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Unit One Med Terms
ASHA A&P Unit One Medical Terms (page 7-8)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ante- | in front of |
| post- | behind |
| epi- | above |
| hypo-, infra- | below |
| inter- | between |
| medi- | middle |
| peri- | around |
| auriculo, oto | ear |
| blast | bud, growing thing |
| brachio | arm |
| bursa | purse |
| cal | stone |
| capito | head |
| caudi | tail |
| chondro | cartilage |
| clav | key |
| coccyx | bill |
| colla | glue |
| condyle | knob |
| corono | crown |
| corpo | body |
| costo | rib |
| disto | far |
| gen | to give rise to |
| hallux | big toe |
| liga | to bind |
| luna | moon |
| luxation | dislocation |
| magnum | large |
| malleus | hammer |
| man | hand |
| mast | breast |
| matrix | mother |
| nave | ship or boat |
| obturator | plugged up |
| odonto | tooth |
| ortho | straight, normal, in line |
| osteo | bone |
| parietal | outer covering |
| ped | foot |
| pelvis | basin |
| phalanx | row |
| physio | life |
| pisiform | pea shaped |
| pollex | thumb |
| prone | face down |
| proximo | near |
| pterygo | wing |
| rhino | nose |
| soma | body |
| sclero | hard |
| ramus | branch |
| sacrum | sacred |
| spino, stylo | pointed, needle-like |
| spondelo | vertebra |
| stenosis | narrowing |
| supine | face up |
| talus | dice |
| tempo | time |
| teres | round or cylindrical |
| thyro | shield |
| tomy | to cut |
| trochlea | pully |
| vert | to spin |
| vomer | plow |
| viscera | slow flowing or thick, internal organs |
| ventro | belly |
| zygo | egg |
| -um (singular) | a (plural) |
| -us (singular) | I (plural) |
| -a (singular) | ae (plural) |
| -en (singular) | ina (plural) |
| -ix (singular) | ices (plural) |
| -ment (singular) | ment (plural) |
| -ia, ism, osis | condition |
| -ac, ic, al, ar, ary, eal, tic ical, ory | pertaining to |
| -ous | having the quality of |
| -oid | like or resembling |
| -logy | the study of |
| -tomy | to cut |
| -it is | inflammation |
| -icle, ule, ula, ole | little |
| -gnosis | knowledge |