Test 4 Flashcards
ANS-
jug handle, loop (ansa)
DIGIT-
finger, toe
FORMIC-
ant
HAUST-
to draw out, to drink
MENT-
mind (mental)
NERV-
nerve, vein of insect wing or leaf (nerve)
PECTOR-
breast (pectoral)
PIL-
hair (caterpillar)
PISC-
fish (pescaterian)
PRESS-
to press (repress)
ROD-, ROS-
to gnaw (erosion)
SEB-
grease, tallow (sebum)
SENS-, SENT-
to feel, to perceive (sense)
SOL-
sun (solar)
SOMN-
sleep (insomnia)
SQUAM-
scale (squamous cells)
TER(R)-
earth (terra)
UTER-
womb (uterus)
VACU-
empty (vacuum)
VAS-
vessel (vase)
ADIP-
fat (adipose tissue)
CALL-
hard skin (callous)
CRE-, CRESC-, CRET-
to grow (crescent moon grows, crescendo)
FA-, FAT-
to speak (infant - ‘without speech’)
FLU-, FLUX-
to flow (influx)
FLUVI-
river (fluviatile)
FOSS-
ditch, trench, to dig (fossil)
MAGN-
large, great (magnanimous)
MAMM-
breast (mammary glands)
MORT-
death (mortuary)
NOC-, NOX-
harm (noxious)
PAT-
to spread or lie open (patent)
PET-, PETIT-
to seek (petition)
PROPRI-
one’s own (proprietor)
SEC-, SEG-, SECT-
to cut (dissect)
SED- (-SID-), SESS-
to sit, to settle (reside)
SET-
bristle (
TRACT-
to draw, to drag (attract)
TUBER-
swelling (tuberculosis)
VEH-, VECT-
to carry (vehicle)
VIT-
life (vital)
CAV-
hollow (cave)
COCT-
to cook, to boil (concoction)
CUT-, CUSS-
to shake, to strike (concuss, percussion)
DOL-
to feel pain, to cause pain (doleful)
EBURN-
ivory (eburneous)
FENESTR-
window, opening (fenestrate)
GLUTIN-
glue (gluten)
HI-, HIAT-
to stand open (hiatus)
I-, IT-
to go (initiate)
LAMIN-
thin plate (laminate)
LAMELL-
diminutive of thin plate (lamella)
LAT-
broad, wide (dilate)
LIG-
to bind (ligand, obligate)
MEAT-
to go, to pass (meatus - opening or passage)
MIT(T)-, MIS(S)-
to send, to let go (emissary)
PLEX-
to interweave, to braid (complex)
PUNG-, PUNCT-
to prick, point (puncture)
RIG-
to be stiff (rigor mortis, rigid)
RUB(R)-
red (ruby)
SCRIB-, SCRIPT-
to write (scribe)
VOLV-, VOLUT-
to roll, to turn (revolve, vault)
AG-, ACT-
to do, to drive, to act (action)
ALB-
white (albacore tuna)
CER-
wax (cereous)
FIL-
thread (film)
FOR-
to bore, to pierce (
FOVE-
pit (
FUNG-
mushroom, fungus
GLOMER-
ball of yarn (glomerulus)
HAL-, HALIT-
to breathe (inhale)
MUC-
mucus
NUTRI-, NUTRIT-
to nourish (nutrients)
PALP-
to touch, to stroke (palpable)
SEP-, SEPT-
to separate, wall (septum)
SPIR-
to breathe (spirit)
STRU-, STRUCT-
to construct, to build
TERMIN-
end, boundary (terminate)
UMBR-
shade, shadow (umbrella)
UNGU-
nail (unguis)
VEL-
veil, covering (velum)
VISCER-
entrails (visceral)
CAUL-
stem, stalk (
FLAV-
yellow (flavin)
FLOCC-
tuft, as of wool (floccus)
LABI-, LABR-
lip (labium)
LAT-
to bear, to carry (relate)
LEV-
light (levity)
LIGN-
wood (lignin)
LIQU-
to be liquid