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A&P Vocabulary
ssbourbon/prefixes and suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -top | place (isotope) |
| iso- | same (isotope) |
| -graphy | recording process (sonography) |
| sono- | sound (sonography) |
| -graphic | pertaining to a recording (tomographic) |
| entero | small intestine (gastroenterology) |
| metabolo- | change (metabolism) |
| dis- | apart (dissect) |
| auscult- | to listen (auscultation) |
| sagitto- | arrow (midsagittal) |
| peri- | around (peritoneum) |
| retro- | behind (retroperitoneal) |
| parieto- | wall (parietal) |
| inguino- | groin (inguinal) |
| intra- | within (intraperitoneal) |
| -stasis | to stay (homeostasis) |
| histo- | tissue (histology) |
| -philic | loving (hydrophilic) |
| oligo- | few (oligosaccharide) |
| mono- | one (monomer) |
| -mer | part (polymer) |
| poly- | many (polymer) |
| hydro- | water (hydrolysis) |
| -phobic | fearing, avoiding (hydrophilic) |
| collo- | glue (colloid) |
| caloro- | heat (calorimeter) |
| -oid | like, resembling (colloid) |
| amphi- | both (amphibian) |
| aero- | oxygen (aerobic) |
| a- | not (atom) |
| enter | intestine (mesentery) |
| mes- | in the middle (mesocolon) |
| omentum | covering (lesser omentum) |
| tone- | stretched (peritoneal) |
| tubercul- | little swelling (intertubercular) |
| para- | next to (parasagittal) |
| inter- | between (interscapular) |
| -nym | name (acronym) |
| epo- | after (eponym) |
| cata- | down (catabolism) |
| ana- | up (anabolism) |
| -ism | process (metabolism) |
| holo- | whole, entire (holistic) |
| elle | little (organelle) |
| -eal | pertaining to (periotoneal) |
| arbor | tree (arboreal) |
| scop | vision (stereoscopic) |
| cost- | rib (subcostal) |
| sub- | below (submarine) |
| mediastinum | in the middle |
| pleur- | rib, side (pleural cavity) |
| cardi- | heart (cardiovascular) |
| brachi- | arm (brachial) |
| gastr- | stomach (gastrointestinal) |
| ante- | before (antebrachial) |
| eicosa- | 20 (eicosanoids) |
| stereo- | solid (stereoscope) |
| physio- | nature (physiology) |
| -sect | to cut (dissect) |
| tomo- | to cut (tomography) |
| glyco- | sugar (glycogen) |
| -gen | producing (glycogen) |
| con- | together (conjugate) |
| jug | join (conjugate) |
| -lysis | splitting apart (hydrolysis) |
| carbo- | carbon (carbohydrate) |
| prosthe- | appendage, addition (prosthetic) |
| sacchar- | sugar (monosaccharide) |
| end, endo | in (endergonic) |
| ex, exo | out (exergonic) |
| erg | work (exergonic, endergonic) |
| chondr- | cartilage (chondroitin) |
| hypo- | below (hypodermic) |
| palp- | to touch (palpatation) |
| homeo- | same (homeostasis) |
| an- | without (anaerobic) |
| cervico- | neck (cervical) |
| epi- | above (epidermis) |
| aer- | air (aerobic) |
| -obic | pertaining to life (aerobic) |
| andro- | male (androgenic) |
| -genic | producing (androgenic) |
| phago- | eat (phagocytosis) |
| -osis | process (pinocytosis) |
| -logy | study of (biology) |
| fusi- | spindle (fusiform) |
| facil- | easy (facilitated) |
| cyto- | cell (cytoplasm) |
| co- | together (cotransport) |
| chromato- | color (chromatin) |
| anti- | opposite (antiport) |
| -gon | angles (polygon) |
| -form | shapge (fusiform) |
| -ate | characterized by |
| stell- | star (stellar) |
| cub- | cube (cuboidal) |
| -ous | characterized by (squamous) |
| squam- | scale (squamous) |
| -plasm | formed (cytoplasm) |
| proto- | first (prototype) |
| kineto- | motion (kinetochore) |
| -chore | place (kinetochore) |
| muta- | change (mutation) |
| pro- | first (prophase) |
| meta- | next in a series (metaphase) |
| ana- | apart (anaphase) |
| telo- | end, final (telophase) |
| -kinesis | action, motion (cytokinesis) |
| karyo- | nucleus (karyotype) |
| diplo- | double (diploid) |
| haplo- | half (haploid) |
| allo- | different (allele) |
| zygo- | union, joined (homozygous) |
| hetero- | different (heterozygous) |
| pheno- | showing, evident (phenotype) |
| pleio- | more (pleiotropy) |
| -trop | changes (pleiotropy) |
| -dactyl | fingers, toes (polydactyl) |
| morpho- | shape (polymorphism) |
| -vas | vessels (avascular) |
| -theli | nipple, female (epithelial) |
| kerat- | horn (keratinized) |
| fibro- | fiber (fibroblast) |
| -blast | producing (fibroblast) |
| macro- | big (macrophage) |
| -phage | eater (macrophage) |
| leuko- | white (leukocyte) |
| ret- | network (reticular) |
| -icul | little (reticular) |
| areola- | little space (areolar) |
| lacuna- | lake, cavity (lacunae) |
| hyal- | glass (hyaline) |
| osteo- | bone (osteocyte) |
| erythro- | red (erythrocyte) |
| dendr- | tree (dendrite) |
| -ite | little (dendrite) |
| myo- | muscle (myocytes) |
| -calated | inserted (intercalated) |
| sphinc- | squeeze, bind tightly (sphincter) |
| desmo- | band, bond, ligament (desmosome) |
| -som | body (desmosome) |
| -crin | to separate, secrete (exocrine) |
| acinus | berry (acinus) |
| alveol- | cavity, pit (alveolar) |
| -genic | producing (cytogenic) |
| mero- | part (merocrine) |
| apo- | from, off, away (apocrine) |
| lamina- | layer (lamina) |
| propia- | of one's own (propia) |
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