Chapter 3 Flashcards
1
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amni/o
A
amnion (sac of fluid surrounding the embryo)
2
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angi/o
A
vessel (usually a blood vessel)
3
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arteri/o
A
artery
4
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ather/o
A
plaque (a yellow, fatty material)
5
Q
axill/o
A
armpit
6
Q
chem/o
A
drug: also chemical
7
Q
cholecyst/o
A
gallbladder
8
Q
chron/o
A
time
9
Q
col/o
A
colon
10
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cry/o
A
cold
11
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cyst/o
A
urinary bladder; also a sac of fluid or a cyst
12
Q
encephal/o
A
brain
13
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hem/o
A
blood
14
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hemat/o
A
blood
15
Q
hepat/o
A
liver
16
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hyster/o
A
uterus
17
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inguin/o
A
groin
18
Q
isch/o
A
to hold back
19
Q
lapar/o
A
abdomen
20
Q
mamm/o
A
breast
21
Q
mast/o
A
breast
22
Q
men/o
A
menses (menstruation); month
23
Q
mening/o
A
meninges (membranes around the brain and spinal cord)
24
Q
my/o
A
muscle
25
Q
myel/o
A
spinal cord (nervous tissue connected to the brain and located within the spinal column or backbone); bone marrow (the soft, inner part of bones, where blood cells are made)
26
Q
necr/o
A
death (of cells)
