WORDSTEMS FOR A&P 202, CUMULATIVE LIST

©David B. Fankhauser, Ph.D.,
Professor of Biology and Chemistry
University of Cincinnati Clermont College,
Batavia OH 45103

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These wordstems have been presented in A&P 202 over the past many years. Following each wordstem is a code for the quiz or test on which they appeared. Add new ones if presented.  Here is a chronological listing of wordstems according to subject for Anatomy and Physiology 202 .

ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY 202 WORDSTEMS, CUMULATIVE, WITH MEANINGS.


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abducens 1q away, carry epi- 2q  upon meninx 1q  membrane ren- 3q kidney
acro- 3q highest point equina 1t  horse micro- 1q  small reticular 1q network, little
adeno- 2t gland -erg- 2q  work mis- 3t  improper retina 2q  network
alb- 3t  white erythro- 3t  red mnem- 1t   memory rhin- 1q  nose
amygdala 1q almond falx 1q  sickle myel- 1q  fatty rhodo- 2t  red
ana- 3t  upward fasciculus 1t  bundle, little myxo- 3q  slime scala 2t  ladder
andro- 3q  maleness follicle 3q  nest, little natri- 3q  sodium sclero- 1q  tough
angio- 3q  vessel fornix  arch, brothel neo- 3q  new serum 3t  whey
-apse 1q  attach funicul- 1t  rope, little nephri- 2q  kidney sinus 3t  chamber
arachnoid 1q spider, like gam- 3t marry -nomic 1q  rule -sis 2t  process,condition
arbor 1q tree ganglion 1t  knot nona- 3t  nine somato- 3q  body
astro- 1q  star glauc- 2t  gray nunc- 1t  speak sperm 2t  seed
auricle 2t ear, little -gemina 2t  twins oblique 2t  at an angle splanchnic2q  visceral
auto- 1q self glial 1q  stick -oid 3q  like, similar to stapes 2t  stirrup
calculus 3t  stone, little glob- 3t  sphere, ball olfact- 1t  smell sta- 2t  hold, maintain
callosum 1q  toughened glom- 3q  sphere, ball oligo- 1q  few ster- 2t  solid, fat
calor- 3q  heat glosso- 1t  tongue -oma 3q  tumor stoma- 3t  mouth
campus 2q field gonad 2t  sex organ -one 3t  ketone sulcus 1q  trench
canthus 2t  angle gracilis 1t  slender otic 2q  ear sym- 1q  together, like
caruncle 2t  flesh, little gust- 2q  taste oxy- 2t sharp, acid syn- 1q  together, like
caudate 1q  of the tail gyn- 3t  female palpebrum 2q  eyelid tarsal 2t  smooth
celiac 2q  hollos helico- 2t  coil pan- 3q all tectorial 2t  roof
cerebellum 1q brain, little hemotoma 1t blood, tumor papilla 3q  nipple, little tectum 1t  roof
cerebrum 1q  brain Hertz 2q  cycles/second para- 1q  along side tele- 1q  end, last
chela 3t claw hippo- 2q  horse -pathetic 1q  suffer, disease thalamus 1q  women's chamber
chiasma 1q  cross shape hirsuit 3q  hairy peduncle 1q  foot, little thallas- 3t  sea, ocean
choroid 1q  vascular, little homeo- 2t  same peri- 1q  around thermo- 3q  warmth
cilia 2t  hairs hormone 3q  excite peroneus 2t  shin thrombo- 3t clot
circa 2q  around hyper- 1t  excess -phasia 2q  speach thyr- 3q  shield
cis 2q on same side hypo- 3q  below -pheral 1q  to run -tocin 3q  childbirth agent
cochlea 2t  snail -in 3t  agent -phoresis 3t  bear, process tragus 2t  goat
coll- 3t  glue incus 2t  anvil phrenic 2q  diaphragm trans- 1q  across
corpus 3q  body insipidus 3q  tasteless physis 2t  grow, process -trema 2t  hole
cortex 1q bark insula 1q  island pia 1q  delicate trochlear 1t  pulley
corti- 3q  bark iris 2q  rainbow pinna 2t  feather tropho- 3q  nourish
-creas 3q  secrete -itis 1q  inflammation pituitary 2t  pea like tropo- 3q  turn
cretin 3q  Christian juxt- 3q  next to -plastic 3t  to shape, form tympani 2t  drum
-crine 2t  secrete kal- 3q  potassium pleio- 3q  many utr- 2t  leather bag
cyano- 2q  blue lacri- 2t  tears plexus 1q  network vagus 1t  wander
dendri- 1q  tree lact- 2t milk -poiesis 3q  create, process vall- 3q  wall
diabetes 3q stand with legs apart  leuko- 3t  white pons 1q  bridge vermis 1t  worm
-dian 2q  day leutum 3t  yellow portal 3t  gateway vestibuli 2t  hallway
dipsia 3q  drink limbus 2q  border, edge presby- 2q  elderly, old vitae 1q  of life
dis- 3q  undo lipo- 3q  fat pro- 3t  first, before vitreous 2t  glassy
-duct 1q  carry lute- 2q  yellow proprio- 1t  one's own volare 2t to fly
dura 1q  tough macula 2q  stain psych- 3t  mind


edema 3q  swelling malleus 2t  hammer quadri- 1q  four
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EEG 2t electroencephalograph mater 1q  mother ramus 2q  branch


encephalon1q inside head -megaly 3q  large rectus 1t straight


endo- 3t inside melli- 3q  honey REM 1t  rapid eye movement