Midterm Flashcards
(206 cards)
1
Q
Root/Combining form abdomen
A
abdomin/o, celi/o
2
Q
Root/Combining form extremities
A
acr/o
3
Q
Root/Combining form adjacent/accessory
A
adenx/o
4
Q
Root/Combining form body structures
A
anatom/o
5
Q
Root/Combining form front
A
anter/o, ventr/o
6
Q
Root/Combining form immature cell
A
blast/o
7
Q
Root/Combining form tail
A
caud/o
8
Q
Root/Combining form head
A
cephal/o
9
Q
Root/Combining form blue
A
cyan/o
10
Q
Root/Combining form cell
A
cyt/o
11
Q
Root/Combining form skin
A
dermat/o, derm/o
12
Q
Root/Combining form distant from origin
A
dist/o
13
Q
Root/Combining form back
A
dors/o, poster/o
14
Q
Root/Combining form epithelial
A
epitheli/o
15
Q
Root/Combining form cause of disease
A
eti/o
16
Q
Root/Combining form tissue
A
hist/o
17
Q
Root/Combining form side
A
later/o
18
Q
Root/Combining form mediastinum
A
mediastin/o
19
Q
Root/Combining form middle
A
medi/o
20
Q
Root/Combining form enlarged
A
megal/o
21
Q
Root/Combining form form
A
morph/o
22
Q
Root/Combining form mucus
A
muc/o
23
Q
Root/Combining form pelvis
A
pelv/o
24
Q
Root/Combining form function
A
physi/o
25
Root/Combining form lung cavity
pleur/o
26
Root/Combining form closer to origin
proxim/o
27
Root/Combining form serum or or serous membrane
ser/o
28
Root/Combining form chest
thorac/o, steth/o
29
prefix for surroundings
peri-
30
suffix for surgical procedure
centesis
31
suffix for cell
cyte
32
suffix for condtion
ia
33
suffix for specialist
ist
34
suffix for inflammation
itis
35
suffix for one who studies
logist
36
suffix for study of
logy
37
suffix for englarged
megaly
38
suffix for instrument to measure
meter
39
suffix for process of measuring
metry
40
suffix for loss of movement and feeling
paralysis
41
suffix for disease
pathy
42
suffix for adjective endings
tic, ous, ic, al , ar, ible, able
43
Root/Combining form widening
aneurysm/o
44
Root/Combining form vessel
angi/o, vas/o
45
Root/Combining form aorta
aort/o
46
Root/Combining form artery
arteri/o
47
Root/Combining form thick, fatty
ather/o
48
Root/Combining form heart
cardi/o
49
Root/Combining form reflected sound
ech/o
50
Root/Combining form electricity
electr/o
51
Root/Combining form red
erythr/o
52
Root/Combining form fibrous
fibr/o
53
Root/Combining form blood
hem/o
54
Root/Combining form stopped flow
isch/o
55
Root/Combining form white
leuk/o
56
Root/Combining form fat
lip/o
57
Root/Combining form lymph
lymph/o
58
Root/Combining form thin substance
man/o
59
Root/Combining form black
melan/o
60
Root/Combining form vein
phleb/o
61
Root/Combining form x-ray
radi/o
62
Root/Combining form rhythm
rhythm/o
63
Root/Combining form hard
scler/o
64
Root/Combining form sound
son/o
65
Root/Combining form pulse
sphygm/o
66
Root/Combining form clot
thromb/o
67
Root/Combining form slice
tom/o
68
Prefix for slow
brady
69
Prefix for fast
tachy
70
Prefix for without
a, an
71
Suffix for pain
algia
72
Suffix for excision
ectomy
73
Suffix for blood condition
emia
74
Suffix for to generate
genic
75
Suffix for picture
gram
76
Suffix for recording insturment
graph
77
Suffix for process of making a picture
graphy
78
Suffix for destruction
lysis
79
Suffix for tumor
oma
80
Suffix for condition or increased number
osis
81
Suffix for low number
penia
82
Suffix for fear
phobia
83
Suffix for control or stopping
stasis
84
Suffix for looking insturment
scope
85
Suffix for process of using a scope
scopy
86
Root/Combining form gland
aden/o
87
Root/Combining form cancer
carcin/o
88
Root/Combining form cerebrum
cerebr/o
89
Root/Combining form vommiting
emes/o, emet/o, emetic/o
90
Root/Combining form brain inside head
encephal/o
91
Root/Combining form smooth
lei/o
92
Root/Combining form meninges
mening/o
93
Root/Combining form muscle
my/o
94
Root/Combining form spinal cord, bone marrow
myel/o
95
Root/Combining form birth
nat/o
96
Root/Combining form new
ne/o
97
Root/Combining form nerve
neur/o
98
Root/Combining form tumor
onc/o
99
Root/Combining form bone
oste/o
100
Root/Combining form small elevation of tissue
papill/o
101
Root/Combining form wall
parit/o
102
Root/Combining form peritoneum
periton/o
103
Root/Combining form gray
poli/o
104
Root/Combining form mind
psych/o
105
Root/Combining form rod shaped
rhabd/o
106
Root/Combining form spinal
spin/o
107
Root/Combining form organ
viscer/o
108
Prefix of against
anti
109
Prefix of difficult/painful
dys
110
Suffix of hernia
cele
111
Suffix of generate/ develop
genesis
112
Suffix of specialist/physician
iatrist
113
Suffix of softening
malacia
114
Suffix of like/resembling
oid
115
Suffix of love
philia
116
Suffix of fear
phobia
117
Suffix of development
plasia, trophy
118
Suffix of growth of tissue
plasm
119
Suffix of incision
tomy
120
Suffix of affecting
trophic
121
Root/Combining form starch
amyl/o
122
Root/Combining form weight
bar/o
123
Root/Combining form bile
bil/i
124
Root/Combining form carbon
carb/o
125
Root/Combining form gall, bile
chol/e
126
Root/Combining form gallbladder
cholescyst/o
127
Root/Combining form colon
col/o
128
Root/Combining form bladder, sac
cyst/o
129
Root/Combining form duodenum
duoden/o
130
Root/Combining form intestine
enter/o
131
Root/Combining form esophagus
esophag/o
132
Root/Combining form sensation
esthesi/o
133
Root/Combining form stomach
gastr/o
134
Root/Combining form gums
gingiv/o
135
Root/Combining form tongue
gloss/o, lingu/o
136
Root/Combining form liver
hepat/o
137
Root/Combining form stone, calculus
lith/o
138
Root/Combining form obesity
obes/o
139
Root/Combining form pancreas
pancreat/o
140
Root/Combining form digestion
peps/o
141
Root/Combining form eat, swallow
phag/o
142
Root/Combining form bear, carry
phor/o
143
Root/Combining form anus and rectum
proct/o
144
Root/Combining form rectum
rect/o
145
Root/Combining form sigmoid colon
sigmoid/o
146
Root/Combining form spleen
splen/o
147
Root/Combining form mouth
stomat/o
148
Root/Combining form hair
trich/o
149
Prefix of easy, good
eu
150
Prefix of bad, poor
mal
151
Prefix of below
sub, hypo
152
Suffix of enzyme
ase
153
Suffix of hernia
cele
154
Suffix of surgical puncture
centesis
155
Suffix of excise
ectomy
156
Suffix of condition, usually infestation
iasis
157
Suffix of make a new opening
ostomy
158
Suffix of digestion
pepsia
159
Suffix of eat, swallow
phagia
160
Suffix of paralysis
plegia
161
Suffix of hemorrhage
rrhagia
162
Suffix of suture
rrhaphy
163
Suffix of flow, discharge
rrhea
164
Suffix of rupture
rrhexis
165
Suffix of surgical crushing
tripsy
166
Suffix of medical practice
iatrics
167
Suffix of quality
ity
168
Root/Combining form acromion process
acromi/o
169
Root/Combining form joint
arthr/o
170
Root/Combining form heel bone
calcane/o
171
Root/Combining form carpal bone
carp/o
172
Root/Combining form cervical, neck
cervic/o
173
Root/Combining form cartilage
chondr/o
174
Root/Combining form clavicle
clavicul/o, cleid/o
175
Root/Combining form coccyx
coccyg/o
176
Root/Combining form condyle
condyl/o
177
Root/Combining form rib
cost/o
178
Root/Combining form skull
crani/o
179
Root/Combining form tooth
dent/o
180
Root/Combining form disk
disk/o
181
Root/Combining form fibula
fibul/o
182
Root/Combining form femur
femor/o
183
Root/Combining form humerus
humer/o
184
Root/Combining form ischium
ischi/o
185
Root/Combining form movement
kinesi/o
186
Root/Combining form humpack
kyph/o
187
Root/Combining form lamina
lamin/o
188
Root/Combining form swayback
lard/o
189
Root/Combining form lumbar spine/region
lumb/o
190
Root/Combining form softening
malac/o
191
Root/Combining form metacarpal bone
metacarp/o
192
Root/Combining form straight
orth/o
193
Root/Combining form phalanges
phalang/o
194
Root/Combining form porous
por/o
195
Root/Combining form pubis
pub/o
196
Root/Combining form radius
radi/o
197
Root/Combining form rheumatism
rheumat/o
198
Root/Combining form sacrum
sacr/o
199
Root/Combining form crooked
scoli/o
200
Root/Combining form spine
spondyl/o
201
Root/Combining form sternum
stern/o
202
Root/Combining form tendon
ten/o, tendon/o tendin/o
203
Root/Combining form thorax
thorac/o
204
Root/Combining form tibia
tibi/o
205
Root/Combining form ulna
uln/o
206
Root/Combining form xiphoid process
xiph/o
