Talking like a Veterinarian

ac/al

pertaining to

ab

away from

ad

toward

anti

against

inter

between

macro

large

meta

after

peri

around

post

after

pre

before

afferent

going towards

physis

to grow

septum

flat partition

dia

between, through

card/cardi

heart

cusp

flap

efferent

going away from

oral

the mouth

aboral

away from the mouth

afferent nerve

nerve going towards the central nervous system

diaphysis

mid-region of a long bone

efferent nerve

nerve leaving the central nervous system

epiphysis

extremity of a long bone

interphalangeal

between phalanges

larynx

structure between the pharynx and trachea

lingual

relating to the tongue

metacarpal

main bones distal to the carpus

Metaphysis

growth region between epiphysis and diaphysis

orad

towards the mouth

pericardium

the membrane surrounding the heart

pharynx

cavity between the nose and esophagus

tricuspid valve

the heart valve having three flaps

adip

fat

chondro

cartilage

clast

break down

cyst

small fluid-filled bag

cyte

cell

cutis

skin

dendr

tree

derm(o)

skin

ecto

outside

endo/intra

inside

epi

upon, in addition

glomer

ball

hepat/hepato

liver

juxta

near or next to

osteo

bone

phag/phagia

eating

pod

foot

pseudo

fake

seb(o)

fatty secretion

stratum

horizontal layer

sub

below

adipocyte

cell in fat (adipose) tissue

dendrite

branched extension of a nerve cell

ectoderm

outermost layer of cells of an embryo

endothelium

the layer of cells lining the inside of blood vessels

epidermis

surface epithelium of the skin

epithelium

cell type that covers organs or line tubes

hepatocyte

liver cell

interstitium

space or gap in a tissue or organ

juxtaglomerular apparatus

structures near the glomerulus

lamina

plate or layer

osteoclast

cell that reabsorbs bone

phagocyte

cell that engulfs bacteria and debris

podocyte

epithelial cell with ‘foot processes’ in glomerulus

pseudostratified epithelium

cells that appear to be stratified

sebaceous cyst

swelling in the skin filled with sebum

subcutis

deeper layer of the dermis

chondrocyte

basic cell in cartilage

bacillus/bacilli

rod shaped

cide

killing

coccus

round or spherical

bacterio

relating to bacteria

morph

shape

myc(o)

fungus

sis

disease

staphylo

cluster of grapes

strepto

chain

ia

disease or abnormality

pnea

breathing

brady

slow

dia

apart

eu

normal or good

heme

blood

para

nearby

pneumo

air, lungs

stasis

control

sys

together

tachy

fast

bactericidal

something that kills bacteria

bacteriophage

virus that infects bacteria

bacteriostatic

something that prevents bacteria from growing

bradycardia

slower than normal heart rate

bradypnea

abnormally slow breathing

diastole

when the heart relaxes and fills with blood

eupnea

normal breathing

hemostasis

to control or stop breathing

mycosis

disease caused by fungi

paracrine

cell signal that affects nearby cells