Anatomy Prefixes (5) (Word Origins 2)

Front 1

____ (fringe)-the fimbriated end of the salpinx (tube)

Back 1

Fimbria

Front 2

____ (small fountain)-soft spot on an infant's skull

Back 2

Fontanelle

Front 3

____ (aperture or hole)

Back 3

Foramen

Front 4

____ (arch)

Back 4

Fornix

Front 5

____ (trench)

Back 5

Fossa

Front 6

____ (fold)-a fold of tissue

Back 6

Frenulum

Front 7

____ (base)

Back 7

Fundus

Front 8

____ (smalI pit)

Back 8

Fovea

Front 9

____ (spindle shaped)

Back 9

Fusiform

Front 10

____ (bile)

Back 10

Gall

Front 11

____( a knot) -a synovial joint cyst located m1der the skin or a collection of PNS nerve cell bodies

Back 11

Ganglion

Front 12

____(belly or stomach)

Back 12

Gastric

Front 13

____(belly + leg) -a posterior leg muscle

Back 13

Gastrocnemius

Front 14

____(belly+ split)-an embryonic defect of the anterior abdominal wall

Back 14

Gastroschisis

Front 15

____(knee) -a bend in a structure

Back 15

Genu

Front 16

____(shallow socket)

Back 16

Glenoid

Front 17

____(glue) -binding ce1ls of the CNS

Back 17

Glia

Front 18

____(governor)-a cord which ''governs'' the descent of the testis

Back 18

Gubernaculmn

Front 19

____(great toe)

Back 19

Hallux

Front 20

____(hooked) -a carpal bone located on the ulnar side

Back 20

Hamate

Front 21

____, ____, ____ (liver)

Back 21

Hepa, hepar, hepat-

Front 22

____(rupture or protrusion)-rupture or protrusion of an organ or structure through the waiJ of the cavity nonnally containing it

Back 22

Hernia

Front 23

____ (a gap)

Back 23

Hiatus

Front 24

____ (sea horse)-a curved area of the brain

Back 24

Hippocampus

Front 25

____ (uterus)

Back 25

Hyster

Front 26

____ (funnel)-the distal end ofthe oviduct

Back 26

Infundibulum

Front 27

____ (within wall)

Back 27

Intramural

Front 28

____ (a narrow passage or entrance)

Back 28

Isthmus

Front 29

____ (empty)

Back 29

Jejunum

Front 30

____ (bent+ condition)

Back 30

Kyphosis

Front 31

____ (lip)

Back 31

Labrum

Front 32

____ (a maze)

Back 32

Labyrinth

Front 33

____ (pit or little lake)

Back 33

Lacuna

Front 34

____(Γ / lambda shaped)

Back 34

Lambdoidal

Front 35

____(thin plate)

Back 35

Lamina

Front 36

____ -(the soft part of the body between the ribs and hips)

Back 36

Lapara -

Front 37

____ (that which binds or ties)

Back 37

Ligament

Front 38

____ (spleen)

Back 38

Lien

Front 39

____ (stone+ condition or process)

Back 39

Lithiasis

Front 40

____ (moon)

Back 40

Lunate

Front 41

____ (transparent water)-the watery fluid found in lymphatic vessels

Back 41

Lymph

Front 42

____ (spot)

Back 42

Macula

Front 43

____ (hammer)

Back 43

Malleus

Front 44

____ (middle+ to stand in)

Back 44

Mediastimun

Front 45

____ (marrow) -an inner part

Back 45

Medulla

Front 46

____ (a change + form)

Back 46

Metaplasia

Front 47

____ (uterus)

Back 47

Metra

Front 48

____ (muscle+ heart)

Back 48

Myocardium

Front 49

____ (small boat)-the boat shaped scaphoid bone

Back 49

Navicular

Front 50

____ (kidney)

Back 50

Nephros

Front 51

The Greeks called nerves and tendons ____

Back 51

Neurons

Front 52

____ (nut)

Back 52

Nucleus

Front 53

____ (navel + hemia)-an umbilical hemia due to failure of the embryonic intestine to return to the abdomen during rotation of the midgut

Back 53

Omphalocele

Front 54

____(egg+ bearer)

Back 54

Oophoron

Front 55

____ (testicle)

Back 55

Orchis

Front 56

____ (ear)

Back 56

Otos

Front 57

Parasympathetic (alongside + with + an affected vital process)-a part of the autonomic nervous system

Back 57

Parasympathetic

Front 58

____ (tendril+ shape)-a plexus of veins

Back 58

Pampinifonn

Front 59

____ (all + flesh)

Back 59

Pancreas

Front 60

____ (wall) -pertaining to the extemal wall of a cavity

Back 60

Parietal

Front 61

____ (beside + ear)

Back 61

Parotid

Front 62

____ (small dish)

Back 62

Patella

Front 63

____ (comb) -a curved line resembling a comb

Back 63

Pecten

Front 64

____ or ____ (child)

Back 64

Ped or Pead

Front 65

____ (foot~ little)

Back 65

Pedicle

Front 66

____ (around+ contraction)-intestinal waves of contraction and relaxation

Back 66

Peristalsis

Front 67

____ (around+ stretched)

Back 67

Peritoneum

Front 68

____ (foot)

Back 68

Pes

Front 69

____ (eat + cell) -a cell which eats bacteria and other stuff

Back 69

Phagocyte

Front 70

____ (soft)

Back 70

Pia

Front 71

____ (pear shaped)-a muscle extending from the pelvis to the femur

Back 71

Piriform

Front 72

____ (pea shaped)

Back 72

Pisiform

Front 73

____ (flat)-a superficial neck muscle

Back 73

Platysma

Front 74

____ (lining membrane in the chest)

Back 74

Pleura

Front 75

____ (braided or woven)

Back 75

Plexus

Front 76

____ (folded together)

Back 76

Plica

Front 77

____ (a breath of air) -the term may refer to the hmgs or to air or gas anyplace

Back 77

Pneuma(o)

Front 78

____ (foot)

Back 78

Pod

Front 79

____ (thumb)

Back 79

Pollex

Front 80

____ (bridge)

Back 80

Pons

Front 81

____ (gate)

Back 81

Porta

Front 82

____ (wing)-the place where the frontal, temporal and parietal bones meet the greater \:Ving of the sphenoid

Back 82

Pterion

Front 83

____ (pus)

Back 83

Pyo

Front 84

____ (straight)

Back 84

Rectum

Front 85

____ (net)

Back 85

Reticulum

Front 86

____ (slit)

Back 86

Rima

Front 87

____ (trumpet)-the oviduct (Fallopian tube)

Back 87

Salpinx

Front 88

____-(flesh)

Back 88

Sarc

Front 89

____ (bowel like)

Back 89

Scaphoid

Front 90

____ (saddle+ turkish)-the fossa for the pituitary gland

Back 90

Sella turcica

Front 91

____ ("S" shaped)

Back 91

Sigmoid

Front 92

____ (body)

Back 92

Soma

Front 93

____ (wedge shaped)

Back 93

Sphenoid

Front 94

____ (to the viscera) -nerves to the abdominal viscera

Back 94

Splanchnic

Front 95

____ (flat)

Back 95

Squamous

Front 96

____ (mouth)

Back 96

Stoma

Front 97

____ (peg like)

Back 97

Styloid

Front 98

____ (furrow)

Back 98

Sulcus

Front 99

____ (above+ kidney)

Back 99

Suprarenal

Front 100

____ (with+ a distressed state)-a division of the autonomic nervous system

Back 100

Sympathetic

Front 101

____ (basket)

Back 101

Tarsus

Front 102

____ (round)

Back 102

Teres

Front 103

____ -the chest

Back 103

Thorax -

Front 104

____ (a four sided geometrical figure with no two sides parallel) -a carpal bone located next to the thumb

Back 104

Trapezium

Front 105

____ (a four-sided tigure with 2 parallel sides)-carpal bone

Back 105

Trapezoid

Front 106

____ (pulley)

Back 106

Trochlea

Front 107

____ (belly) -the front or belly side

Back 107

Ventral

Front 108

____ (bladder)

Back 108

Vesica

Front 109

____ (small bladder)

Back 109

Vesicle

Front 110

____ (the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot)

Back 110

Volar

Front 111

____ (ploughshare)

Back 111

Vomer

Front 112

____ (the shape of a yoke)

Back 112

Zygoma