Human Anatomy And Physiology - Word Roots, Prefixes, And Suffixes

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a-, an-

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absence or lack - acardia, lack of a heart, anaerobic, in the absence of oxygen

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ab-

Back 2

departing from, away from - abnormal, departing from normal

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acou-

Back 3

hearing - acoustics, the science of sound

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ac-, acro-

Back 4

extreme or extremity, peak - acrodermatitis, inflammation of the skin of the extremities

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ad-

Back 5

to or toward - adorbital, toward the orbit

Front 6

aden-, adeno-

Back 6

gland - adeniform, resembling a gland in shape

Front 7

adren-

Back 7

toward the kidney - adrenal gland, adjacent to the kidney

Front 8

aero-

Back 8

air - aerobic respiration, oxygen-requiring metabolism

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af-

Back 9

toward - afferent neurons, which carry impulses to the central nervous system

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agon-

Back 10

contest - agonistic and antagonistic muscles, which oppose each other

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alb-

Back 11

white - corpus albicans of the ovary, a white scar tissue

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aliment-

Back 12

nourish - alimentary canal, or digestive tract

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allel-

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of one another - alleles, alternative expressions of a gene

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amphi-

Back 14

on both sides, of both kinds - amphibian, an organism capable of living in water and on land

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ana-

Back 15

apart, up, again - anaphase of mitosis, when the chromosomes separate

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anastomos-

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come together - ateriovenous anastomosis, a connection between an artery and a vein

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aneurysm

Back 17

a widening - aortic aneurysm, a weak spot that causes enlargement of the blood vessel

Front 18

angi-

Back 18

vessel - angitis, inflammation of a lymph vessel or blood vessel

Front 19

angin-

Back 19

chocked - angina pectoris, a chocked feeling in the chest due to dysfunction of the heart

Front 20

ant-, anti-

Back 20

opposed to, preventing or inhibiting - anticoagulant, a sustance that prevents blood coagulation

Front 21

ante-

Back 21

preceding, before - antecubital, in front of the elbow

Front 22

aort-

Back 22

great artery - aorta

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ap-, api-

Back 23

tip, extremity - apex of the heart

Front 24

append-

Back 24

hang to - appendicular skeleton

Front 25

aqua-, aque-

Back 25

water - aqueous solutions

Front 26

arbor

Back 26

tree - arbor vitae of the cerebellum, the treelike pattern of white matter

Front 27

areola-

Back 27

open space - areolar connective tissue, a loose connective tissue

Front 28

arrect-

Back 28

upright - arrector pili muscles of the skin, which make the hairs stand erect

Front 29

arthr-, arthro-

Back 29

joint - arthropathy, any joint disease

Front 30

artic-

Back 30

joint - articular surfaces of bones, the points of connection

Front 31

atri-

Back 31

vestibule - atria, upper chambers of the heart

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auscult-

Back 32

listen - auscultatory method for measuring blood pressure

Front 33

aut-, auto-

Back 33

self - autogenous, self-generated

Front 34

ax-, axi-, axo-

Back 34

axis, axle - axial skeleton, axis of vertebral column

Front 35

azyg-

Back 35

unpaired, azygous vein, an unpaired vessel

Front 36

baro-

Back 36

pressure - baroreceptors for monitoring blood pressure

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basal

Back 37

base - basal lamina of epithelial basement membrane

Front 38

bi-

Back 38

two - bicuspid, having two cusps

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bili-

Back 39

bile - bilirubin, a bile pigment

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bio-

Back 40

life - biology, the study of life and living organisms

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blast-

Back 41

bud or germ - blastocyte, undifferentiated embryonic cell

Front 42

brachi-

Back 42

arm - brachial plexus of peripheral nervous system supplies the arm

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brady-

Back 43

slow - bradycardia, abnormally slow heart rate

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brev-

Back 44

short - peroneus brevis, a short leg muscle

Front 45

broncho-

Back 45

bronchus - bronchospasm, spasmodic contraction of bronchial muscle

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bucco-

Back 46

cheek - buccolabial, pertaining to the cheek and lip

Front 47

calor-

Back 47

heat - calories, a measure of energy

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capill-

Back 48

hair - blood and lymph capillaries