Medical terminology: Quiz 1 (chapters 1-3)

Prefix: ante-

before, in front of

Prefix: ben(e)-

well

Prefix: contra-

opposite, against

Prefix: de-

down, away, off

Prefix: extra-

outside, beyond

Prefix: infra-

below

Prefix: inter-

between, among

Prefix: intra-

within

Prefix: juxta-

by the side of, close to

Prefix: mal(e)-

badly, poorly

Prefix: per-

through

Prefix: post-

after, behind

Prefix: pre-

before, in front of

Prefix: pro-

forward, in front of

Prefix: retro-

backward, behind

Prefix: se-

apart, aside, away

Prefix: super-

above

Prefix: ultra-

beyond

Base: articul-

joint

Base: bucc-

cheek, mouth

Base: caps-

box, container

Base: ced-, cess-, -cede

to go, to come

Base: celer-

quick

Base: cerebr-

brain

Base: cut-, cuss-

to shake, to strike

Base: ict-

stroke, blow

Base: ject-

to throw

Base: later-

side, flank

Base: matur-

ripe, fully grown

Base: ment-

mind

Base: mit(t)-, mis(s)-

to send

Base: par-, part-

to give birth

Base: pariet-

wall

Base: pon-, posit-, -pose

to put, to place

Base: salin-

salt

Base: uter-

womb

Base: vas-

vessel

Base: vert-, vers-

to turn

Know yourself: tibia

flute

Know yourself: fibula

clasp, buckle

Know yourself: patella

little dish

Know yourself: pelvis

washing basin

Know yourself: sacrum

holy bone

Know yourself: vertebra

to turn

Know yourself: femur

region of body in which a man differs from a woman

Know yourself: clavicle

little key

Know yourself: mandible

to chew

Know yourself: humerus

shoulder

Prefix: ab-

away from, from

Prefix: ad-

to, toward, near

Prefix: ambi-

both, around

Prefix: circum-

around

Prefix: con-

with, together, very

Prefix: dis-

apart

Prefix: ex-

out, from

Prefix: in-

into, on OR not

Prefix: ob-

against, toward

Prefix: re-

back, again, against

Prefix: sub-

under, up from under

Prefix: trans-

across, through

Base: ax-

axis

Base: cori-

skin

Base: corn(u)-

horn

Base: cub-, cumb-, cubit-

to lie down, to recline

Base: fund-, fus-

to pour, to melt

Base: glutin-

to glue

Base: greg-

flock, herd

Base: ili-

flank, hip

Base: lab-, laps-

to slip, to fall

Base: ocul-

eye

Base: rad-, ras-

to scrape

Base: sangui(n)-

blood

Base: stru-, struct-

to build

Base: sud-

to sweat

Base: tund-, tus-

to beat, to strike

Base: vesic-

bladder

Base: abdomen-, abdomin-

abdomen

Base: cervix, cervic-

neck

Base: corpus, corpor-

body

Base: cortex, cortic-

bark, outer layer

Base: femur, femor-

femur, thigh

Base: semen, semin-

seed

Know yourself: acromion

point of the shoulder

Know yourself: phalanges

lines of troops

Cardinal: I

un-

Cardinal: II

du-

Cardinal: III

tri-

Cardinal: IV

quadr-

Cardinal: V

quinque-

Cardinal: VI

sex-

Cardinal: VII

sept(em)-

Cardinal: VIII

oct-

Cardinal: IX

novem-

Cardinal: X

decem-

Cardinal: C

cent-

Cardinal: M

mill-

Ordinal: I

prim-

Ordinal: II

second-

Ordinal: III

terti-

Ordinal: IV

quart-