Quiz 1: Prefixes/Suffixes and Roots

a-, an-

without

ab-

away from

ad-

toward

ante-

before, in front of

anti-, ana-, contra-

against

auto-

self

allo-

other, another

dextro-

right

dis-, trans-

through

ec-, ecto-

out, outside

end/o-

in, within

epi-

above, on top of

ex/o-

away, outside

hetero-

different

homo-

same

hyper-, supra-

over, above

hypo-, sub-

under, below

idio-

self

inter-

between

intra-

within

iso-

equal

mes/o-

middle

meta-

through, change

par/a-

beside, abnormal

per-

through

peri-, circum-

around

post-

after

pre-, pro-

before

retro-

behind

sinister/o-

left

sym-, syn-

together

ultra-

beyond

just look at the screen shot lol

just look at the screen shot lol

olig/o-

few, light

poly-, multi-

many

pen-

all

micro-

small

macro-

large

null-

none

hemi-

one, half (left and right)

semi-

half, partial

mon/o-, uni-

one

prim/i-

first

bi-

two, twice

dipl/o-

double

ambi-

both

tri-

three

quadr/i-, tetra-

four

dya-

difficult, painful

eu-

good

mal-

bad

brady-

slow

tachy-

fast

cirrh/o-, jaund/o-

yellow

cyan/o-

blue

erythr/o-, rhod/o-

red

alb/o-, leuk/o-

white

melan/o-

black

-aigia

pain

-cele

protrusion, hernia

-cyte

cell

-dynia

pain

-ectasis

dilation

-esthesia

sensation

-gen

that which produces

-iatry

treatment

-itis

inflammation

-kinesis

movement

-logy

study of

-lysis

destruction

-malacia

softening

-megaly

enlargement

-oma

tumor

-osis

abnormal condition

-paresis

weakness

-plegia

paralysis

-pathy

disease

-penia

deficiency

-phobia

fear

-plasia, -physis

growth

-plasm

substance, shape

-ptosis

drooping

-rrhage/la, -rrhea

flow, discharge

-rrhexis

rupture

-sclerosis

hardening

-stenosis

narrowing

-therapy

treatment

-trophy

nourishment, development

-ule

small

-version

turning

-ac, -al, -an, -ar, ary, atic, eal, ic, ical, lie, ine, lor, old, ory, ous, tic (think like cardiAC, surgicAL, lymphATIC)

pertaining to, resembling

mediastinum

heart, thymus, trachea, esophagus

cranial

brian

spinal

spinal cord

thoracic

pleural cavity and mediatiunum

pleural cavity

lungs

abdominal

stomach, spleen, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, intestines

pelvic

bladder, ureters, urethra, lower intestines; prostate (male); ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, vagina (females)

abdominopelvic quadrants (list the 4)

RUQ, LUQ, RLQ, LLQ

what are the structures in the RUQ

right lobe of liver, gallbladder, part of the pancreas, part of the large and small intestines