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144 Cards in this Set

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aden/o
gland
arthr/o
joint
bi/o
life
carcin/o
cancerous, cancer
cardio
heart
cephal/o
head
cerebr/o
cerebrum (largest part of the brain)
cis/o
to cut
crin/o
to secrete (to form and give off)
cyst/o
urinary bladder; a sac or a cyst (sac containing fluid)
cyt/o
cell
derm/o
dermat/o
skin
electr/o
electricity
encephal/o
brain
enter/o
intestines (usually the small intestine)
erythr/o
red
gastr/o
stomach
gnos/o
knowledge
gynec/o
woman, female
hemat/o
hem/o
blood
hepat/o
liver
iatr/o
treatment, physician
leuk/o
white
nephr/o
kidney
neur/o
nerve
onc/o
tumor
ophthalm/o
eye
oste/o
bone
path/o
disease
ped/o
child
psych/o
mind
radi/o
x-rays
ren/o
kidney
rhin/o
nose
sarc/o
flesh
sect/o
to cut
thromb/o
clot, clotting
ur/o
urinary tract, urine
-ac
pertaining to
-al
pertaining to
-algia
pain
-cyte
cell
-ectomy
excision, removal
-emia
blood condition
-genic
pertaining to producing, produced by, or produced in
-globin
protein
-gram
record
-ic, -ical
pertaining to
-ion
process
-ist
specialist
-ist
specialist
-itis
inflammation
-logy
process of study
-oma
tumor, mass, swelling
-opsy
process of viewing
-osis
condition, usually abnormal (slight increase in numbers when used w/ blood cells)
-pathy
disease condition
-scope
instrument to visually examine
-scopy
process of visually examining with an endoscope
-sis
state of; condition
-tomy
process of cutting, incision
-y
process, condition
a-, an-
no, not, without
aut-, auto-
self, own
dia-
through, complete
end-, endo
within
epi-
above, upon
ex-
out
exo-
outside of, outward
hyper-
excessive, above, more than normal
hypo-
deficient, below, under, less than normal
in-
into, in
peri-
surrounding, around
pro-
before, forward
re-
back, backward, again
retro-
behind
sub-
below, under
trans-
across, through
larynx
voicebox
trachea
windpipe
urethra
tube from urinary bladder to outside of the body
ureter
lead from each kidney to the urinary bladder
peritonneum
double-layer membrane surrounding the abdominal area
hypochondriac
upper right and left regions beneath the ribs
epigastric
upper middle regionabove the stomach
lumbar
middle right and left regions near the waist
umbilical
central region near the naval
inguinal
lower right and left regions near the groin
hypogastric
lower middle region below the umbilical region
coccygeal
tailbone
cervical
neck region
lumbar
loin(waist) or flank region (between the ribs and the hipbone)
supine
lying on the back
prone
lying on the belly
transverse plane
divides into upper and lower regions
sagittal plane
divides into left and right sides
abdomin/o
abdomen
adip/o
fat
anter/o
front
bol/o
to cast (throw)
anter/o
front
cervic/o
neck (of the body or the uterine)
chondr/o
cartilage (type of connective tissue)
chrom/o
color
coccyg/o
coccyx (tailbone)
crani/o
skull
cyt/o
cell
dist/o
far, distant
dors/o
back portion of the body
hist/o
tissue
ili/o
ilium (part of the pelvic bone)
inguin/o
groin
kary/o
nucleus
later/o
side
lumb/o
lower back (side and back between the ribs and pelvis)
medi/o
middle
nucle/o
nucleus
pelv/i
pelvis
poster/o
back, behind
proxim/o
nearest
sarc/o
flesh
sacr/o
sacrum
spin/o
spine, backbone
thel/o
nipple
thorac/o
chest
trache/o
trachea, windpipe
umbilic/o
naval, umbilicus
ventr/o
belly, side of the body
vertebr/o
vertebra(e), backbone(s)
viscer/o
internal organs
ana-
up
cata-
down
epi-
above
hypo-
below
inter-
between
meta-
change
-eal
pertaining to
-iac
pertaining to
-ior
pertaining to
-ism
process, condition
-ose
pertaining to, full of
-plasm
formation
-somes
bodies
-type
picture, classification