Root Words - Lesson 3 (An-Ap)

Front 1

vessel

Back 1

angi/o
(angiogram)

Front 2

crooked/fused

Back 2

ankyl/o
(ankylosing)

Front 3

anterior/before/in front

Back 3

anter/o
anterolateral

Front 4

appendix

Back 4

appendic(ic)o
appendicities

Front 5

aorta

Back 5

aort/o
aortic

Front 6

A blank is an X-ray test that uses a special dye and camera (fluoroscopy) to take pictures of the blood flow in an artery (such as the aorta) or a vein (such as the vena cava). An angiogram can be used to look at the arteries or veins in the head, arms, legs, chest, back, or belly.

Back 6

Angiogram

Front 7

The typical patient is a young male,[4] aged 20–40, when symptoms of the disease first appear, with chronic pain and stiffness in the lower part of the spine or sometimes the entire spine, often with pain referred to one or other buttock or the back of thigh from the sacroiliac joint.

Back 7

Ankylosing

Front 8

situated anteriorly and to one side.

Back 8

Anterolateral

Front 9

The large artery that is the main trunk of the systemic arterial system, arising from the base of the left ventricle, ending at the left side of the body of the fourth lumbar vertebra, dividing to form the right and left common iliac arteries, and whose parts are the ascending aorta, the aortic arch, and the descending aorta.

Back 9

Aortic

Front 10

1. A supplementary or an accessory part of an organ or a structure of the body.
2. The vermiform appendix.

Back 10

Appendix