Appendix A Flashcards
(83 cards)
1
Q
lei/o
leio
A
smooth
2
Q
lord/o
A
curved, bent
3
Q
mamm/o
mast/o
A
breast, mammary gland
4
Q
maxill/o
A
upper jaw bone (maxilla)
5
Q
meat/o
A
meatus(opening)
6
Q
mediastin/o
A
mediastinum ( middle septum)
7
Q
meta-
A
change, beyond
8
Q
metr/o
metri/o
A
Uterus
9
Q
myel/o
A
bone marrow, spinal cord
10
Q
narc/o
A
stupor, numbness, sleep
11
Q
natr/i
A
sodium
12
Q
neutr/o
A
neutral
13
Q
nulli
A
none
14
Q
odont/o
A
tooth
15
Q
omphal/o
A
umbilicus, navel
16
Q
oophor/o
A
ovary
17
Q
or/o
A
mouth
18
Q
orch/o
orchi/o
orchid/o
A
testes
19
Q
ox/a
ox/o
A
oxygen
20
Q
pachy/o
A
thick
21
Q
perine/o
A
perineum (taint)
22
Q
-pexy
A
surgical fixation
23
Q
phas/o
A
speech
24
Q
phleb/o
A
vein
25
phon/o
sound, voice
26
-phonia
condition of voice
27
phren/o
mind
28
polyp/o
polyp
29
presby/o
related to aging
30
phren/o
diaphragm
31
proct/o
rectum, anus
32
pyel/o
renal pelvis
33
pylor/o
pylorus (opening to small intestine)
34
rachi/o
spine
35
sacrum
triangular bone in pelvis
36
salping/o
fallopian tube
37
scler/o
hard, sclera
38
sial/o
saliva
39
sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon
40
somn/i
sleep
41
sphygm/o
pulse
42
spir/o
breath
43
spondyl/o
vertebra
44
squam/o
scale-like structure
45
steth/o
chest
46
stomat/o
mouth
47
tel-
end
48
thalam/o
thalamus
49
thromb/o
blood clot
50
thym/o
thymus gland, mind, soul, emotion
51
toc/o
labor, birth
52
-tomy
incision
53
ton/o
tension, pressure, tone
54
trich/o
hair
55
-tripsy
crushing
56
troph/o
| -trophy
development, nourishment
57
valv/o
| valvul/o
valve
58
varic/o
swollen or twisted vein
59
vas/o
vessel
60
diverticulum
pouch opening from tubular organ
61
duodenum
first part of the small intestine
62
dur/o
hard, dura matter
63
enter/o
small instestine
64
enur/o
to urinate in
65
epididymis
duct behind the testes
66
epiglottis
cartilage at root of tongue, covers windpipe
67
-esis
condition of
68
esthesi/o
sensation, perception
69
fibr/o
fiber
70
fundus
part farthest from opening or exit
71
galcact/o
milk
72
ganglion
swelling on nerve fiber
73
gravid/o
pregnancy
74
gyn/o
| gynec/o
woman
75
hyster/o
uterus
76
ictero-
jaundice
77
ir/o
| irid/o
iris
78
ischium
the curved bone forming the base of each half of the pelvis
79
kal/i
potassium
80
kary/o
nerve
81
kerat/o
hard, cornea
82
kyph/o
humpback
83
lapar/o
abdomen
