Nervous/sensory/reproductive Flashcards
1
Q
ENCEPHAL-
A
HEN/SIEVE FALL
BRAIN IN SIEVE
BRAIN
2
Q
THALAM-
A
TALL LAMB
WINNER CHAMBER OF COMMERECE
INNER CHAMBER
3
Q
plexus-
A
plexiglass
braid
4
Q
dendr-
A
den door
tree with branches
tree, branching
5
Q
dura-
A
door
hardhats
hard
6
Q
ependym-
A
a pendulum
wrapped
wrapping
7
Q
gangli-
A
gang
swelling
8
Q
rachi-
A
rake
made of spinal column
spinal column
9
Q
neuro-
A
Nero (roman emperor)
nervous
nerve
10
Q
lact-
A
lacquer
turns to milk
milk
11
Q
orchi-
A
orchid
tests
testis
12
Q
colp-
A
coal
Virginia Ham
vagina
13
Q
oophor-
A
over eggs
over pan
ovary
14
Q
part-
A
part in hair
laborador
labor
15
Q
gravid-
A
gravy
pregnant women
pregnant
16
Q
gyn-
A
guide
female on arm
female
17
Q
mamm-
A
mammal
breast
breast
18
Q
metr-
A
meter
U-turn
uterus
19
Q
thel-
A
telephone
pacifier nipple
nipple
20
Q
salpingo-
A
salad/bingo
inner tube
tube
21
Q
umbillic-
A
umbrella
naval officer
navel
22
Q
ovario-
A
ovary
23
Q
utero-
A
uterus
24
Q
lacrim-
A
lake rim
tear
25
audi-
audience
hearing aids
hearing
26
aur-
arm
ear
27
myring-
my ring
drum
eardrum
28
blephar/o
bleh, fur
furry eyelid
eyelid
29
conjunctiv/o
conjunctiva
30
cor/o or core/o
pupil
31
corne/o
cornea
32
dacry/o
tear or tear duct
33
ir/o or irid/o
iris
34
ocul/o
eye
35
opthalm/o
eye
36
opt/o
vision
37
retin/o
retina
38
scler/o
sclera
39
-opia
vision as related to a specific condition
40
cochle/o
cochlea
41
labyrinth/o
labyrinth or inner ear
42
staped/o
stapes or middle ear
43
ton/o
pressure or sometimes means tension
44
tympan/o
tympanic membrane (eardrum)
45
arche/o
first or beginning
46
carvic/o
cervix
47
endometri/o
endometrium (inner lining of uterus)
48
episi/o or vulv/o
vulva (external female genitalia)
49
gynec/o
woman
50
hyster/o
uterus
51
mast/o
breast
52
men/o
menstruation
53
hymen/o
hymen
54
salpinx
uterine or fallopian tube
55
andr/o
male
56
balan/o
glans penis
57
gonad/o
gonad
58
pen/o. pen/i, phall/o
penis
59
preputi/o or prosth/o
foreskin
60
prostat/o
prostate gland
61
scrot/o
scrotum
62
semin/i
semen
63
sperm/o or spermat/o
sperm
64
vas/o
vas deferens (in other systems this may be vessel or duct)
65
vesicul/o
seminal vesicle
66
zo/o
alive, viable, life
67
crypt
hidden
68
perine/o
perineum (area between the scrotum and the anus)
69
trans-
through, across, or beyond
70
pertaining to
-al, -ar, -atic, -ferous, -ic, -ile, -ous
71
-cision
process of cutting
72
-clesis
surgical closure
73
-genesis
production
74
-graphy
process of recording (radiographic image)
75
-ism
state of or condition of
76
-lysis
destruction of
77
-plasia
development or growth
78
-rrhagia
excessive bleeding
79
