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med term 7-10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| labyrintho | inner ear |
| myringo | eardrum, tympanic membrane |
| ossiculo | ossicles |
| stapeo | stapes |
| -cusis | hearing |
| muco | mucus |
| oxo, oxi | oxygen |
| pneumato | air, respiration |
| spiro | breathing |
| stetho | chest |
| -capnia | carbon dioxide |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| phonia | voice |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -sphyxia | pulse |
| kypho | humpback |
| lordo | swayback |
| pedo | child |
| scolio | curved |
| temporo | temporal bone |
| -porosis | porous |
| xipho | sword |
| coccygo | tailbone, coccyx |
| lumbo | lower back, loins |
| spondylo | vertebra |
| claviculo | collarbone, clavicle |
| clacaneo | heel |
| femoral | femur, thigh bone |
| burso | bursa |
| blast | immature |
| clasis | surgical fracture, refracture |
| genesis | formation |
| physis | to grow |
| porosis | pororus |
| ortho- | straight |
| flexo | bend |
| pronatio | facing backward |
| supinatio | facing forward |
| tenso | stretch |
| electro | electric |
| fascio | fascia |
| kinesio | movement |
| leio | smooth |
| myoso | muscle |
| tendio teno | tendon |
| tono | tone, tension |
| tenosynovio | tendon sheath |
| -asthenia | no strength |
| -clonus | turmoil |
| kinesia | movement, motion |
| trophy | nourishment, growth |
| thermy | heat |
| glio | glue |
| myelino | myelin shealth |
| tomo | to cut |
| -schisis | cleft, splitting |
| -us | condition, thing |
| para | abnormal |
| polio | gray |
| cerebello | cerebellum |
| cortico | cortex, outer covering |
| duro | dura mater |
| hydro | water |
| encephalo | brain |
| magneto | magnet |
| meningo | meninges |
| radiculo | nerve, roots |
| thalamus | thalamus |
| ventriculo | ventricles |
| -esthesia | sensation |
| graphy | process of recording |
| phasia | speech |
| taxia | cooridination, order |
| de- | lack of removal |
| pachy- | thick |
| PET | positron emission tomography |
| amblylo | dull, dim |
| coagulatio | to condense, to clot |
| emmetro | in proper measure |
| iso | equal |
| -conus | cone-shaped |
| -edema | accumluation of fluid |
| -iasis | abnormal condition, process |
| -metrist | specialist in the measurement of |
| -ory | pertaining to |
| myelin | to shut |
| presby- | old age |
| pseud/o | false |
| aqueo | water |
| choroid/o | choroid membrane |
| conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva |
| coreo | pupil |
| corneo | cornea |
| cyel/o | ciliary body |
| dacryocyst/o | lacrimal sac |
| gonio | angle |
| irido, | iris |
| kerato | cornea |
| mio | contraction, less |
| mydri/o | wide, dilation dilatation |
| palpebro | -eyelid |
| papillo | optic disc |
| phaco, phako | lens |
| photo | light |
| retino | retina |
| sclero | clera |
| trabeculo | meshwork, lattice |
| vitreo | glass, gel like |
| chalasis | relaxation |
| -opia, opsia | visual condition |
| -tropia | turning |
| -tropion | turning |
| auro | ear |
| cochleo | cochlea |
| gonio | angle |
| mio | contraction, less |
| emmetr/o | in proper measure |
| chalasis | relaxation |
| myos/o | muscle |
| rhabd/o | rod shaped |
| dacryocyst/o | lacrimal sac |
| radicul/o | nerve roots |
| tetra | four |
| para | abnormal |