ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY 201

CUMULATIVE WORDSTEMS WITH MEANINGS

©David B. Fankhauser, Ph.D.,
Professor of Biology and Chemistry
             University of Cincinnati Clermont College, 
Batavia OH 45103
 
This page has been accessed Counter times since 27 August 2003. 
Revised 9 September 1995, 18 Oct '95, 23 Sept. '96, 20 Nov. '96, 2 Dec 96, 18 Sept 99, 15 Nov 00, 23 Sept 02		  

  Be certain to add new words as given in class.  Any new wordstems should be compiled in a list at the end of your notebook.
Here is a page with a chronological liist of wordstems for A&P 201.
 

abduct away, carry   coryne- club   -iole little   -ol alcohol   sinus cavity
acetabulum vinegar cruet costal rib ischium hip olecranon elbow som- body
acinar wine flask coxa hip -issimus superlative -oma tumor sphen- wedge
acro- highest point cranial head or skull jaundice yellow oris of the mouth spino- thorn, twig
actin- radiate -crine secrete kerato- horn -orum possesive plural splenius bandage
adduct toward, carry crista crest labium lip os bone or mouth squamous scale
ala wing cruciate cross lacri- tear -osis process condition stapes stirrup
alveolus little space -culum little lacuna pool papilla nipple little -stat stand, maintain
amphi- both cuneiform wedge shape lamella layer, little parietal of the wall steroid fat like
amyl starch cyano- blue lamina layer pect- chest stratum layer
ana- upward demi- half lata side pelvis basin styl- pencil
anti- against dermis skin lemma husk pepti- stomach sub- under
apo- detach dia- across lig- tie peri- around sulcus groove
arthr- joint digit finger log- word, science peroneus shin supra- above
-ase enzyme diplo- double lucidum light phago- eat symptom together fall
auto- self distal far lumbar loin phalanx finger synovial like egg
axilla armpit dorsal back lumbri- worm pili hairs tegu- hold
benign well ecto- outer lunate moon pisiform pea shaped teres round
-blast immature endo- inside macro- large plasma form, shape -thelial nipple
buccal cheek epimysium upon muscle magnum large platy- flat thenar palm of the hand
bursa purse ethm- sieve major large pleio- more, many thoracic chest
calvarium roof etio- cause mal- bad -poesis create process thymus shield
cancel lattice work exo- out malleolus hammer little pollex thumb tibia flute
capitis of the head facet face surface mandible lower jaw poly- many -tion process, condition
capitulum head, little fascia band, bandage manubrium handle popliteal back of knee -tomy to cut
carcin- crab femur thigh masseter chew post- after, behind ton- strength
-cardium heart foll- nest mastoid breast like pro- before toxi- poison
caudal tail foramen hole matrix mother propria possession trachea pipe, tube
cephalic head fossa trench maxilla upper jaw proto- first trans- across
-ceps head fovea depression meatus passage proxi- next to trochanter runner
cervix neck galli rooster melan- black pseudo- false trochlea pully
chol- bile gastro- stomach meniscus moon little ptery- wing trochoid wheel like
chondri- cartilage genio- chin, beard mental chin pubis hairy tropho- nourish
chromo- color ginglymus hinge -mer unit quadr- four tropo- turn
cilia hairs glab- smooth mero- unit ramus branch tuber- hump, knob
circum- around gladiolus sword micro- tiny rect- straight turbin- to whirl
cirrhosis yellow condition gluteo- buttocks minor small reticular network little turcica Turk’s
cisternae of the chamber hal- salt minute small retinaculum halter tympan- drum
-clast break hallux great toe morph shape retro- behind ulna elbow
-clature to call hamate hooked mul- milk rheum- fluid vaso- vessel
clavi- key hemo- blood mus- mouse -rrhea flow vastus large
cleido- key hernia yarn myosin muscle agent sacro- consecrated ventral belly
colla- glue hiatus gape mys- muscle sagittal arrow visceral internal organs
com- with holo- entire navicular boat little sarco- flesh vomer plow
con- with hyal- glassy -nomen name sartorius tailor xyphoid sword like
concha shell hyo- “U” shaped nomos mane scaphoid boat, like zygo- join, unite
condyle knuckle ilium broad -nychium fingernail scapula shovel
coracoid beak like -in agent oblique at an angle script- write
corneum horn incus anvil oculi of the eye septum fence, wall
coronoid crown like infra- below odont- tooth sequella that which follows
cortex bark inguinal groin -ogen give rise to serous whey
intra- within -oid like serratus saw toothed