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MedOc Final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Trich- | Root word meaning hair |
| Capill- | Means pertaining to hair |
| Dermato- | Basic term meaning "skin related" |
| Cutaneo- | Term meaning skin |
| Onycho- | Term meaning "pertaining to the nails" |
| Burso- | Means bursa which is one of the many fluid-filled sacs near joints and tendons that help lubricate |
| Carpo- | Means wrist |
| Chondro- | Means gristle or cartilage |
| Dactyle- | Means fingers or toes |
| Ischio- | Relates to the ischium or hip joint |
| Ossi- or osse- | General term to describe bone or something that is "boney" |
| Oste- | Also means bone |
| Ped- | Means foot in anatomy |
| Pelv- | Means "hip bone" |
| Pleur- | Means ribs |
| Pod- | Another term meaning foot |
| Cervico- | Means your neck |
| Arthro- | Means "related to the libs or joints" |
| Articulo- | Related to the joints |
| Cost- or costo- | Root word meaning ribs |
| Humero- | Root word meaning shoulder |
| Lumb- | Pertaining to the back |
| Manu- | Refers to your hand |
| Musculo- | Simply means "muscle" |
| Acoust- or acou- | Refers to hearing |
| Aesthesi- | Root word meaning "sensation" |
| Algesi- | Refers to pain or the perception of pain |
| Ari- | Means "ear" |
| Cerebello- | Term used to describe the cerebellum in the back of your brain |
| Cerebro- | Medical term related to the brain itself |
| Encephalo- | Another term used to mean "brain" |
| Nerv- | Means "pertaining to nerves" |
| Neuri- | Term used to describe the nervous system |
| Thry- | Relates specifically to your thyroid gland |
| Adren- | Root word meaning adrenal glands, which breaks down further because "ad" means on top of and "ren" means related to the kidneys |
| -emia | Means related to the blood or blood condition |
| Angio- | Means blood vessels |
| Arterio- | Means pertaining to an artery |
| Atrio- | Pertaining to the atrium (a small chamber in the heart) |
| Corono- | Means related to the heart |
| Hemat- | Root word meaning blood |
| Hemangio- | Means blood vessels |
| Phlebo- | Means veins |
| Sangui- | Another term meaning blood |
| Thrombo- | Means pertaining to a blood clot |
| Vasco- | Yet another term for blood vessel |
| Ven- | Means vein |
| Broncho- | Term meaning bronchial tube |
| Bronchio- | Term also meaning the bronchial tube |
| Bronchiolo- | Root word meaning small airways |
| Aero- | Greek term meaning gas or air |
| Pneumo- | Basic root word for lungs |
| Pulmono- | Term that also means lungs |
| Nephro- | Root word meaning kidneys |
| Ren- | Root word that also means kidneys but is in Latin origin |
| Ur- | Short root word that means urine or pertaining to the urine |
| Vesico- | Root word that means bladder |
| Episio- | Means something related to the pubic region or loins |
| Balan- | Term that refers to the glans penis in men |
| Colpo- | Means something related to the vagina |
| Gono- | Means semen or seed |
| Gyno- | Simple word that means woman |
| Mamo- | Basic root word that means breast |
| Masto- | This also explains things related to the breast |
| Metry- | Root word meaning pertaining to the uterus |
| Oo- or ovo- | Both of these root words mean egg or eggs |
| Ovario- | Means related to the ovaries |
| Salping- | Root word that means Fallopian tubes |
| Spermato- | Root word referring to sperm cells or semen |
| Vagin- | Term that means relating to the vagina |
| An- | Can mean anus |
| Hepat- | Root word means liver |
| Laparo- | Term that means abdominal wall |
| Pepsia- | Suffix that means digestive tract |
| Phagy- | Means eating or feeding on |
| Pharyngo- | Means pertaining to the throat |
| Procto- | Means rectum or perhaps anus |
| Rect- | Basically means rectum |
| Abdomin- | Relates to the abdomen itself |
| Cholecysto- | Means gallbladder |
| Colo- | Means pertaining to your colon |
| Duodeno- | Refers to the duodenum, or first part of the small intestine |
| Entero- | Root word for intestine |
| Esophago- | Root word that means "gullet" and relates to the tube between your throat and stomach |
| Gastro- | Term used to describe your stomach |
| Geusia- | Fancy term for taste |
| Lio- | Root word meaning ileum (last part of your small intestine) |
| Pancreat- | Root word meaning pancreas |