A&P Chapter 1 - Basic Word Structure Flashcards Preview

MA A&P Program - PRISM > A&P Chapter 1 - Basic Word Structure > Flashcards

Flashcards in A&P Chapter 1 - Basic Word Structure Deck (77)
Loading flashcards...
1
Q

aden/o

A

gland

2
Q

arthr/o

A

joint

3
Q

bi/o

A

life

4
Q

carcin/o

A

cancerous, cancer

5
Q

cardi/o

A

heart

6
Q

cephal/o

A

head

7
Q

cerebr/o

A

cerebrum (largest part of the brain)

8
Q

cis/o

A

to cut

9
Q

crin/o

A

to secrete (to form and give off)

10
Q

cyst/o

A

urinary bladder; a sac or cyst (sac containing fluid)

11
Q

cyt/o

A

cell

12
Q

derm/o or dermat/o

A

skin

13
Q

electr/o

A

electricity

14
Q

encephal/o

A

brain

15
Q

enter/o

A

intestines (usually the small intestine)

16
Q

erythr/o

A

red

17
Q

gastr/o

A

stomach

18
Q

glyc/o

A

sugar

19
Q

gnos/o

A

knowledge

20
Q

gynec/o

A

woman, female

21
Q

hemat/o or hem/o

A

blood

22
Q

hepat/o

A

liver

23
Q

iatr/o

A

treatment, physician

24
Q

leuk/o

A

white

25
Q

log/o

A

study of

26
Q

nephr/o

A

kidney

27
Q

neur/o

A

nerve

28
Q

onc/o

A

tumer (cancerous)

29
Q

ophthalm/o

A

eye

30
Q

oste/o

A

bone

31
Q

path/o

A

disease

32
Q

ped/o

A

child

33
Q

psych/o

A

mind

34
Q

radi/o

A

x-rays

35
Q

ren/o

A

kidney

36
Q

rhin/o

A

nose

37
Q

sarc/o

A

flesh

38
Q

sect/o

A

to cut

39
Q

thromb/o

A

clot, clotting

40
Q

ur/o

A

urinary tract, urine

41
Q

-ac or -al

A

pertaining to

42
Q

-algia

A

pain

43
Q

-cyte

A

cell

44
Q

-ectomy

A

excision, removal

45
Q

-emia

A

blood condition

46
Q

-genic

A

pertaining to, producing, produced by, or produced in

47
Q

-globin

A

protein

48
Q

-gram

A

record

49
Q

-ic or -ical

A

pertaining to

50
Q

-ion

A

process

51
Q

-ist

A

specialist

52
Q

-itis

A

inflammation

53
Q

-logy

A

process of study

54
Q

-oma

A

tumor, mass, swelling

55
Q

-opsy

A

process of viewing

56
Q

-osis

A

condition, usually abnormal (slight increase in numbers when used with blood cells)

57
Q

-pathy

A

disease condition

58
Q

-scope

A

instrument to visually examine

59
Q

-scopy

A

process of visually examining

60
Q

-sis

A

state of; condition

61
Q

-tomy

A

process of cutting, incision

62
Q

-y

A

process, condition

63
Q

a- or an-

A

no, not, without

64
Q

aut- or auto-

A

self, own

65
Q

dia-

A

complete, through

66
Q

endo-

A

within

67
Q

epi-

A

above, upon

68
Q

ex- or exo

A

out, outside of, outward

69
Q

hyper-

A

excessive, above, more than normal

70
Q

hypo-

A

deficient, below, under, less than normal

71
Q

in-

A

into, in

72
Q

peri-

A

surrounding, around

73
Q

pro-

A

before, toward

74
Q

re-

A

back, backward, again

75
Q

retro-

A

behind

76
Q

sub-

A

below, under

77
Q

trans-

A

across, through