Lesson 11 Flashcards

Front 1

ALVE-*

Back 1

Combining Form: hollow, cavity

Front 2

AMYGDAL-

Back 2

Combining Form: [almond] tonsil

Front 3

ANTHRAX, ANTHRAC-

Back 3

Combining Form: coal; anthrax

Front 4

AUX-, -AUXE*, -AUXIS

Back 4

Combining Form: grow, increase

Front 5

BACTER(I)-

Back 5

Combining Form: [small staff] bacterium

Front 6

BRONCH(I)-

Back 6

Combining Form: [windpipe] bronchus

Front 7

CAPN-

Back 7

Combining Form: [smoke] carbon dioxide

Front 8

COCC-, -COCCUS

Back 8

Combining Form: [berry] coccus (a type of spherical bacterium)

Front 9

CONI-, KONI-

Back 9

Combining Form: dust

Front 10

LABI-

Back 10

Combining Form: lip

Front 11

LARYNX, LARYNG-

Back 11

Combining Form: larynx

Front 12

PARESIS

Back 12

Combining Form: slackening of strength

Front 13

PHARYNX, PHARYNG-

Back 13

Combining Form: [throat] pharynx

Front 14

PHYS-

Back 14

Combining Form: air, gas

Front 15

PLEUR-

Back 15

Combining Form: [side] pleura

Front 16

PNE-

Back 16

Combining Form: breathe

Front 17

PNEUM(AT)-

Back 17

Combining Form: [breath] air, gass

Front 18

PNEUM(ON)-

Back 18

Combining Form: lung

Front 19

SIDER-

Back 19

Combining Form: iron

Front 20

SPIR(AT)-

Back 20

Combining Form: breathe

Front 21

STAPHYL-

Back 21

Combining Form: [bunch of grapes] uvula, palate; staphylococci (microorganisms that cluster together like a bunch of grapes)

Front 22

STERN-

Back 22

Combining Form: chest, breast, breastbone

Front 23

STETH-

Back 23

Combining Form: chest, breat

Front 24

STREPT-

Back 24

Combining Form: [twisted] streptococci (microrganisms that form twisted chains)

Front 25

SUD(OR)-

Back 25

Combining Form: sweat, fluid

Front 26

THORAX, THORAC-

Back 26

Combining Form: chest cavity, pleural cavity, thorax

Front 27

TRACH(E)-, TRACHY-

Back 27

Combining Form: [rough] trachea