KIN 2509 midterm

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angi/o

vessel
vascul/o

vessel
aort/o

aorta
arteriol/o

arteriole
arteri/o

artery
ather/o

fatty plaque
atri/o

atrium
cardi/o

heart
hemangi/o

blood vessel
phleb/o

vein
ven/o

vein
scler/o

hardening, sclera
sphygm/o

pulse
thromb/o

blood clot
ventricul/o

ventricle (of heart or brain)
brady-

slow
endo-

in, within
-um

structure, thing
extra-

outside
peri-

around
tachy-

rapid
trans-

through, across
-gram

record, writing
-graph

instrument for recording
-graphy

process of recording
-stenosis

narrowing, stricture
nas/o

nose
rhin/o

nose
pharyng/o

pharynx
trache/o

trachea
alveol/o

alveolus
bronch/o

bronchus
bronchi/o

bronchus
lob/o

lobe
pector/o

chest
steth/o

chest
thorac/o

chest
pleur/o

pleura
pneum/o

air, lung
pneumon/o

lung
pulmon/o

lung
anthrac/o

black, coal
atel/o

incomplete, imperfect
coni/o

dust
hem/o

blood
orth/o

straight
ox/o

oxygen
phren/o

diaphragm, mind
spir/o

breathe
brady-

slow
dys-

bad, painful, difficult
eu-

good, normal
tachy-

rapid
hyper-

excessive, above normal
-phonia

voice
or/o

mouth
stomat/o

mouth
gloss/o

tongue
lingu/o

tongue
bucc/o

cheek
cheil/o

lip
labi/o

lip
dent/o

teeth
odont/o

teeth
gingiv/o

gum(s)
sial/o

saliva, salivary gland
esophag/o

esophagus
pharyng/o

pharynx (throat)
gastr/o

stomach
pylor/o

pylorus, pyloric sphincter
enter/o

intestine (usually small intestine)
jejun/o

jejunum
ile/o

ileum
append/o

appendix
appendic/o

appendix
col/o

colon
colon/o

colon
sigmoid/o

sigmoid colon
rect/o

rectum
proct/o

anus, rectume
hepat/o

liver
cholangi/o

bile vessel
chol/e

bile, gall
cholecyst/o

gallbladder
choledoch/o

bile duct
pancreat/o

pancreas
an-

without, not
dia-

through, across
dys-

painful, bad, difficult
hyper-

excessive, above normal
peri-

around
post-

after, behind
sub-

under, below
glomerul/o

glomerulus
nephr/o

kidney
ren/o

kidney
pyel/o

renal pelvis
cyst/o

bladder
vesic/o

bladder
meat/o

opening, meatus
trigon/o

trigone (triangular region at base of the bladder)
ureter/o

ureter
urethr/o

urethra
ur/o

urinary tract, urine
albumin/o

albumin (protein)
azot/o

nitrogenous
kal/i

potassium (an electrolyte)
ket/o

ketone bodies (acids and acetones)
keton/o

ketone bodies (acids and acetones)
ur/o

urine, urinary tract
urin/o

urine, urinary tract
an-

without, not
dia-

through, across
dys-

bad, painful, difficult
hyper-

excessive, above normal
hypo-

under, below
poly-

many, much
supra-

above, excessive
andr/o

male
balan/o

glans penis
gonad/o

gonads, sex glands
orch/o

testes
orchi/o

testes
orchid/o

testes
test/o

testes
prostat/o

prostate gland
spermat/o

sperm
sperm/o

sperm
vas/o

vessel, vas deferens, duct
a-

without, not
an-

without, not
circum-

around
para-

near, beside, beyond
phim/o
- muzzle
- restrains & has a tightening effect
adip/o

fat
lip/o

fat
cutane/o

skin
derm/o

skin
dermat/o

skin
hidr/o

sweat
sudor/o

sweat
histi/o

tissue
hist/o

tissue
ichthy/o
- dry, scaly
- fishlike
kerat/o

horny tissue, hard, cornea
myc/o

fungus
onych/o

nail
ungu/o

nail
pil/o

hair
trich/o

hair
scler/o

hardening, sclera
seb/o

sebum, sebaceous
squam/o

scale
xer/o

dry
albin/o

white
leuk/o

white
cirrh/o

yellow
jaund/o

yellow
xanth/o

yellow
cyan/o

blue
erythem/o

red
erythemat/o

red
erythr/o

red
melan/o

black
an-

without, not
dia-

through, across
epi-

above, upon
hyper-

excessive, above normal
hypo-

under, below
sub-

under, below
-derma

skin
-logist

specialist in the study of
-logy

study of
-oid

resembling
-pathy

disease
-plasty

surgical repair
-tome

instrument to cut
anterior (ventral)

front of the body; toward the front
deep

away from the surface
distal

farther from the point of attachment to the trunk or a structure
external

outside, exterior to
inferior (caudal)

below; towards the tail
internal

within; interior to
lateral

pertaining to the side; toward the side
medial

pertaining to the middle; toward the midline
posterior (dorsal)

back of the body; near the back
proximal

near the point of attachment to the trunk or a structure
parietal

pertaining to the outer wall of a body cavity
superficial

toward or on the surface
superior (cephalic, cranial)

above; toward the head
visceral

pertaining to the covering of an organ
midsagittal (median) plane

a vertical plane that passes through the midline of the body & divides the body or organ into equal right and left sides
sagittal plane

a plane that is parallel to a midsagittal plane that divides the body or organ into unequal right & left sides
frontal (coronal) plane

a plane from side to side that separates the body into anterior (front) and posterior (back) portions
transverse (horizontal) plane

a plane that separates the body into superior (upper) and inferior (lower) portions
adip/o

fat
lip/o

fat
cyt/o

cell
chondr/o

cartilage
fibr/o

fiber, fibrous tissue
hist/o

tissue
my/o

muscle
sarc/o

flesh (connective tissue)
abdomin/o

abdomen
cervic/o

neck, cervix uteri (neck of the uterus)
coccyg/o

coccyx (tailbone)
crani/o

cranium, skull
ili/o

ilium (lateral flaring portion of hip bone)
inguin/o

groin
lumb/o

loins (lower back)
pelv/i

pelvis
sacr/o

sacrum
spin/o

spine
thorac/o

chest
umbilic/o

umbilicus, navel
viscer/o

internal organs
vertebr/o

vertebrae (backbone)
anter/o

anterior, front
caud/o

tail
cephal/o

head
dist/o

far, farthest
dors/o

back (of the body)
later/o

side, to one side
medi/o

middle
poster/o

back (of the body), behind, posterior
proxim/o

near, nearest
ventr/o

belly, belly side
ab-

from, away from
ad-

toward
epi-

above, upon
hypo-

under, below
infra-

under, below
inter-

between
-o/centesis

surgical puncture
-ectomy

excision, removal
-o/stomy

forming an opening (mouth)
-o/tomy

incision
-o/clasis

to break
-o/lysis

separation, destruction, loosening
-o/tripsy

crushing
-o/desis

binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)
-o/pexy

suspension, fixation (of an organ)
-o/plasty

surgical repair
-o/rrhaphy

suture
-o/gram

record, writing
-o/graph

instrument for recording
-o/graphy

process of recording
-o/meter

instrument for measuring
-o/metry

act of measuring
-o/scope

instrument to view or examine
-o/scopy

visual examination
Medical Word Building Rules
- 1. A word root is used to link a suffix that begins with a vowel.
- 2. A combining form (root+o) is used to link a suffix that begins with a consonant.
- 3. A combining form (root+o) is used to link multiple roots even if a root begins with a vowel.
-algia

pain
-o/dynia

pain
-o/cele

hernia, swelling
-ectasis

dilation, expansion
-edema

swelling
-emesis

vomiting
-emia

blood condition
-iasis

abnormal condition (produced by something specific)
-itis

inflammation
-o/lith

stone, calculus
-o/malacia

softening
-o/megaly

enlargement
-oma

tumor
-o/pathy

disease
-o/penia

decrease, deficiency
-o/plasia

formation, growth
-o/plasm

formation, growth
-o/rrhage

bursting forth (of)
-o/rrhagia

bursting forth (of)
-o/rrhea

discharge, flow
-o/rrhexis

rupture
-osis

abnormal condition increase (used only with blood cells)
-o/spasm

involuntary contraction, twitching
-o/stenosis

narrowing, stricture
-o/toxic

poison
-o/trophy

development, nourishment
adjective suffixes meaning "pertaining to, relating to"

-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ical, -ile, -ory, -ose, -ous, -tic
-iatry

medicine, treatment
-ia, -ism, -y

condition
-ician, -ist

specialist
a-

without, not
an-

without, not
brady-

slow
dia-

through, across
dipl-

double
dys-

bad, painful, difficult
endo-

in, within
hyper-

excessive, above normal
hypo-

under, below
im-

not
in-

in, not
macro-

large
micro-

small
neo-

new
pseudo-

false
syn-

union, together, joined
tachy-

rapid

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KIN 2509 midterm

Description

MIDTERM Ch 3-9

Updated

2012-03-06T21:43:22Z

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