A&p Vocabulary Quiz 1

Front 1

a-, an-

Back 1

absence, lack. (acardia, lack of a heart. anaerobic, in the absence of oxygen)

Front 2

ab-

Back 2

departing from, away from. (abnormal)

Front 3

acou-

Back 3

hearing (acoustics)

Front 4

ac-, acro-

Back 4

extreme or extremity, peak. (acrodermatitis, inflammation of the skin of the extremities)

Front 5

ad-

Back 5

to, toward. (adorbital, toward the orbit)

Front 6

aden-, adeno-

Back 6

gland (adeniform, resembling a gland in shape)

Front 7

adren-

Back 7

toward the kidney. (adrenal gland, adjacent to the kidney)

Front 8

aero-

Back 8

air. (aerobic respiration, with oxygen)

Front 9

af-

Back 9

toward (afferent neurons, carry impulses to the CNS)

Front 10

agon-

Back 10

contest (agonistic and antagonistic muscles which oppose each other)

Front 11

alb-

Back 11

white (corpus albicans of the ovary, a white scar tissue)

Front 12

aliment-

Back 12

nourish (alimentary canal, or digestive tract)

Front 13

allel-

Back 13

of one another (alleles, alternative expression of a gene)

Front 14

amphi-

Back 14

on both sides, of both kinds (amphibian, lives on land and water)

Front 15

ana-

Back 15

apart, up, again (anaphase of mitosis, when the chromosomes separate)

Front 16

anastomos-

Back 16

come together (arteriovenous anastomosis, a connection between an artery and a vein)

Front 17

aneurysm

Back 17

a widening (aortic aneurysm)

Front 18

angi-

Back 18

vessel (angitis, inflammation of a lymph or blood vessel)

Front 19

angin-

Back 19

choked (angina pectoris, a choked feeling in the chest due to heart dysfunction)

Front 20

ant-, anti-

Back 20

opposed to, preventing, inhibiting (anticoagulant)

Front 21

ante-

Back 21

preceding, before (antecubital, in front of elbow)

Front 22

aort-

Back 22

great artery (aorta)

Front 23

ap-, api-

Back 23

tip, extremity (apex of the heart)

Front 24

append-

Back 24

hang to (appendicular skeleton)

Front 25

aqua-, aque-

Back 25

water (aqueous solution)

Front 26

arbor

Back 26

tree (arbor vitae of the cerebellum, treelike pattern of white matter)

Front 27

areola-

Back 27

open space (areolar connective tissue, loose connective tissue)

Front 28

arrect-

Back 28

upright (arrector pili muscles of the skin, hair stands up)

Front 29

arthr-, arthro-

Back 29

joint (arthropathy, joint diseases)

Front 30

artic-

Back 30

joint (articular surfaces of bones, points of connection)

Front 31

atri-

Back 31

vestibule (atria, upper chambers of the heart)

Front 32

auscult-

Back 32

listen (auscultate the heart)

Front 33

aut-, auto-

Back 33

self (autogenous, self-generated)

Front 34

ax-, axi-, axo-

Back 34

axis, axle (axial skeleton)

Front 35

azyg-

Back 35

unpaired (azygous vein, unpaired vessel)

Front 36

baro-

Back 36

pressure (baroreceptors measure blood pressure)

Front 37

basal

Back 37

base (basal lamina of epithelial membrane)

Front 38

bi-

Back 38

two (bicuspid, two cusps)

Front 39

bili-

Back 39

bile (bilious, bilirubin)

Front 40

bio-

Back 40

life (biology)

Front 41

blast-

Back 41

bud, germ (blastocyte, undifferentiated embryonic cell)

Front 42

brachi-

Back 42

arm (brachial plexus)

Front 43

brady-

Back 43

slow (bradycardia)

Front 44

brev-

Back 44

short (fibularis brevis, short leg muscle)

Front 45

broncho-

Back 45

bronchus

Front 46

bucco-

Back 46

cheeck

Front 47

calor-

Back 47

heat

Front 48

capill-

Back 48

hair

Front 49

caput-

Back 49

head

Front 50

carcin-

Back 50

cancer

Front 51

cardi-, cardio-

Back 51

heart

Front 52

carneo-

Back 52

flesh

Front 53

carot

Back 53

1. carrot, 2. stupor (carotid artery)

Front 54

cata-

Back 54

down (catabolism, break down)

Front 55

caud-

Back 55

tail

Front 56

cec-

Back 56

blind (cecum, blind ended pouch of intestine)

Front 57

cele-

Back 57

abdominal (celiac artery in abdomen)

Front 58

cephal-

Back 58

head

Front 59

cerebro-

Back 59

brain

Front 60

cervic-, cervix

Back 60

neck (cervix of uterus)

Front 61

chiasm-

Back 61

crossing

Front 62

chole-

Back 62

bile

Front 63

chondr-

Back 63

cartilage

Front 64

chrom-

Back 64

colored

Front 65

cili-

Back 65

small hair

Front 66

circum-

Back 66

around

Front 67

clavic-

Back 67

key

Front 68

co-, con-

Back 68

together