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Unit 2 MedTerm
(Chap 17-19)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -ecstasis | Enlargement |
| laryng/o | Voice box |
| bronch/o | Bronchial tubes |
| cyan/o | blue |
| atel/o | Incomplete |
| pneum/o | Lung |
| Ox/o | Organ |
| pleur/o | Multilayerd membrane |
| pharyng/o | Throat |
| phon/o | Voice and sound |
| Trachea | Windpipe |
| Tachy | rapid |
| Pulmon/o | Lung |
| Thorax | Chest |
| Pnea | breathing |
| Nasopharynx | First division of the pharynx |
| Oropharynx | Second division of the pharynx |
| Larygopharynx | Third division of the pharynx |
| Larynx | Voicebox |
| Trache/o | Windpipe |
| An/o | Anus |
| Chol/e | Bile, gall |
| Col/o | Large intestine |
| Cec/o | Cecum |
| Enter/o | Small intestine |
| Gastro/o | Stomach |
| Hepat/o | Liver |
| Cholecyst/o | Gall bladder |
| Esopag/o | Esophagus |
| lithiasis | Presence of stones |
| Sigmoid/o | Sigmoid colon |
| Proct/oRect | Anus and rectum |
| -pepsia | Digestion |
| pancreat/o | Pancreas |
| Rect/o | Rectum |
| Cecum | Connects the small and large intestine |
| Sigmoid colon | Major part of the large intestine leading into the rectum |
| Rectum | Last division of the large intestine |
| Jejunum | Middle portion of the small intestine |
| Ileum | Last portion of the small intestine |