Q

hem- [circulatory system context]

A

blood

104
Q

flav-

A

yellow

105
Q

iod-

A

violet

106
Q

one

A

mon-, un- [conn. vowel “i”]

107
Q

atri-

A

atrium [pl. atria]; chamber; cavity [in the body]

[from Roman atrium = central house entrance, leading to more private rooms]

108
Q

nigr-

A

black

109
Q

purple

A

purpur-

110
Q

thrombocyte

A

thrombocyt-

111
Q

poli- [adj]

A

grey

112
Q

venule

A

venul-

113
Q

aort-

A

aorta; main vessel of arterial system

114
Q

varic-

A

varix [pl. varices]; a tortuous dilation of a vein

115
Q

part

A

mer-

116
Q

seven

A

hept- [conn. vowel “i”], hepta- [no conn. vowel b/c ends in “a”], sept- [conn. vowel “i”]

117
Q

tinted

A

chrom-, chromat-

118
Q

six

A

sext- [conn. vowel “i”], sex-, hex-, hexa- [no conn. vowel b/c ends in “a”]

119
Q

argent- [adj]

A

silver

120
Q

poly-

A

many; multiple

121
Q

ser-

A

serum [Latin]

122
Q

phleb-

A

vein [vessel that carries blood to the heart]

123
Q

tripl-

A

three; triple

124
Q

non-

A

not [PREFIX] OR nine; ninth [ADJ ROOT]

125
Q

blood vessel

A

angi-, vas-, vascul-

126
Q

multiple

A

poly- [no conn. vowel], mult- [conn. vowel “i”], plur- [conn. vowel “i”]

127
Q

third

A

tert- [conn. vowel “i”]

128
Q

rub-

A

red

129
Q

hemat-

A

blood

130
Q

varix [pl. varices]

A

varic- [Latin varix = “twisted”]

131
Q

secund- [with -gravida, -para]

A

twice [# of births/pregnancies]

132
Q

null-

A

none; no

133
Q

presence of blood in (an organ)

A

-emia, -hemia, -aemia, -haemia [used ~interchangeably]

134
Q

non- [root]

A

nine; ninth

135
Q

chrys- [adj]

A

golden

136
Q

artery

A

arteri-

137
Q

valv-

A

valve [Latin]

138
Q

alb-

A

white

139
Q

fourth

A

quart- [conn. vowel “i”]

140
Q

capillary

A

capillar- [Latin for “little hair”]

141
Q

bin-

A

two; double [version of bi- for if followed by vowel]

142
Q

sanguin-

A

blood

143
Q

ninth

A

non- [conn. vowel “i”], nona- [no conn. vowel b/c ends in “a”]

144
Q

aneurysm

A

aneurysm-

145
Q

-emia

A

condition of the blood [clarified by R/P];
presence of (a substance) in the blood [clarified by R]
presence of blood in (an organ) [clarified by R]

146
Q

blue

A

cyan-

147
Q

octa-

A

eight; eighth

148
Q

double

A

di-, dipl-, bi-, bin-
[no connecting vowel for di-, bi-, bin-]
[bi- if consonant after, bin- if vowel after]

149
Q

sex-

A

six

150
Q

vas- [cardiovascular context]

A

blood vessel; vessel; duct

[generally for blood, even w/o specific root]

151
Q

one-tenth

A

dec- [conn. vowel “i”]

152
Q

lute-

A

yellow

153
Q

rhythm

A

rhythm-

154
Q

green

A

chlor-, virid-

155
Q

plasm-

A

plasma [Greek]

156
Q

chromat-

A

colourful; tinted [adj]

colour; pigment [noun]

157
Q

penta-

A

five

158
Q

atrium

A

atri- [from Roman atrium = central house entrance, leading to more private rooms]

159
Q

black

A

anthrac-, melan-, nigr-

160
Q

albid-

A

white

161
Q

valvul-

A

valve [Latin]

162
Q

once [w.r.t. # of pregnancies/births]

A

un- [conn. vowel “i”, with -gravida or -para]

163
Q

hepta-

A

seven; seventh

164
Q

small vein

A

venul-

165
Q

poli-

A

grey; grey matter of the nervous system

166
Q

rubr-

A

red

167
Q

thromb-

A

clot [Greek; necessary if bleeding, but dangerous to form large clots if not bleeding]

168
Q

serum

A

ser- [Latin serum = whey => one of 2 milk products of cheese-making => any yellowish, watery substance in animal tissue, e.g. blood]

169
Q

aorta

A

aort-

170
Q

triple

A

tripl-

171
Q

partial

A

mer-

172
Q

haemat-

A

blood

173
Q

arteriol-

A

arteriole; small artery [adjoining capillaries]

174
Q

white

A

candid-, leuc-, leuk-, alb-, albid-

175
Q

colourful

A

chrom-, chromat-

176
Q

prim-

A

first [“first time” with -gravida or -para]

177
Q

silver

A

argent-, argyr-

178
Q

quadr-

A

four

179
Q

platelet

A

thrombocyt-

180
Q

heart beat

A

rhythm-

181
Q

xanth-

A

yellow

182
Q

sept- [adjectival context]

A

seven; seventh

183
Q

aur- [non-mineral]

A

Golden [adj root]

ear; hearing [senses context]

CLST 301 (11 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions