Lesson 11 Flashcards

Front 1

alve-

Back 1

hollow cavity

combining form

Front 2

amygdal-

Back 2

[almond] tonsil

combining form

Front 3

anthrax, anthrac-

Back 3

coal; anthrax

combining form

Front 4

aux-, -auxe, -auxis

Back 4

grow, increase

combining form

Front 5

bacter(i)-

Back 5

[small staff] bacterium

combining form

Front 6

bronch(i)-

Back 6

[windpipe] bronchus

combining form

Front 7

capn-

Back 7

[smoke] carbon dioxide

combining form

Front 8

cocc-, -coccus

Back 8

[berry] coccus (a type of spherical bacterium

combining form

Front 9

coni-, koni-

Back 9

dust

combining form

Front 10

labi-

Back 10

lip

combining form

Front 11

larynx, laryng-

Back 11

larynx

combining form

Front 12

paresis

Back 12

slackening of strength, paralysis

combining form

Front 13

pharynx, pharyng-

Back 13

[throat] pharynx

combining form

Front 14

phys-

Back 14

air, gas

combining form

Front 15

pleur-

Back 15

[side] pleura

combining form

Front 16

pne-

Back 16

breathe

combining form

Front 17

pneum(at)-

Back 17

[breath] air, gas

combining form

Front 18

pneum(on)-

Back 18

lung

combining form

Front 19

sider-

Back 19

iron

combining form

Front 20

spir(at)-

Back 20

breathe

combining form

Front 21

staphyl-

Back 21

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

combining form

Front 22

stern-

Back 22

chest, breast, breastbone

combining form

Front 23

steth-

Back 23

chest, breast

combining form

Front 24

strept-

Back 24

[twisted] streptococci (microorganisms that form twisted chains)

combining form

Front 25

sud(or)-

Back 25

sweat, fluid

combining form

Front 26

thorax, thorac-

Back 26

chest cavity, pleural cavity, thorax

combining form

Front 27

trach(e)-, trachy-

Back 27

[rough] trachea

combining form