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
LUMIN-
light (luminous)
MAN(U)-
hand (manufacture)
NIGR-
black
OSS-
bone (osseous tissue)
PROXIM-
near, nearest (proximity)
SINISTR-
left (sinister)
SPIN-
thorn, spine (spines)
STIP-, STIPIT-
stalk (stipel)
STRAT-
layer (stratosphere)
TUM-
to swell (tumult)
VARI-
varied, changing, spotted (various)
VENTR-
belly (ventricle)
SEMI-
half, partly
UN-
one (unique)
PRIM-
first (primary)
SESQUI
one and one-half times (sesquioxide)
DU-
two (duet)
BI-, BIN-
two, twice (binary)
SECOND-, SECUND-
second, following (secondary)
TRI-
three (triangle)
TERTI-
third (tertiary)
TERN-
three each (ternary)
TER-
three times (ternary)
QUADR(U)-
four (quadrant)
QUART-
fourth (quarter)
QUATERN-
four each (quarternary)
QUINQUE-
five (
QUINT-
fifth (
QUIN-
five each (quintiplets)
SEX-
six (sextant)
SEXT-
sixth (
SEPT-, SEPTEM-
seven (Septuagint)
SEPTIM-
seventh
OCT-
eight (octopus)
OCTAV-
eighth (octave)
NOVEM-
nine (novena)
NON-
ninth (
DECEM-
ten (deciliter)
DEC-, DECIM-
tenth
CENT-
hundred, hundredth (centimeter)
MIL(L)-
thousand, thousandth (mililiter)
ARC(U)-
bow, arch (arc)
CALCAR-
spur (calcarate)
CING-, CINCT-
to bind, to gird (succinct)
CLIV-
slope (cliff but cliv)
CUSPID-
point (cusp)
FASCI-
band (fasciola)
FERR-
iron (ferrous)
FLAGELL-
whip, whip-like appendage (flagellum)
GLABR-
smooth (
LIEN-
spleen (gastrolienal)
LONG-
long
NAS-
nose (nasal)
NUC-
nut (nucleus)
OS-, OR-
mouth (oral)
PALLI-
mantle, covering (pallium)
PRON-
inclined, face down (prone)
SAC(C)-
bag, sac
SIN(U)-
curve, hollow, cavity (sinusoidal)
STA-, STAT-
to stand (status)
VITR-
glass (vitreous)
CALC-, CALCANE-
heel (calcaneal)
CERVIC-
neck (cervical)
CORP-, CORPUS-, CORPOR-
body (corpse)
COX-
hip, hip joint (intercoxal)
FIBUL-
clasp, outer bone of the leg (fibula)
FREN-
rein, bridle (saddle the horsey frends)
FURC-
fork (bifurcate)
FUS-
spindle (fusion - spindle mixes)
FUSC-
dark, brown, tawny (fuscia)
GEMM-
bud (Gemma)
GEN(U)-
knee (genuflect)
GERM-, GERMIN-
sprout, bud, germ (germinate)
MAL(E)-
bad (malignant)
NAR-
nostril (narcotics?)
PAPILL-
nipple (papillary?)
PECTIN-
comb (
PINN-, PENN-
feather, wing, fin (brevipennate)
PULMO(N)-
lung (pulmonary system)
RAD-, RAS-
to scrape (eraser)
VAGIN-
sheath (vagina)
FACI- (-FICI-)
face, surface (facial)
FRUG-, FRUCT-
fruit (fructose)
GEMIN-
twin, peaired (Gemini)
GEMELL-
(diminutive) twin
GEN-, GENIT-
to produce, to beget (generate)
GENER-
race, kind (genus)
GINGIV-
the gums (gingivitis)
INCUD-
anvil (
LUTE-
yellow, corpus luteum (
MALLE-
hammer (mallet)
NOD-
knot (node)
OLE-
oil (oleato)
ORB-, ORBIT-
circle, cavity of the eye (orbit)
PALPEBR-
eyelid (
PEL(L)-, PULS-
to push, to drive, to beat (repel)
PLUR-
more, many (plural)
SCAND-, (-SCEND-), SCANS-
to climb (descend)
SCOP-
broom, brush (scoop)
SOLV-, SOLUT-
to loosen, to dissolve (dissolve)
STRI-
furrow, groove (striated)
TEND-, TENS-, TENT-
to stretch (extend, tendon)
TENDIN-
tendon
VELL-, VULS-
to tear (revulsion)
ALVEOL-
cavity, hollow (alveola)
ATRI-
entrance hall, room (atrium)
AX-
axis
BARB-
beard (barbarian, barber)
BIL-
bile
BRACTE-
thin plate (
BURS-
bag, pouch (burse, reimburse)
CLAV-
club
EGO-
I (egotistical)
ILE-
ileum
ILI-
flank, hip (ilium)
LENT-
lentil, lens
PILE-
cap (pileus)
SPIC-
point, spike (spicket)
UNC-, UNCIN-
hook (unciferous)
CAN-
white, gray (candid, Canada)
CAND-
to be glowing white (incadescent)
CLAV-
key, collarbone (clavicle)
CLIN-
to slope, to lean (cling)
CREN-
notch
FAV-
honeycomb
FRONT-
forehead, front
FRUTIC-
shrub
INGUIN-
groin (inguinal)
LAN-
wool (Ellie LANde likes sheep)
LOB-
lobe
LUMB-
loin (lumbar)
NUD-
naked (nude)
PAR-
equal (on par)
TEMPOR-
the temples (temporal)
VITELL-
yolk of an egg (vitellus)