Exam 4 | MT

AMYL-

starch

ANGIN-

choking pain, angina pectoris

AORT-

aorta

ARCT(AT)-

compress

ATHER-

\[soup\] fatty deposit

ATRI-

\[entrance hall\] atrium

BOL-

a throwing

CAPILL-

\[hair\] capillary

CIRS-

dilated and twisted vein, varix

\-CLUD, -CLUS-

close

COR, CORD-

heart

CORON-

crown

CUSP, -CUSPID

point

GURGIT-, GURGITAT-

flood, flow

PECTOR-

breast, chest

PHLEB-

vein

PULMO(N)-

lung, pulmonary artery

RHYTHM-

\[steady motion\] heartbeat

SEPT-

wall, partition

SIN-, SINUS-

\[curve, hollow\] sinus

SINSTR-

left (side)

SPHYGM-

pulse

STAL-, STOL-

send, contraction

TENS(I)

stretch

THROMB-

blood clot

TOP-

place

VAG-

\[wandering\] the vagus nerve

VARIC, VARIX

dilated and twisted vein, varix

VAS-

(blood) vessel; vas deferens vein

VEN-

vein

VENTR-

belly, abdomen, abdominal cavity

DEXTR-

right (side)

\-FORM

shape

ALVE-

hollow, cavity

AMYGDAL-

\[almond\] tonsil

ANTHRAX-, ANTHRAC-

coal; anthrax

AUX-, -AUXE, -AUXIS

grow, increase

BACTER(I)

\[small staff\] bacterium

BRONCH(I)-

\[windpipe\] bronchus

CAPN-

\[smoke\] carbon dioxide

COCC-, -CCOCUS

\[berry\] coccus (a type of spherical bacterium)

CONI-, KONI-

dust

LABI-

lip

LARYNX, LARYNG-

larynx

PARESIS

slackening of strength, paralysis

PHARYNX, PHARYNG-

\[throat\] pharynx

PHYS-

air, gas

PLEUR-

pleura

PNE-

breathe

PNEUM(AT)-

\[breath\] air, gas

PNEUM(ON)-

lung

SIDER-

iron

SPIR(AT)-

breathe

STAPHYL-

uvula, palate; staphylococci

STERN-

chest, breast, breastbone

STETH-

chest, breast

STREPT-

streptococci

SUD(OR)-

sweat, fluid

THORAX, THORAC-

chest cavity, pleural cavity, thorax

TRACH(E)-, TRACHY-

\[rough\] trachea

BILI-

bile

CARDI-

cardi (upper orifice of the stomach)

CEC-

\[blind\] cecum

CLY(S)-

rinse out, inject fluid

COPR-

excrement, fecal matter

CREAT-

flesh

\-DOCH-

duct

DUODEN-

duodenum

ESOPHAG-

esophagus

FEC-

\[sediment\] excrement, fecal matter

GEUS(T)-

taste

GINGIV-

gum (of the mouth)

GLOSS-

tongue

ILE-

ileum

JEJUM-

\[empty\] jejunum

LIEN-

spleen

LINGU-

tongue

OSM-

sense of smell; odor

OSPHR-

sense of smell

PEPS-, PEPT-

digest

PROCT-

anus

PYLE-

\[gate\] portal vein

PYLOR-

\[gatekeeper\] pylorus

RECT-

\[straight\] rectum

SCAT-

excrement, fecal matter

SIAL-

saliva, salivary duct

SIGM-

sigmoid colon

SPHINCTER-

sphincter muscle

SPLANCHN-

internal organ, viscus

TYPHL-

\[blind\] cecum

ZYM-

\[leaven\] ferment, enzyme, fermentation

BLEPHAR-

eyelid

CHOROID-

\[skinlike\] choroid

COR(E)-

\[girl\] pupil

CYCL-

circle; the ciliary body

DACRY-

tear; lacrimal duct

HERPES, HERPET-

herpes, a creeping skin disease

IR(ID)-

\[rainbow\] iris

JUNCT-

join

KERAT-

cornea