PHTH1001 Exam 3 Word Parts

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An/o

anus

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Antr/o

antrum (part of the stomach just inside the pylorus)

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Cec/o

cecum (a pouch connected to the junction of the small and large intestines)

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Col/o, colon/o

colon (large intestine)

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Duoden/o

duodenum (the first part of the small intestines immediately after the stomach)

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Enter/o

intestine(s) (small intestine)

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Esophag/o

esophagus

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Gastr/o

stomach

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Ile/o

ileum (third portion of the small intestines, after the jejunum)

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Jejun/o

jejunum (second part of the small intestines, after the duodenum)

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Or/o, stomat/o

mouth

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Proct/o, rect/o

rectum

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Sigmoid/o

sigmoid colon (S-shaped last part of the large intestines, leads to the rectum)

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Abdomin/o, celi/o, lapar/o

abdomen, abdominal cavity

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Append/o, Appendic/o

appendix

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Cheil/o

lip(s)

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Cholangi/o

bile duct(s)

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Chol/e

gall, bile

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Choledoch/o

common bile duct

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Diverticul/o

diverticulum, diverticula (pouch extending from a hollow organ)

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Gingiv/o

gum(s)

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Gloss/o, lingu/o

tongue

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Hepat/o

liver

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Herni/o

hernia (protrusion of an organ through a membrane or cavity wall)

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Lith/o

stone(s), calculus (pl. calculi)

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Nas/o

nose

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Palat/o

palate

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Pancreat/o

pancreas

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Peritone/o

peritoneum (membrane lining the abdominal cavity and organs)

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Polyp/o

polyp, small growth

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Pylor/o

pylorus, pyloric sphincter (opening from the stomach to the small intestines)

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Sial/o

saliva, salivary gland

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Steat/o

fat

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Uvul/o

uvula

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hemi-

Half

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-pepsia

Digestion

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Blephar/o

eyelid

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Conjunctiv/o

conjunctiva (L. conjunctivus “serving to connect”)

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Cor/o, core/o, pupill/o

pupil

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Corne/o, kerat/o

cornea

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Dacry/o, lacrim/o

tear(s)

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Ir/o, Irid/o

iris

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Ocul/o, ophthalm/o

eye

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Opt/o

vision

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Phac/o, phak/o

lens

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Retin/o

retina

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Scler/o

sclera

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Uve/o

uvea

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Cry/o

cold

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Cyst/o

bladder, sac (Note: In terms describing an eye, the definition “sac” is used)

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Dipl/o

two, double

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Is/o

equal

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Phot/o

light

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Ton/o

tension, pressure

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bi-, bin-

two

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-opia

vision (condition)

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-phobia

abnormal fear of, aversion to specific things

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-plegia

paralysis

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Audi/o

hearing

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Aur/i, ot/o

ear

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Cochle/o

cochlea

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Labyrinth/o

labyrinth (inner ear)

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Mastoid/o

mastoid bone

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Myring/o

tympanic membrane (eardrum)

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Staped/o

stapes (middle ear)

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Tympan/o

middle ear

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Vestibul/o

vestibule

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Carp/o

carpals (wrist)

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Clavicul/o

clavicle (collar bone)

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Cost/o

rib

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Crani/o

cranium

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Femor/o

femur

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Fibul/o

fibula

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Humer/o

humerus

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Ili/o

ilium

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Ischi/o

ischium

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Lumb/o

loin, lumbar region of the spine

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Mandibul/o

mandible

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Maxill/o

maxilla

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Myel/o

bone marrow

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Oste/o

bone

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Patell/o

patella

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Pelv/i

pelvis, pelvic bones, pelvic cavity

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Phalang/o

phalanx, Phalanges (any bones of the fingers or toes)

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Pub/o

pubis

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Rachi/o, spondyl/o, vertebr/o

vertebra, spine, vertebral column

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Radi/o

radius

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Sacr/o

sacrum

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Scapul/o

scapula

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Stern/o

sternum

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Tars/o

tarsals

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Tibi/o

tibia

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Uln/o

ulna

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Arthr/o

joint

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Burs/o

bursa (cavity)

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Chondr/o

cartilage

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Disc/o

intervertebral disk

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Fasci/o

fascia (connective tissue enclosing and separating muscle layers)

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Lamin/o

lamina (thin, flat plate or layer)

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Menisc/o

meniscus (crescent)

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