Appendix B1 Flashcards
(122 cards)
1
Q
aden/o
A
gland
2
Q
adip/o
A
fat
3
Q
adren/o
A
adrenal glands
4
Q
angi/o
A
vessel (blood, lymph)
5
Q
arteri/o
A
artery
6
Q
arthr/o
A
joints
7
Q
blephar/o
A
eyelid
8
Q
bronchi/o
A
bronchus(air passage)
9
Q
calc/o
A
calcium
10
Q
carcin/o
A
cancer
11
Q
cardi/o
A
heart
12
Q
cephal/o
A
head
13
Q
cerebr/o
A
cerebrum/brain
14
Q
chol/e
A
bile/gall
15
Q
cholecyst/o
A
galbladder
16
Q
choledoch/o
A
bile duct
17
Q
chondr/o
A
rib/cartilage
18
Q
col/o
A
colon (large intestine)
19
Q
cost/o
A
ribs
20
Q
crani/o
A
cranium, skull
21
Q
cutane/o
A
skin
22
Q
cyan/o
A
blue
23
Q
cyst/o
A
bladder
24
Q
dent/o
A
teeth
25
dermat/o
skin
26
dipl/o
double
27
electr/o
electric
28
encephal/o
brain
29
enter/o
intestine (small intestine)
30
erythr/o
red
31
esophag/o
esophagus (food to tummy)
32
femor/o
femur
33
gastr/o
stomach
34
gingiv/o
gums
35
gluc/o
sugar/glucose
36
glyc/o
sugar/glucose
37
gynec/o
female
38
hemangi/o
blood vessel
39
hemat/o
blood
40
hepat/o
liver
41
hydr/o
water
42
hyster/o
uterus (womb)
43
irid/o
iris
44
lapar/o
abdomen
45
laryng/o
larynx (voice box)
46
leuk/o
white
47
lingu/o
toungue
48
lip/o
fat
49
lith/o
stone/calculus
50
lumb/o
lower back
51
lymphangi/o
lymph vessel (carry fluids)
52
lymph/o
lymph (fluid in vessels)
53
mamm/o
breast
54
mast/o
breast
55
megal/o
enlargement (get it mega)
56
melan/o
black
57
mening/o
meninges (membrane of brain)
58
men/o
menstruation/menses
59
muc/o
mucus
60
myel/o
spinal cord/bone marrow
61
my/o
muscle
62
myring/o
tympanic membrane (aka eardrum)
63
nas/o
nose
64
necr/o
death
65
nephr/o
kidney
66
nuer/o
nerves
67
noct/o
night
68
odont/o
teeth
69
oophor/o
ovary (reproductive organ releasing hormones/eggs)
70
opthalm/o
eye
71
orchi/o
testis (balls: semen/testosterone)
72
os/o
mouth
73
oste/o
bone
74
ot/o
ear
75
pancreat/o
pancreas (hormones/insulin)
76
pelv/i/o
pelvis (bone of hips)
77
pharyng/o
pharynx (throat)
78
phleb/o
vein
79
pluer/o
pleura (serous membrane, external lungs)
80
pnuem/o
lungs/air
81
proct/o
anus/rectum (tube where shit comes)
82
pyel/o
renal penis (relating to kidney [filter waste, excess water in blood])
83
radi/o
xray, radiation
84
ren/o
kidney
85
retin/o
retina (innermost layer of eye [converts light])
86
rhin/o
nose
87
salping/o
fallopian tube (passage for egg and sperm to meet)
88
scler/o
hardening, sclera (white of eye)
89
sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon (between abdomen/anus [holds shit] )
90
spermat/o
sperm
91
spin/o
spine
92
spondyl/o
vertebrae (backbone)
93
stern/o
sternum (breastbone)
94
stomat/o
mouth
95
tend/o
tendon
96
therm/o
heat
97
thorac/o
chest
98
thromb/o
blood clot
99
thyr/o
thyroid gland
100
toxic
poison
101
tox/o
poison
102
trache/o
trachea (windpipe [air passage])
103
tympan/o
tympanic membrane (eardrum)
104
ureter/o
ureter (tubes propelling urine)
105
urethr/o
urethra (urine leaves here [semen aswell])
106
ur/o
urine
107
uter/o
uterus (womb)
108
vagin/o
vagina
109
vascul/o
blood vessel
110
vas/o
vas deferens (tube carrying sperm from epididymis to urethra) /vessel
111
ven/o
vein
112
ventricul/o
ventricle (pump/produce fluid [of brain and heart])
113
vesic/o
bladder (vesical holding urine)
114
vertebr/o
vertebrae (backbone)
115
root
contain the basic meaning of the word - ex. - 'cardi' means heart
116
combining vowel
added in between the root and the suffix to make the word easier to pronounce. usually "o" but also can be "a" or "i"
117
dyser
pain
118
erythema
red skin
119
vaso
vessel
120
Dys
difficult
121
myo
muscle
122
tachy
fast/rapid
