midterm orientation veterinary

branch/o

bronchial tube

diaphragmat/o

diaphragm

nas/o

nose

ox/o

oxygen (o2)

pneum/o

lung; air;gas

pulmon/o

lung

dys-

bad; painful; difficult ;abnormal

-pnea

breathing

respiration

exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the body and the atmosphere

arthr/o

joint

bi/o

life

carcin/o

cancer

cardi/o

heart

cephal/o

head

cis/o

to cut

col/o

large intestine (colon)

colon/o

large intestine(colon)

cyst/o

urinary bladder ; cyst

cyt/o

cell

electr/o

electricity

encephal/o

brain

enter/o

small intestine

gast/o

stomach

glyc/o

sugar

hem/o

blood

hemat/o

blood

hist/o

tissue

iatr/o

treatment

neur/o

nerve

oste/o

bone

path/o

disease

radi/o

x-rays

sarc/o

connective tissue

sect/o

to cut

leukemia

increase of numbers of cancerous white blood cells

diagnosis

estimation of the cause of disease

prognosis

estimation of disease outcome

a-

no;not;without

an-

no; not ; without

brach-

short

dia-

through ; complete

endo-

in; within

epi-

above; upon; on

ex-

out ; away from

exo-

out; away from

extra-

outside

hyper-

above ; excessive

hypo-

deficient ; below ; under ; less than normal

in-

in ; into ; not

intra-

within ; into

pro-

before ; forward

re-

back ; again ; backward

retro-

behind ; back ‘ backward

sub-

under; below

trans-

across ; through

aden/o

gland

chondr/o

cartilage

pelv/o

pelvis(hip)

rhin/o

nose

spin/o

spin

thorac/o

chest

vertebr/o

verterbrae

neo-

new

-plasia

development; formation; growth

-plasm

formation

cardiovascular

consists of organs such as the heart veins arteries and capillaries

digestive

consists of organs such as the mouth throat esophagus stomach intestine pancreas liver and gallbladder

endocrine

consists of organs such as the pancreas

integumentary

consists of organs such as the skin hair(fur) nails and glands

musculoskeletal

consists of organs such as the bones muscle and joints

nervous

consists of organs such as the brain and spinal cord

reproductive

consists of organs such as the ovaries vagina uterus testes and penis

abdomin/o

abdomen

adip/o

fat

cec/o

cecum

chol/e

bile ; gall

cholecyst/o

gallbladder

chron/o

time

duoden/i

duodenum

duoden/o

duodenum

esophag/o

esophagus

hepat/o

liver

hydr/o

fluid ; water

lith/o

stone

muc/o

mucus

nas/o

nose

or/o

mouth

pancreat/o

pancreas

peritone/o

peritoneum

phag/o

eat ; swallow

pharyng/o

throat; pharynx

py/o

pus

rect/o

rectum

stomat/o

mouth

ante-

before ; forward

anti-

against

de-

lack of; down; less; removal of

dys-

bad; painful; different; abnormal

mal-

bad

mega-

large