Common Prefixes and Suffixes

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Common Prefixes and Suffixes

• Warm-up Section of Notebook

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• Roots
• Aden/o gland
• Arthr/o joint
• Hemat/o blood
• Oste/o bone
• Prefixes
• Dys-difficult pain bad
• Poly- many

• Suffixes
• -algia pain
• -itis inflammation
• -logy study of
• -oma tumor mass
• -phasia speech

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• Using the information from yesterdays warm-up,
  define the following terms.
• Arthritis
• Adenoma
• Polyadenoma
• Osteoarthritis
• hematology

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Common Anatomical Roots

• Whole Body
• Bi/o life
• Cephal/o head
• Cervic/o neck
• Cyt/o cell
• Hist/o histi/o tissue
• Lip/o fat
• Path/o disease
• Viscer/o internal organs

• Integumentary System
• Cil/o pil/o hair
• Derm/o dermat/o cutane/o skin
• Onych/o ungu/o nail

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• Skeletal System
• Arthr/ojoint
• Chondr/o cartilage
• Oste/o bone
• Muscular system
• My/o muscul/o muscle
• Tend/o tendin/o tendon

• Nervous System
• Cerebr/o encephal/o brain
• Myel/o spinal cord (also bone marrow)
• Neur/o nerve
• Ophthalm/o ocul/o eye
• Ot/o ear

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• Lymphatic and Immune System
• Lymphaden/o lymph gland lymph node
• Lymphangi/o lymph vessel
• Splen/o spleen
• Tonsill/o tonsil
• Urinary System
• Cyst/o bladder
• Ren/o nephr/o kidney
• Ureter/o ureters
• Urethr/o urethra

• Endocrine system
• Aden/o gland
• Adren/o adrenal gland
• Pituitar/o pituitary gland
• Thyroid/o thyroid gland
• Cardiovascular
• Angi/o vascul/o vas/o vessel
• Arteri/o artery
• Cardi/o heart
• Hem/o hemat/o blood
• Ven phled/o vein

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• Respiratory system
• Bronch/o bronchus
• Laryng/o larynx voice box
• Naso rhin/o nose
• Pharyng/o phrynx throat
• Pneum/o pneumon/o lung
• Thorac/o chest
• Trache/o trachea windpipe

• Digestive System
• Abdomin/o abdomen
• Col/o colon large intestine
• Enter/o small intestine
• Esophag/o esophagus
• Gastr/o stomach
• Gloss/o Lingu/o tongue
• Hepat/o liver
• Or/o Stomat/o mouth

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• Male Reproductive
• Orchid/o test/o testicle testis
• Prostat/o prostate
• Vas/o ductus deferens vas deferens

• Female Reproductive
• Gynec/o female
• Mast/o mamm/o breast
• Oophor/o ovari/o ovary
• Hyster/o uterus

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Common suffixes