Test 6 Flashcards
glandul/o
(glans, glandes)
glandule, gland
aden/o
gland
crin/o
-crine
to secrete
apic/o
(apex, apices)
tip, summit, end
hol/o
whole, entire
mer/o
part, partial
pine/o, pineal/o
pineal gland, pine cone
thyr/o
thyroid/o
thyroid gland
parathyroid/o
parathyroid gland
pitui/o
pituitar/o
pituitary gland, hypophysis
hypophys/o
(hypophysis)
an undergrowth, pituitary gland
pancreat/o
(pancreas, pancreata)
pancreas
thym/o
(thymus)
thymus gland
ovari/o
(ovarium, ovaria)
ovary
oophor/o
ovary
test/o
testicul/o
(testis, testes)
testicle, testes, witness
orch/o
orchid/o
testicle; orchid (the flower)
gonad/o
testicle or ovary
adren/o
adrenal gland, suprarenal gland
supraren/o
suprarenal gland, adrenal gland
cortic/o
(cortex, cortices)
cortex, outer surface of and organ, bark
medull/o
(medulla, medullae)
medulla, marrow, inner part of an organ
hormon/o
hormone
-in
-ine
hormone or chemical substance
trop/o
hormone that stimulates something; a turn, turning, change
troph/o
nourishment, growth
ag/o
agog/o
-agogue
hormone that promotes something; leading forth, duct
gest/o
ger/o
-ger
hormone that helps with bearing (progestin); to carry, produce, bear
poiet/o
-poiesis
hormone that stimulates the production/making of something (-poietin); to make or produce
stat/o
hormone that inhibits/stops something (-statin); to stand or stop
gen/o
-gen
hormone that produces something (-gen), become, produced, born
kin/o
cin/o
-kinesis
-cinesis
hormone or chemical that stimulates activity, movement (-kinin), action
gynec/o
gyn/o
female, woman, pistil of a flower
andr/o
male, man, stamen of flower
liber/o
a hormone or chemical that releases another hormone (-liberin), to free
estr/o
estrogen, estrus cycle (breeding period), sexual desire
insul/o
(insula, insulae)
insulin, island
gluc/o
glyc/o
sugar, glucose
ton/o
a hormone that produces a healthy strength or tension (-tonin) of something; tension, stretching, tone (esp. in muscles)
toc/o
labor, parturition
gigant/o
giant, large
GIGA- is a prefix meaning a billion
meg/o
megal/o
-megaly
large, enlargement
nan/o
nann/o
dwarf, very small, one billionth
cretin/o
cretinism
mel/o
limb
melit/o
mel/o
honey, sugar bees
ur/o
-uria
urine
orex/i
-orexia
appetite
dips/o
thirst
hirsut/o
hairy
myx/o
mucus, slime
priv/o
-privia
deprived of
or/o
(os, ora)
mouth
stomat/o
stom/o
(stoma, stomata)
mouth, outlet, opening
dent/o
(dens, dentes)
tooth
odont/o
tooth
labi/o
(labium, labia)
lip
cheil/o
chil/o
lip
bucc/o
(bucca, buccae)
cheek
mel/o
cheek
lingu/o
(lingua, linguae)
tongue
gloss/o
glott/o
-glot
tongue
gingiv/o
(gingiva, gingivae)
gum
oul/o
gum
gnath/o
jaw
maxill/o
(maxilla, maxillae)
maxilla
mandibul/o
(mandibula, mandibulae)
mandible
palat/o
(palatum, palata)
palate
uvul/o
(uvula, uvulae)
uvula
staphyl/o
uvula, staphlycoccus, bacteria, grape-like
tonsill/o
(tonsilla, tonsillae)
tonsil
splanchn/o
(splanchna)
viscera (internal organs enclosed in a cavity, particularly the abdominal cavity)
esophag/o
(esophagus, esophagi)
esophagus
gastr/o
-gaster
(gaster, gastres)
stomach, belly
abdomin/o
(abdomen, abdomina)
abdomen
lapar/o
abdomen
coel/o
koil/o
cel/o
celi/o
-coele
-cele
abdomen, cavity, hollow
omphal/o
(omphalos)
navel, umbilical cord
hepat/o
hepar/o
(hepar, hepatia)
liver
HEPATIC/O = pertaining to the liver; hepatic vessels
doch/o
duct, receptacle
CHOLEDOCH/O = bile duct
duct/o
(ductus, ductus)
duct, to draw, lead, or convey
vesic/o
vesicul/o
(vesica, vesicae) (vesicula, vesiculae)
bladder, blister
small blister, vesicle
cyst/o
bladder, cyst, sac
CHOLECYST/O = gall bladder
pancreat/o
(pancreas, pancreta)
pancreas
hiat/o
(hiatus, hiatus)
an opening, gap (hiatus of the diaphragm)
enter/o
(enteron)
intestine (usually small intestine)
intestin/o
(intestinum, intestina)
intestine
duoden/o
(duodenum, duodena)
doudenum (first part of the small intestine)
jejun/o
(jejunum, jejuna)
jejunum (second portion of the small intestine)
ile/o
(ileum, ilea)
ileum (third portion of the small intestine)
cec/o
(cecum, ceca)
cecum (caecum)
typhl/o
cecum (caecum), blindness
append/o
appendic/o
(appendix, appendices)
appendix (something hanging onto another part/body)
col/o
colon/o
(colon, cola)
colon
sigmoid/o
(sigmoid)
sigmoid colon
proct/o
anus and rectum
an/o
(anus, ani)
anus
rect/o
(rectum, recta)
straight, rectum (the straight terminal part of the colon, intestinum rectum “straight intestine”)
sphincter/o
(sphincter, sphincteres)
sphincter (ringlike muscle of an orifice)
pyl/o
orifice, portal vein
pylor/o
(pylorus, pylori)
pylorus (portion of stomach that empties into the duodenum)
cardi/o
the cardiac sphincter, heart
mesenter/o
(mesentery)
mesentery
peritone/o
periton/o
(peritoneum, peritonea)
peritoneum
oment/o
(omentum, omenta)
omentum
aliment/o
(aliment)
food
cib/o
food, meal
sit/o
food, grain
fruct/o
fruit, fructose
carp/o
fruit
lact/o
milk, lactose
galact/o
milk, galactose, galaxy
gluc/o
glyc/o
sugar, glucose
sacchar/o
sugar
amyl/o
starch
prote/o
protein, first, primary
albumin/o
(albumin)
albumin, protein
lip/o
fat
steat/o
fat, sebum
glutin/o
(gluten
sticky, adhesive, gluten
zym/o
-zyme
enzyme, fermentation
-ase
enzyme
-ose
carbohydrate
phag/o
to swallow, eat
vor/o
to devour, eat
bol/o
(bolus)
mass of masticated food, lump, mass
pept/o
peps/o
digestion
chol/e
bile
bil/i
bile
sial/o
saliva
saliv/o
(saliva)
saliva
chym/o
(chyme)
chyme (nearly liquid mass of digested food)
sterc/o
stercor/o
(stercus)
feces
corp/o
feces
scat/o
feces
fec/o
(feces)
feces
-chezia
defication
excret-
(excreta)
defecation
asc/o
(ascus, asci)
sac, saclike
chalas/o
-chalasis
relaxation (of a sphincter), slack
emet/o
-emesis
(emisis)
vomiting
nause/o
naut/o
(nausea)
nausea, ship, sailor, sailing
-ptosis
(ptosis)
prolapse, downward displacement
fistul/o
(fistula, fistulae)
fistula, tube, pipe-like
syring/o
-syrinx
(syrinx, syringes)
fistula, short tube, pipe-like
diverticul/o
(diverticulum, diverticula)
diverticulum (an outpouching of a structure, particularly an intestine)
polyp/o
(polyp)
polyp
-cele
hernia, swelling, tumor
herni/o
(hernia)
hernia
cirrh/o
cirrhosis, yellow
icter/o
(icterus)
jaundice
volv/o
to roll
hemorrhoid/o
(hemorrhoid)
hemorrhoid, pile
flat/o
(flatus)
gas in the GI, to blow
halit/o
bad breath
ulcer/o
ulcer
aphth/o
ulcer of the mouth, thrush
(apatha, aphthae)
-clysis
(clysis, clyses)
washing, lavage
lav/o
lut/o
lot/o
washing
enem/o
(enema)
enema
cathart/o
(catharsis, catharses)
evacuation (of the bowels)
lax/o
laxat/o
loosen, relax
plic/o
plicat/o
(plica, plicae)
to fold, a fold
caus/o
caust/o
cauter/o
to burn, burnt
