Exam 3 Units 9-12 Flashcards
(149 cards)
1
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Dors/o
A
Near or on the back
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Ventr/o
A
Near or on the belly side
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Anter/o
A
Towards the front
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Poster/o
A
Following or located behind
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Q
-ad, ad-
A
Toward
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Proxim/o
A
Near the point or origin
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Dist/o
A
Away from the point of origin
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Medi/o
A
Toward the midline
9
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Later/o
A
Toward the side, away from the midline
10
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Sagitt/o
A
Vertical divide of body
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Q
Coron/o
A
Resembling a crown or encircling
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Q
Omphal/o
A
Navel, umbillicus
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Q
Cephal/o
A
Head, cephalum
14
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Caud/o
A
Tail
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Gnos, -gnosis
A
Knowledge
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Pro-
A
In front of, before
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Dia-
A
Through, throughout
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Aer/o
A
Air
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Bi/o, -bic
A
Life
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An-
A
Without, lacking
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Chrom/o
A
Color
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Phil, -philia
A
Attracted to, love
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Phob/o, -phobia
A
Abnormal fear
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Dys-
A
Abnormal, bad, painful, difficult
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Eu-
Well, easy, good
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Phor/o, -phoria
To carry, to bear emotionally
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-tocia, toc/o
Labor (birth)
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Thanat/o, -thanasia
Death
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Enter/o
Intestine
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Col/o
Colon, large intestine
31
Men/o
Menstruation, menses
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-stasis
Stop, control
33
Syphil/o
Pertaining to syphilis (STD)
34
Pseud/o, pseudo-
False
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-cyesis
Pregnancy
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Viscer/o
Organs within a cavity, viscera
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Peritone/o
Peritoneum - membrane lining abdominal cavity
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Pleur/o
Pleura, cavity surrounding the lungs
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Pariet/o
Wall of a cavity
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Ecto-
Outer, outside
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Endo-
Inner, inside
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Meso-
Middle
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Retro-
Backward, behind
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Para-
Near
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Exo-
Outside
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Poly-
Excessive
47
Proto-
First
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Top/o, -topic
Place
49
Ante-
Front, forward
50
Livid, lividity
Where blood vessels are broken down
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Axilla
Armpit
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Lapar/o
Abdominal wall
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Pyr/o
heat, fever, fire
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hydr/o
water, fluid
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hidr/o
swear
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glyc/o
sweet, sugar
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gluc/o
sweet, sugar
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immun/o
immune
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aut/o
self
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bi-
two
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tri-
three
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mono-
one
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multi-
many
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par/a, -para (not the prefix)
a woman who has given birth one or more times
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nulli-
none
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primi-
first
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gravida
heavy, weighted down
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deca-
ten
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deci-
one tenth
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kilo-
one thousand
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milli-
one thousandth
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hecto-
one hundred
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centi-
one hundredth
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ab-
away from
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de-
from
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ex-
out from
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iso-
equal, the same
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aniso-
unequal
79
mast/o
breast
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peri-
around
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para-
near
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circum-
around (latin)
83
dia-
through, complete
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-esis
action, process
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per-
through
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necr/o
death
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-philia, phil/o
abnormal attraction to
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-phobia, phob/o
abnormal fear
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homo-
same
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hetero-
different
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syn-, sym-
joined
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blephar/o
eyelid
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pod/o
foot
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super-
excess, above
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supra-
above, more than
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a-, an-
without, lacking
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epi-
over, upon
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didym/o
testis
99
dur/a
layer of the meninges
100
extra-
outside, beyond
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mamm/o
breast
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bi-
both, two
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infra-
below, under
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sub-
below, under
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stern/o
sternum
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cost/o
rib
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pub/o
pubis
108
meta-
in many ways, beyond
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ultra-
beyond, in excess
110
septic/o, -septic
poisoned state, infection
111
sept/o
septum - cartilage between the nostrils
112
anti-
against
113
contra-
against
114
-ceptive, -ception
conception
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trans-
across, over
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catheter
flexible tube for urination
117
spir/o, -spire
breathing, respirations
118
in-
into, not
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continence
ability to control defecation and urination
120
inject
FOCAL introduction of a substance into the body
121
infiltrate
to PERMEATE or PENETRATE a substance into the body
122
infuse
SYSTEMIC introduction of a substance into the body, through the veins
123
instill
medicate by droplet
124
mal-
bad, poor
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-orexia
appetite
126
cachexia
wasting away
127
uni-
one
128
furc/o
branching, dividing
129
multi-
many
130
semi-
half in terms of partiality
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hemi-
half in terms of size
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genit/o
external reproductive organs, genitalia
133
con-, com-
with
134
sanguin/o
bloody
135
dis-
free of, to separate, to undo
136
post-
after
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cib/o, -cibal
food
138
-prandial
meals
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pre-
before, in front of
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ante-
before, in front of
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febrile
pertaining to fever
142
-partum
delivery (pertaining to the mother)
143
-natal
delivery (pertaining to the baby)
144
inter-
between
145
intra-
within
146
parenteral
refers to injections, other than the GI tract
147
kyphosis
upper spine misshapen
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Lordosis
lower spine misshapen
149
oligo-
few
