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Anatomy Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Meter | To measure, SI unit for length, distance |
| Therm | Heat |
| Kelvin | SI unit for temp |
| Pascal | SI unit for pressure |
| Milli | 1/1000 = .001 = 10^-3 |
| Kilo | 1000 = 10^3 |
| Centi | 1/100 = .01 = 10^-2 |
| Hecto | 100 = 10^2 |
| Deka/Deci | 10 |
| Mega | 1,000,000 = 10^6 = 1 million |
| Ana | Up |
| Chondro | Cartilage |
| Corona | Crown |
| Cyto | Cell |
| Epi | On, Upon, Above |
| Gastr | Stomach |
| Hist | Tissue |
| Homo/Homeo | Same |
| Hypo | Under, Beneath |
| Meta | Change |
| Cata | Down |
| Mono | 1 |
| Bi | 2 |
| Di | Split, Seperate, Double |
| Tri | 3 |
| Poly | Many |
| Glyc, Gluc, Sacchar | Sugar, Sweet |
| Hydro, Aqua | Water |
| Kine | To Move |
| Fract, Lysis | Break |
| Logos/Ology | The study of, Reason |
| Para | Alongside, Near |
| Pathos | To suffer |
| Peri | around, about |
| Stasis | Standing Still |
| Toma/Tomo/Tomy | To cut |
| Ventral | Belly Side |
| Viscer | Organ |
| Iso | Same, Equal |
| Syn, Sym | Same, together, with |
| Intra, Endo | Inside, within |
| Inter | Between, Among |
| Exo, Ecto | Outside |
| Tono | Tension |
| Troph | Food, Feeding |
| Ap | Tip |
| Basal | Foundation |
| Blast | Forming |
| Clast | Breaking |
| Lamina | Thin Plate |
| Mero | Part |
| Medio, Meso | Midde |
| Squam | Scale |
| Chroma | Color |
| Dia, Trans | Across, through |
| Dys | Bad |
| Karyo | Nucleus, Nut |
| Onco | Mass, Tumor |
| Phago, Vore | To eat |
| Philas | Love |
| Phobos | Fear |
| Plasm | Fluid, to be molded |
| Tele | Distant, End |
| Strat | Layer |
| Ceros/Keras/Corn | Horn |
| Derm/Cutic | Skin |
| Cyano | Blue |
| (H)emia | Blood |
| Melano | Dark, Black |
| Pili/Villi | Hair |
| Plex | Network, Woven |
| Rrhea | To flow, discharge |
| Sebum | Grease |
| Lipo, Adipo | Fat |
| Osteo | Bone |
| Pseudo | Fake, False, Lying |
| Myo | Muscle, Mouse |
| Myelo | Marrow, Spinal cord |
| Soma | Body |
| Trab | Supporting Beam |
| Malacia | Soft |
| Ambi/Amphi | Double, on both sides |
| Arthro | Joint |
| Ab | away |
| Ad | toward |
| Duct | to lead |
| Oo/Ov | Egg |
| Pro | For, Forward, Positive, In Front Of |
| Pre/Ante | Before |
| Anti | Against, Opposite |
| itis | inflamation, swelling |
| Sarco, Carnis | Meat, Flesh |
| Herba, Phyto | Plant |
| Omni | All |
| Spondyl | Spine/Vertebrae |
| Crani | Skull |
| Cephal | Head |
| Cerebra | Brain |
| Cardia | Heart |
| Crypto | Hidden |
| Canc, Carc | Cancer, Crab |
| Hepa | Liver |
| Dent, Dont | teeth |
| Allo, Hetero | Other, different |
| Nomos | Law |
| Alpha | 1st letter of Greek Alphabet |
| Beta | 2nd letter of Greek Alphabet |
| Gamma | 3rd letter of Greek Alphabet |
| Omega | Last letter of Greek Alphabet |
| Dendro | Branch |
| Leuko | white |
| Erythro | Red |
| Cyano | Blue |
| Chloro | Green |
| Lux, Luc, Lum | Shining Light |
| Cauda | Tail |
| Myco | Mushroom, fungus |
| Di, Dis | Split, Seperate, Double |
| De | Down from, away from |
| E | Out, without, away |
| Micro | Small, 1/1,000,000 = 10^-6 |
| Macro | large |
| Cry | cold |
| Paleo, Archae | Old, Ancient |
| Neo, Novo | New |
| Ion | Charged Particle |
| Acid | pH<7, sour, sharp, H+ ions |
| Base, Alkaline | pH>7, OH- ions |
| Neutra | Neither |
| Fiss | Cleft, Split, Seperate |
| Halo, Sali | Salt |
| Erg, Urg | Work |
| Gen, Parous | bear, produce, beginning |
| Hybrid | combination of traits from 2 parents |
| Sterile | Barren, Fruitless |
| Gyn | Woman |
| Andro, Anthro | Man |
| Morph, Oid | Shape, Form |
| Photo | Light |
| Phono | sound |
| Vulcan | Fire |
| Luna | Moon |
| Viv | Alive |
| Cide | To kill |
| Lithos, Petros | Rock, Stone |
| Hyper, Super | Over, above, excessive |
| Misc | Mixed |
| Thesis | Statement, Arrangement |
| Quanti | How much, How Many |
| Quali | What type, What kind |
| Meteor | Sky |
| Bio | Life |
| Auto | Self |
| Eu | True, Well, Pure |
| Proto | First |