Medical Terminology Chapter 3 Part 1

High school curriculum medical terminology. Pertains to the first half of terms/roots in the textbook “Medical Language for Modern Health Care”

atom

a small unit of matter

blast/o

immature cell

cell

the smallest unit capable of independent existence

-ar

pertaining to

cyt/o

cell

-ation

process

fertiliz-

to bear

-ule

small

molec-

mass

-cyte

cell

o/o

egg

-elle

small

organ-

organ

tissue

tool

vitro

glass

zygote

yoked

-in

chemical compound or substance

chromat-

color

chrom/o-

color

electr/o-

electric

hormone

chemical formed in one tissue/organ and carried by blood to affect function of another

intra-

within

metabol-

change

-lus

small

nucle/o-

nucleus

-oid

resemble

ster-

solid

syn

together

thesis-

to arrange

-ate

composed of, pertaining to

anabol-

build up

carb/o-

carbon

hydr-

water

catabol-

break down

-some

body

prot/e

first

rib/o-

like a rib

-um

structure

excrete

to pass waste products of metabolism out of the body

thel/i-

nipple

hist/o-

tissue

ligament

band of fibrous tissue connecting two structures

muscle

a tissue consisting of contractile cells

secrete

to produce a chemical substance in a cell and release it from the cell

caps-

fibrous tissue layer surrounding a joint

cartilage

nonvascular firm, connective tissue found mostly in joints

chondr/o-

cartilage

coll/a-

glue

fibr/o-

fiber

matrix

substance that surrounds cells, made by cells, holds them together

nutri-

nourish

-ent

end result

oste/o-

bone

synov/i-

synovial membrane

tendon

cord of strong, flexible tissue