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A&P med terms
a - bucco
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a-, an | absense or lack |
| ab- | departing from, away from |
| acou- | hearing, acoustics |
| ac-, acro- | extreme or extremity |
| ad- | to or toward |
| aden-, adeno- | gland |
| aero- | air |
| af- | toward (afferent neurons) |
| afon- | contest; agonistic |
| agon- | contest; agonistic |
| alb- | white-albicans |
| aliment- | nourish; alimentary canal |
| allel- | of one another |
| amphi- | on both sides, of both kinds, amphibian |
| ana- | apart, up again; anaphase of mitosis |
| anatomos- | come together |
| anatomos- | come together |
| aneurysm | a widening |
| angi- | vessel; angiitis, inflammation of a vessel |
| angin- | choked; anginia pectoris a choked feeling |
| ant-anti | opposed to, preventing or inhibiting |
| ante- | preceding, before; antecubital, |
| aort- | great artery; aorta |
| ap-,api- | tip, extremity; apex of the heart |
| append- | hang to; appendicular skeleton, |
| aqua-aque- | water; aqueous solution |
| arbor | tree |
| areola- | open space; areolar connective tissue; |
| arrect- | upright; arrector pili muscles of skin |
| arthr-, arthro, artic | joint; arthropathy; articular surfaces of bones |
| atri- | vestibule; atria, upper chamber of heart |
| auscult- | listen |
| aut-, auto- | self |
| ax-, axi,-axo- | axis, axle; axial skeleton, axis of vertebral column |
| azyg- | unpaired |
| baro- | pressure; baroreceptors for measuring blood pressure |
| basal | base, ; basal lamina |
| bi- | two; bi-cuspid |
| bili- | bile |
| bio- | life; biology; the study of life and living organisms |
| blast- | bud or germ; blastocyte |
| brachi- | arm; brachial plexus |
| brady- | slow; bradycardia |
| brev- | short; peroneus brevis, a short leg muscle |
| broncho- | bronchus; bronchospasm |
| bucco- | cheek |