chapter 3 Flashcards
1
Q
angi/o
A
vessel (usually blood vessel)
2
Q
ather/o
A
plaque (yellow fatty material)
3
Q
cholecyst/o
A
gallbladder
4
Q
chron/o
A
time
5
Q
cry/o
A
cold
6
Q
inguin/o
A
groin area where the thigh meets the trunk of the body
7
Q
isch/o
A
to hold back
8
Q
mamm/o
A
used with -ary
-graphy
-gram
and -plasty
breast
9
Q
mast/o
A
breast
-used with -ectomy and -itis
10
Q
men/o
A
menses (mesntruations)
11
Q
meninges
A
membranes around the brain and spinal cord
12
Q
myel/o
A
spinal cord
-nervous tissue connected to the brain
can also mean bone marrow
13
Q
necr/o
A
death of cells
14
Q
oophor/o
A
ovary
15
Q
phleb/o
A
vein
