TEKS Review Flashcards
adduction vs abduction
movement of a limb toward the midline of the body vs away
aden/o
gland
anatomical position
standing erect, palms facing forward, feet pointing forward (gives us standard point of reference)
angi/o
blood vessel, lymph vessel
anterior
front, on the front, forward part of an organ or in front of; opposite posterior
anti-
against
arthr/o
joint
bi-
twice, double, two
bone fracture
broken bone, described by complexity, diagnosed by radiograph, callus forms when healing
cardi/o
heart
chondr/o
cartilage
cranial cavity
surrounds and protects the brain
-cyte
cell
dys-
difficult, painful, bad
-ectomy
surgical removal
endo-
within, inside
erythr/o
red
frontal plane
coronal- anterior (front) and posterior (back) portions: at 90 degree angle to sagittal plane
-graphy
the process of producing a picture or record
hem/o
blood
hist/o
tissue
hypo-
below, under, decreased
inferior
lowermost, below, or toward the feet; opposite superior
left ventricle of the heart
receives oxygen rich blood
-malacia
abnormal softening
metacarpals
mid finger bone
my/o
muscle
-necrosis
death of tissue
neo-
new, strange
-ologist
specialist
-ology
the study of
-oma
tumor, neoplasm
-osis
abnormal condition, disease
oste/o
bone
pandemic
an outbreak of disease occurring every large geographic area possibly worldwide
paraplegia
paralysis of both legs and the lower part of the body
-pathy
disease
quadriceps
made up of 4 muscles in the anterior thigh that extend the leg at the knee, thigh
rhin/o
nose
-rrhage
bursting forth, excessive flow
-rrhexis
rupture
tri-
three
What are word elements?
words roots, suffixes, prefixes, connecting vowels (combining forms)
When do you use the combining vowel?
when connecting word roots or when the word root is joined to a suffix that begins with a consonant
