ALHS STUDY FINAL EXAM MORPH

adip/o, lip/o, steat/o

fat

cutane/o, dermat/o, derm/o

skin

onych/o, ungu/o

nail

pil/o, trich/o

hair

scler/o

hardening, sclera

xer/o

dry

-therapy

treatment

-cyte

cell

-derma

skin

arthr/o

joint

brachi/o

arm

cephal/o

head

cervic/o

neck; cervix uteri (neck of uterus)

cost/o

ribs

crani/o

cranium (skull)

lumb/o

loins (lower back)

muscul/o, my/o

muscle

myel/o

bone marrow; spinal cord

orth/o

straight

oste/o

bone

ped/o

foot; child

pelv/i

pelvis

pod/o

foot

vertebr/o

vertebrae (backbone)

thorac/o

chest

-porosis

porous

ped/i

foot, child

patell/o

patella (kneecap)

-blast

embryonic cell

-desis

binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)

-malacia

softening

syn-

union, together, joined

cerebr/o

cerebrum

crani/o

cranium (skull)

dendr/o

treeencephal/o brain

kinesi/o

movement

myel/o

bone marrow; spinal cord

neur/o

nerve

-asthenia

weakness, debility

-esthesia

feeling

-kinesia

movement

-lepsy

seizure

-phasia

speech

contra-

against

uni-

one

aque/o

water

lacrim/o

tear

ocul/o

eye

ophthalm/o

eye

opt/o

eye, vision

optic/o

eye, vision

phot/o

light

audi/o

hearing

aur/o

ear

ot/o

ear

-opia

vision

-opsia

vision

-acusia

hearing

-cusis

hearing

gluc/o

sugar, sweetness

glyc/o

sugar, sweetness

home/o

same, alike

toxic/o

poison

-crine

secrete

-dipsia

thirst

nas/o, rhin/o

nose

pharyng/o

pharynx (throat)

laryng/o

larynx (voice box)

trache/o

trachea

bronchi/o, bronch/o

bronchus

pneum/o, pneumon/o

air, lung

pulmon/o

lung

ox/o, ox/i

oxygen

spir/o

breathe

-capnia

carbon dioxide

-pnea

breathing

-ptysis

spitting

-thorax

chest

angi/o

vessel (usually blood or lymph)

aort/o

aorta

arteri/o

artery

ather/o

fatty plaque

cardi/o

heart

electr/o

electricity

embol/o

plug

hemangi/o

blood vessel

my/o

muscle

phleb/o

vein

scler/o

hardening; sclera (white of eye)

sphygm/o

pulse

sten/o

narrowing, stricture

thromb/o

blood clot

vascul/o

vessel (usually blood or lymph)

ven/o

vein

hem/o

blood

hemat/o

blood

immun/o

immune, immunity, safe

lymph/o

lymph

phag/o

swallowing, eating

-globin

protein