J - L Flashcards
(47 cards)
1
Q
jaund/o
A
yellow
2
Q
jejun/o
A
jejunum
3
Q
kal/i
A
potassium
4
Q
kary/o
A
nucleus
5
Q
kerat/o
A
cornea, hard thorny tissue
karot ring
6
Q
kern-
A
nucleus (collection of nerve cells in brain)
7
Q
ket/o
A
ketones, acetones
8
Q
keton/o
A
ketones, acetones
9
Q
kines/o
A
movement
10
Q
kinesi/o
A
movement
11
Q
-kenesia, -kinesis
A
movement
12
Q
kyph/o
A
humpback
13
Q
labi/o
A
lip
14
Q
lacrim/o
A
tear, tear duct, lacrimal duct
DNE lamin/o which is “in”
15
Q
lact/o
A
milk
16
Q
lamin/o
A
lamina (part of the vertebral arch)
17
Q
lapar/o
A
abdominal wall, abdomen
18
Q
-lapse
A
slide, fall, sag
19
Q
laryng/o
A
larynx (voice box)
20
Q
later/o
A
side
21
Q
leiomy/o
A
smooth (visceral) muscle
lay something smooth
22
Q
-lemma
A
sheath, covering
mmat
23
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-lepsy
A
seizure
24
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lept/o
A
thin, slender
25
-leptic
pertaining to seizing, taking hold of
26
leth/o
death
27
lex/o
word, phrase
28
-lexia
word, phrase
29
lingu/o
tongue
30
lip/o
fat, lipid
31
-listhesis
condition of stones
32
lith/o
stone, calculus
33
-lithaisis
condition of stones
34
-lithotomy
incision (for removal) of a stone
35
lob/o
lobe
36
log/o
to study
| log in some hours
37
-logy
process of study
38
lord/o
curve, swayback
39
-lucent
to shine
40
lumb/o
lower back, loin
41
lute/o
yellow
| 3rd grade flute was yellow
42
lux/o
slide
| Blues Deluxe uses slide guitar
43
lymph/o
lymph
44
lymphaden/o
lymph gland (node)
45
Lymphangi/o
lymph vessel
46
-lysis
destroy, breakdown, separate, loosen
47
-lytic
destroying, breakdown, separating, reducing
