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Part 2
key words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aden/o | Gland |
| adip/o | fat |
| anter/o | before, front |
| caud/o | lower part of body, tail |
| cephal/o | head |
| cyt/o, -cyte | cell |
| end-, endo- | in, within, inside |
| exo- | out of, outside, away from |
| hist/o, histi/o | tissue |
| -ologist | specialist |
| -ology | the science or study |
| path/o, -pathy | disease, suffering, feeling, emotion |
| plas/I, plas/o, -plasia | development, growth, formation |
| poster/o | behind, toward the back |
| -stasis, -static | control, maintenance of a constant level |
| spondyl/o | vertebral column, backbone |
| synovi/o, synou/o | synovial membrane, synovial fluid |
| -um | singular noun ending |
| -lysis | loosing or setting free |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| ossle, ossli, ost/o, oste/o | bone |
| scoli/o | curved, bent |
| ankyl/o | crooked, bent, stiff |
| arthr/o | joint |
| chondr/I, chondr/o | cartilage |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| -desis | to bind , tie toghether |
| kyph/o | bent, hump |
| lord/o | curve, swayback bent |
| bi- | twice, double, two |
| -cele | hernia, tumor, swelling |
| dys- | bad, difficult, or paintful |
| fasci/o | fascia, fibrous band |
| fibr/o | fibrous tissues, fiber |
| -ia | abnormal condition, disease, plural of -ium |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| kines/o, kinesi/o | movement |
| my/o | muscle |
| -plegia | paralysis, stroke |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| tax/o | coordination, order |
| ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o | tendon, stretch out, extend strain |
| ton/o | tone, stretching, tension |
| tri- | three |