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Created by E. Jorgensen
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| Question | Answer |
| ante/o | before |
| ventr/o | towards the belly |
| anter/o | towards the front |
| post/o | after |
| poster/o | towards the back |
| dors/o | back |
| phren/o | diaphragm |
| retin/o | net-like |
| cili/o | eyelash |
| palpebr/o | eyelid |
| phys/o | growth |
| -sis | (CAPS) Condition or Action or Process or State |
| clin/o | sloped |
| lacer/o | torn |
| cav/o | hollow |
| petr/o | (dense) rock |
| upsilon | 20th letter of greek alphabet |
| hyoid/o | shaped like the Greek letter upsilon |
| incis/o | cut into |
| cid/o | cut |
| canal/o | water channel |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| membran/o | a skin |
| mening/o | membrane |
| tympan/o | drum |
| glandul/o | little acorn |
| ment/o | chin |
| pont/o | bridge |
| labi/o | lip |
| tonsil/o | tonsil |
| genion | chin |
| larynx | upper windpipe |
| mast/o | breast |
| pharanx | chasm |
| pharung/o | "pharunx" throat |
| conus | cone |
| descend | to climb down |
| ascend | to climb up |
| scendere | to climb |
| de- | down |
| abdo- | conceal |
| gono- | angle |
| volar | synonymous with palmar pertaining to the palm |
| process | a going forward (outgrowth of tissue) |
| flex/o | to bend |
| scaph/o | boat-shaped |
| stoma- | mouth |
| sinus/o | a recess |
| epi- | upon |
| vas/o | vessel |
| tibi/o | aulos or shin bone |
| recess | to go back |
| auris | ear |
| papill/o | nipple-like |
| cuspid/o | point |
| pariet/o | the wall |
| temp/o | side of forehead or temples |
| arteri/o | artery or windpipe "They were regarded by the ancients as air ducts because the arteries do not contain blood after death" |
| patella | kneepan |
| tal/o | slope derived from talutum (structure of a slope) A medieval castle architecture used steep slopes on the outside perimeter as a defensive tactic |
| end/o | within |
| cub/o | cube |
| later/o | side |
| cardi/o | heart |
| camera | vault |
| valv/o | double door |
| coron/o | encircling like a crown or heart |
| trunk | from latin truncus to cut off |
| septum | structure of a partition |
| circum/o | around |
| ob- | against |
| myo- | muscle |
| pulmonary | of the lungs |
| manubri/o | a handle |
| cervic/o | neck |
| lumb/o | loin |
| clavic/o | little key |
| unc/o | hook |
| scapul/o | small shovel |
| uln/o | elbow |
| pisi/o | pea-shaped |
| proxim/o | nearest |
| dist/o | distant |
| distant | to stand apart |
| -tomy | to cut |
| fossa | to resemble a ditch |
| ethmoid/o | a seive |
| front/o | the front |
| oc- | the backside of |
| ciput/o | head |
| mandibul/o | the jaw |
| vomer | plowshare |
| plowshare | the cutting edge of a plow |
| auricul/o | external ear |
| anatomy | to cut apart |
| lachrym/o or lacrim/o | a tear related to the eyes |
| nas/o | nose |
| gladi/o | small sword like the flower, gladiolus |
| cost/o | rib |
| atlas | The Bearer (of the heavens) |
| carp/o | wrist |
| capit/o | head |
| lun/o | moon |
| meta- | beyond |
| phalang/o | of fingers or toes derived from phalanx |
| brachi/o | arm |
| cephal/o | head |
| axill/o | armpit |
| digit/o | finger or toe |
| faci/o | relating to the face |
| opthalm/o | eye |
| palm/o | palm of the hand |
| poplit/o | hollow of the knee |
| cerebr/o | brain |
| cerebell/o | little brain |
| trans/o | across |
| basil/o | of or situated at a base |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| transverse | to turn across |
| diagon/o | to angle through |
| dia- | across |
| vena cava | hollow vein |
| tars/o | ankle |
| sphenoid/o | a wedge |
| inter/o | between |
| aort/o or aorta | "what is hung up" |
| zygom/o | relating to the zygomatic bone |
| vein | underground channel of water |
| ligament/o | to bond |
| femor/o | thigh bone |
| fibul/o | clasp or brooch |
| chamber | private room from latin camera "vault" |
| medi/o | middle |
| sacr/o | sacred a bone sought after during sacrifices |
| coccyg/o | relating to the coccyx or cuckoos beak |
| calcane/o | heel bone |
| margin/o | relating to the edge of |
| oblique | slanting |
| myocardium | structure of the heart muscle |
| conch/o | shellfish |
| turbin/o | spinning top |
| xiph/o | sword |
| vert/o | to turn |
| humer/o | shoulder (bone) |
| radi/o | rod |
| -ana | apart |
| articul/o | joint |
| stern/o | sternum |
| thorac/o | chest |
| acrom/o | to the highest |
| trapez/o | little table |
| -ion | (AC) Action or Condition |
| arc/o or arch | bow |
| sub/o | under |
| common | shared by all |
| carotid | relating to the carotid artery drowsiness to cut off carotid blood supply to cause "drowsiness", like a drunk |
| clavis | key |
| thyr/o | oblong shield |
| bifurc/o | divided into two forks |
| cric/o | shape of a ring |
| nod/o | knot |
| tri/o | three |
| triquetr/o | three-cornered |
| mal/o | cheek |
| navic/o | boat |
| cuneus | wedge |
| proper | From Latin propro- "one's own" Modern: "strictly belonging to" |
| papul/o | small protuberance |
| apart | french: a parte "at the side" |
| cric/o | ring-shaped |
| ham/o | hook |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| kleid/o | kay clavicle, combining form |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| infra- | below |
| bas/o | base |
| axill/o | armpit |
| palat/o | palace Mythology to the location of a cave located in Palatine Hill Palate of the mouth |
| gutter/o | throat |
| angul/o | angle |
| trochle/o | pulley block |
| mens/o | mind |
| pteryg/o | wing-like |
| maseter/o | to chew |
| orb/o | circle |
| greater | big (not Latin) |
| lesser | little (not Latin) |
| cavern/o | cave |
| hyp/o | under |
| ocul/o | eye |
| muscul/o | little mouse |
| centr/o | center pivoting point in drawing a circle like a compass |
| peri- | around |
| co- | together |
| mamm/o | breast like a child saying "mamma" |
| collater/o | side by side |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -um | structure of |
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