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AHRS 318 Exam 4
Med term test 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adenoid/o | adenoids |
| alveol/o | alveolus, air sac |
| bronch/o bronchi/o | bronchial tube bronchus |
| bronchiol/o | small bronchus |
| capn/o | carbon dioxide |
| coni/o | dust |
| cyan/o | blue |
| epiglott/o | epiglottis |
| laryng/o | larynx voice box |
| lob/o | lobe of the lung |
| mediastin/o | mediastinum |
| nas/o | nose |
| orth/o | straight upright |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| pector/o | chest |
| pharyng/o | pharyngx throat |
| phon/o | voice |
| phren/o | diaghram |
| pleur/o | pleaura |
| pnuem/o pneumon/o | air lung |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sinus/o | sinus cavity |
| spir/o | breathing |
| tel/o | complete |
| thorac/o | chest |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| trache/o | trachea,windpipe |
| ema | condition |
| osmia | smell |
| pnea | breathing |
| ptysis | spitting |
| sphxia | pulse |
| thorax | pleural cavity chest |
| bas/o | base (alkaline) |
| chrom/o | color |
| coagul/o | clotting |
| cyt/o | cell |
| eosin/o | red,dawn,rosy |
| erythr/o | red |
| granul/o | granules |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hemoglobin/o | hemoglobin |
| is/o | same equal |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| leuk/o | white |
| mon/o | one single |
| morph/o | shape form |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| neutr/o | neutral |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| phag/o | eat swallow |
| poikil/o | varied irregular |
| sider/o | iron |
| spher/o | globe round |
| thromb/o | clot |
| apheresis | removal a carrying away |
| blast | immature cell embryonic |
| cytosis | abnormal condition of cells increase of cell |
| emia | blood condition |
| globin | protein |
| globulin | protein |
| lytic | pertaining to destruction |
| oid | derived from |
| osis | abnormal condition |
| penia | deficiency |
| phage | eat swallow |
| philia | attraction for |
| phoresis | carrying transmission |
| poiesis | formation |
| stasis | stop control |
| immun/o | protection |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| lymphaden/o | lymph node |
| splen/o | spleen |
| thym/o | thymus gland |
| tox/o | posion |
| ana | again anew |
| inter | between |
| calc/o calci/o | calcium |
| kyph/o | humpback hunch back |
| lamin/o | lamina part of the vertebral arch |
| lord/o | curve sway back anterior curvature in the lumbar region |
| lumb/o | loins lower back |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone |
| scoli/o | crooked bent lateral curvature |
| spondyl/o | vertebra used to make words about the condition of the structure |
| vertebr/o | vertebra |
| blast | embryonic immature cell |
| clast | to break |
| listhesis | slipping |
| malacia | softening |
| physis | to grow |
| porosis | pore passage |
| tome | instrument to cut |
| acetabul/o | acetabulum hip socket |
| calcan/o | calcaneus heel |
| carp/o | carpals wrist bones |
| clavicul/o | clavicle |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | cranium |
| femor/o | femur |
| fibul/o | fibula thigh bone |
| humer/o | humerus upper arm |
| ili/o | ilium upper part of pelvic bone |
| ischi/o | ischium posterior part of pelvic bone |
| malleol/o | malleolus |
| mandibul/o | mandible |
| maxill/o | maxilla |
| metacarp/o | metacarpals hand bone |
| metatars/o | metatarsals foot bones |
| olecran/o | olecranon elbow |
| patell/o | patella kneecap |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| perone/o | fibula |
| phalang/o | phalanges fingers and toe bones |
| pub/o | pubis anterior part of the pelvic bone |
| radi/o | radius lower arm bone thumb side |
| scapul/o | scapula |
| stern/o | sternum |
| tars/o | tarsals bones of the hindfoot |
| tibi/o | tibia shin |
| uln/o | unla lower arm bone little finger side |
| ankyl/o | stiff |
| arthr/o | joint |
| articul/o | joint |
| burs/o | bursa |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| ligament/o | ligament |
| rheumat/o | watery flow |
| synov/o | synovial membrane |
| ten/o | tendon |
| tendino/o | tendon |
| desis | thinning |
| stenosis | narrowing |
| fasci/o | fascia forms sheath enveloping muscle |
| fibr/o | fibrous connective tissue |
| leiom/o | smooth muscle |
| my/o | muscle |
| myocardi/o | heart muscle |
| myos/o | muscle |
| plant/o | sole of the foot |
| rhabdomy/o | skeletal muscle |
| asthenia | lack if strenght |
| trophy | development nourshiment |
| ab | away from |
| ad | towards |
| dorsi | back |
| poly | many much |