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week4
chapter 10 -12
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| recto | rectum |
| sigmoido | sigmoid colon |
| ano | anus |
| entero | small intestine |
| colo | ascending colon |
| Colono | ascending colon |
| gingiv | gums |
| dento | f tooth |
| append/o | appendix |
| appendic/o | appendix |
| chol/e | bile or gall ( digestive fluid made by the liver ) |
| bil/i | bile or gall ( digestive fluid made by the liver ) |
| cholangi/o | bile duct ( tubes that carry bile) |
| choledoch/o | common bile duct - main duct for bile flow |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| duoden/o | duodenum- first part of the small intestine |
| jejun/o | jejunum- middle part of the small intestine |
| proct/o | rectum and anus |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon- S-Shaped part of large intestine |
| lith/o | stone ex: gallstones |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| or/o | mouth |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| ren/o | kidney |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| urin/o | urine |
| ur/o | urinary tract |
| vesic/o | bladder |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| meat/o | opening/meatus |
| albumin/o | albumin ( protein) |
| azot/o | nitrogen waste |
| noct/o | night |
| olig/o | scanty, little |
| hematur/o | blood in urine |
| kal/i | potassium |
| -ptosis | drooping/ prolapse |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| -gram | record/picture |
| -scopy | visual exam |
| radicul/o | root ( of nerve) |
| phob/o | fear |
| somat/o | body |
| myel/o | spinal cord |
| trop/o | turning , affinity for |
| psych/o | mind |
| hallucin- | to wander in mind ( foundation for hallucination) |
| iatr- | treatment ( basis of "psychiatry") |
| caus/o | burning/burn |
| contus/o | bruise |
| mening/o | membranes |
| ambull/o | to walk |
| -esthesia | sensation, feeling |
| encephalopathy | disease of the brain muscles/ structure |
| psuchosis | mental condition marked by loss of reality connection |
| neraligia | nerve pain |
| cephalalgia | headache |
| radiculopathy | disease of a nerve root |
| gangli/o | ganglion ( nerve bundle) |
| dur/o | dura mater ( outer meninges layer ) |
| thalam/o | thalamus |
| hypothalam/o | hypothalamus |
| gli/o | glial cells; glue like supportive nervous tissue |
| tax/o | coordination ( as in ataxia ) |
| narco- | stupor/ sleep |
| drom/o | running , conduction |
| audi/o | hearing |
| acous/o | hearing |
| pyr/o | fever |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| mania | obsession |
| iatry/ iatr/o | treatment |
| morph/o | form, shape |
| alges/o | sensitivity to pain |
| concuss/o | shaken violently |
| traum/o | injury / wound |
| paraly/o | paralysis |
| parlyt/o | paralysis |
| schiz/o | split ( as in schizophrenia) |
| axon/o | axon ( nerve fiber ) |
| dendr/o | dendrite ( branching nerve fibers ) |
| lept/o | thin , slemder ( used in meninges ) |
| pont/o | pons ( part of brainstem ) |
| cortic/o | cortex, outer region of an organ ( often the cerebral cortex) |
| vag/o | vagus nerve ( cranial nerve X) |
| lex/o | word or phrase ( used in reading disorders ) |
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