Root CH 1,2,3 Flashcards
1
Q
angi/ o
A
vessel
2
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arthr/ o
A
joint
3
Q
bronch/ o
A
airway
4
Q
cardi/ o
A
heart
5
Q
cephal/ o
A
head
6
Q
cyt/ o
A
cell
7
Q
encephal/ o
A
brain
8
Q
enter/ o
A
small intestine
9
Q
hemat/ o
A
blood
10
Q
home/ o homeostasis
A
sameness, unchanging, homeostasis -process of maintaining internal stability despite changes in the environment.
11
Q
hydro/ o
A
water
12
Q
hyster/ o
A
uterus
13
Q
lip/ o
A
fat
14
Q
lith/ o
A
stone
15
Q
mamm/ o
A
breast
16
Q
mast/ o
A
breast
17
Q
maxim/ o
A
biggest, highest
18
Q
mening/ o
A
membrane
19
Q
muscul/ o
A
muscle
20
Q
nat/ o neonatal
A
birth
21
Q
neur /o
A
nerve
22
Q
ocul/ o ocular
A
eye
23
Q
oste/ o
A
bone
24
Q
ot/ o
A
ear
25
pod/ o
foot
26
pulmon/ o
lung
27
rhin/ o
nose
28
salpinx (g) /o
fallopian tube
29
skelet / o
skeleton
30
ten /o
tendon
31
thorac/ o
chest, thorax
32
trache / o
trachea
33
abdomin / o
abdomen
34
anter / o - anterior
front - Toward the front or belly side
35
brachi / o
arm
36
caud / o
tail
37
cephal /o
head
38
cervic / o
neck
39
chondr / i
gristle, cartilage
40
chron /o
time
41
cran /o, crani /o
skull
42
cyt /o
cell
43
derm /o, dermat/ o
skin
44
dist /o - distal
distant - away from the origin of attachment to the trunk (the knee is distal to the hip & thigh)
45
dors /o
back
46
femor /o
thigh, femur
47
gastr / o
stomach
48
glute /o
buttock
49
hom /o, home /o
sameness, unchanging
50
ili /o
flank, hip, groin
51
infer /o - inferior
below - Away from the head end or toward the lower part of the body.
52
inguin /o
groin
53
kinesi /o
motion
54
later /o - lateral
side - toward the side
55
lumb /o
loin, lower back
56
medi /o - medial
middle --toward the midline, which is an imaginary vertical line down the middle of the body.
57
organ /o
tool
58
pelv /o
bowl, basin
59
physi /o
nature
60
pleur /o
pleura, rib
61
poster /o - posterior
back - Toward the back
62
proxim /o - proximal
near -- toward the origin of attachment to the trunk (the upper arm is proximal to the wrist)
63
super /o - superior -
above - Toward head end or upper part of the body
| - external, toward the body surface (skin is superficial to the muscles and body cavities)
64
thorac /o
chest, thorax
65
umbilic /o
navel, umbilicus
66
ventr /o
belly
