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Medical Terminology III- Comprehensive Review
The comprehensive final exam may include but is not limited to the following. This is an excellent source for review.
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| ambly/o | dull, dim |
| aque/o | water |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| choroid/o | choroid |
| core/o pupill/o | pupil |
| conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva |
| corne/o | cornea |
| kerat/o | horny tissue, hard |
| cycl/o | ciliary body of eye |
| dacry/o lacrim/o | tear, lacrimal apparatus |
| dacryocyst/o | lacrimal sac |
| glauc/o | gray |
| goni/o | angle |
| irid/o | iris |
| ocul/o ophthalm/o | eye |
| opt/o optic/o | eye, vision |
| phac/o | lens |
| phot/o | light |
| presby/o | old age |
| retin/o | retina |
| scler/o | hardening |
| scot/o | darkness |
| vitr/o | vitreous body |
| audi/o | hearing |
| aur/o ot/o | ear |
| labyrinth/o | labyrinth |
| mastoid/o | mastoid process |
| salping/o | tubes |
| staped/o | stapes |
| myring/o tympan/o | tympanic membrane |
| -opia -opsia | vision |
| -tropia | turning |
| -acusia -cusis | hearing |
| exo- | outside, outward |
| hyper- | excessive, above normal |
| adren/o adrenal/o | adrenal glands |
| calc/o | calcium |
| crin/o | secrete |
| gluc/o glycos/o glyc/o | sugar, sweetness |
| home/o | same, alike |
| kal/i | potassium |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| parathyroid/o | parathyroid gland |
| thym/o | thymus gland |
| thyr/o thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
| toxic/o | poison |
| -dipsia | thirst |
| -gen | forming, producing |
| -uria | urine |
| eu- | good, normal |
| exo- | outside, outward |
| hyper- | excessive, above normal |
| hypo- | under, below |
| poly- | many, much |
| amni/o | amnion |
| cervic/o | neck, cervix |
| colp/o vagin/o | vagina |
| galact/o lact/o | milk |
| gynec/o | woman, female |
| metr/o | uterus measure |
| mamm/o mast/o | breast |
| men/o | menses, menstruation |
| metri/o uter/o hyster/o | uterus, womb |
| nat/o | birth |
| oophor/o ovari/o | ovary |
| perine/o | perineum |
| salping/o -salpinx | tube, usually fallopian |
| -arche | beginning |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| -gravida | pregnant woman |
| -para | to bear offspring |
| -tocia | childbirth, labor |
| -version | turning |
| ante- | before, in front of |
| dys- | painful |
| endo- | in, within |
| multi- | many, much |
| post- | after |
| primi- | first |
| neuron | nerve cell |
| impulse | messages of sensation and information |
| axon | long fiber that carries impulses |
| dendrites | fibers that gather information |
| synapse/synaptic gap | space between axon terminals of one neuron to the dendrites of another neuron |
| neurotransmitters | chemicals that trigger an impulse to next neuron |
| sensory neuron | detects changes in environment |
| interneurons | neuron found only in CNS |
| motor neuron | carries responses to/from muscles, glands and internal organs |
| cerebrum | largest part of the brain, intelligence |
| cerebral cortex | outer layer of brain |
| thalmus | relays sensory info. to cerebral cortex |
| hypothalmus | regulates involuntary function, basic needs |
| right brain | color, artistic, music |
| left brain | annalytical, math, logic, speech |
| hippocampus | memory |
| amygdala | emotions |
| cerebellum | coordinates voluntary actions |
| brainstem | connects cerebrum to spinal cord |
| medulla | involuntary function (HR, Bp) |
| pons | links cerebrum to cerebellum, and right to left hemispheres |
| midbrain | controls pupil size, dilation and blinking |
| spinal cord | bundle of nerves that runs from medulla to just below the ribs |
| peripheral nervous system | carries information between the body and CNS |
| spinal nerves | 31 pairs |
| cranial nerves | 12 pairs |
| autonomic nervous system | part of PNS that contols involuntary function |
| parasympathetic | slows down the bodies functions |
| sympathetic | works when active or under stress |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| crani/o | cranium |
| dendr/o | tree |
| encephal/o | brain |
| gangli/o | ganglion |
| gli/o | glue, neuroglial tissue |
| lex/o | word, phrase |
| kinesi/o -kinesia | movement |
| lept/o | thin, slender |
| mening/o meningi/o | meninges |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| narc/o | stupor, numbness, sleep |
| neur/o | nerve |
| sthen/o | strength |
| radicul/o | nerve root |
| thec/o | sheath |
| thalam/o | thalamus |
| ton/o | tension |
| ventricul/o | ventricle of brain or heart |
| -algesia -algia | pain |
| -asthenia | weakness, debility |
| -esthesia | feeling |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| -paresis | partial paralysis |
| -phasia | speech |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -plexy | stroke |
| -taxia | order, coordination |
| -trophy | develoment, nourishment |
| contra- | against |
| pachy- | thick |
| para- | near, beside, beyond |
| syn- | union, joined, together |
| uni- | one |
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