Med. Vocab. Lesson 10

Front 1

amyl- combining form

Back 1

starch

Front 2

angin- combining form

Back 2

choking pain, angina pectoris

Front 3

aort- combining form

Back 3

aorta

Front 4

arct(at)- combining form

Back 4

compress

Front 5

ather- combining form

Back 5

[soup] fatty deposit

Front 6

atri- combining form

Back 6

[entrance hall] atrium

Front 7

bol- combining form

Back 7

a throwing

Front 8

capill combining form

Back 8

[hair] capillary

Front 9

cirs- combining form

Back 9

dilated and twisted vein, varix

Front 10

-clud-, -clus- combining form

Back 10

close

Front 11

cor, cord- combining form

Back 11

heart

Front 12

coron- combining form

Back 12

crown

Front 13

cusp, -cuspid combining form

Back 13

point

Front 14

dextr- combining form

Back 14

right (side)

Front 15

-form combining form

Back 15

shape

Front 16

gurgit-, gurgitat- combining form

Back 16

flood, flow

Front 17

pector- combining form

Back 17

breast, chest

Front 18

phleb- combining form

Back 18

vein

Front 19

pulm(on)- combining form

Back 19

lung, pulmonary artery

Front 20

rhythm- combining form

Back 20

[steady motion] heartbeat

Front 21

sept- combining form

Back 21

wall, partition

Front 22

sin-; sinus- combining form

Back 22

[curve, hollow] sinus

Front 23

sinistr- combining form

Back 23

left (side)

Front 24

sphygm- combining form

Back 24

pulse

Front 25

stal-, stol- combining form

Back 25

send, contraction

Front 26

tens(i)- combining form

Back 26

stetch

Front 27

thromb- combining form

Back 27

blood clot

Front 28

top- combining form

Back 28

place

Front 29

vag- combining form

Back 29

[wandering] the vagus nerve

Front 30

varic-, varix combining form

Back 30

dilated and twisted vein, varix

Front 31

vas- combining form

Back 31

(blood) vessel; vas deferens

Front 32

ven- combining form

Back 32

vein

Front 33

ventr- combining form

Back 33

belly, abdomen, abdominal cavity