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Chapter 3 Combining Forms Flashcards

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Aden/o

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Gland (group of cells that secretes chemicals to the outside of the body)

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Abdomin/o Lapar/o

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Abdomen (space below the chest that contains the stomach, liver, intestines, and gallbladder. The abdomen lies between the diaphragm and the pelvis)

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Amni/o

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Amnion (sac that surrounds the embryo)

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Angi/o

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Vessel (blood)

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Arteri/o

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Artery (largest blood vessel. Arteries carry blood away from the heart)

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Arthr/o

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Joint (place where two or more bones come together)

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Ather/o

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Fatty plaque

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Axill/o

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Armpit

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Bar/o

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Weight

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Bar/o

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Weight

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Bronch/o Bronchi/o

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Bronchial tube (one of two tubes that carry air from the windpipe to the lungs)

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Carcin/o

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Cancer, Cancerous

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Cardi/o

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Heart (hollow, muscular organ in the chest that pumps blood throughout the body)

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Chem/o

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Drug, chemical

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Cholecyst/o

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Gallbladder (sac below the liver that stores bile (a yellow or orange fluid produced by the liver) and delivers it to the small intestine)

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Chron/o

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Time

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Col/o Colon/o

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Colon (large intestine, part of the intestine that receives undigested material from the small intestine and transports it out of the body)

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Crani/o

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Skull (bone that surrounds the brain and other organs in the head)

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Cry/o

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Cold

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Cyst/o

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Urinary bladder (muscular sac that holds urine and then releases it to leave the body through the urethra)

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Electr/o

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Electricity

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Encephal/o

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Brain (organ in the head that controls the activities of the body)

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Erythr/o

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Red

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Esophag/o

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Esophagus (tube leading from the throat to the stomach)

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Hem/o Hemat/o

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Hepat/o

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Liver (organ in the upper right quadrant of the abdomen. The liver produces bile, stores sugar, and produces blood-clotting proteins)

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Hyster/o Uter/o

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Uterus (muscular organ in a female that holds and provides nourishment for the developing fetus (the womb))

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Inguin/o

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Isch/o

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To hold back

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Laryng/o

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Larynx (voice box; located at the top of the trachea and continuing vocal cords)

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Leiomy/o

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Smooth muscle

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Leuk/o

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Mamm/o

  • plasty
  • ary
  • graphy
  • gram
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Breast (one of two glandular organs on the front of the chest)

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Mast/o

  • ectomy
  • itis
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Breast (one of two glandular organs on the front of the chest)

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Men/o

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Menstruation (breakdown of the lining of the uterus that occurs every 4 weeks during the active reproductive period of a female)

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Mening/o

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Meninges (membranes covering brain and spinal cord)

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My/o
Myos/o
Muscul/o

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Muscle (connective tissue that contracts to make movement possible)

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Myel/o

  • cele
  • gram
  • itis
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Spinal cord (bundle of nerves that extends from the brain down the back. Spinal nerves carry electrical messages to and from the spinal cord)

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Myel/o

  • blast
  • cyte
  • genous
  • oma
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Bone marrow (soft, spongelike material in the inner part of bones. Blood cells are made in the bone marrow)

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Necr/o

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Nephr/o

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Kidney (one of two organs located behind the abdomen that produce urine by filtering wastes from the blood)

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Neur/o

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Oophor/o

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Ovary (one of two organs in the female abdomen that produces egg cells and female hormones)

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Oste/o

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Bone (hard, rigid type of connective tissue that makes up most of the skeleton. It is composed of calcium salts)

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Ot/o

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Ear (organ that receives sound waves and transmits them to nerves leading to the brain)

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Pelv/o

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Peritone/o

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Peritoneum (membrane around abdominal organs)

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Pharyng/o

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Pharynx (organ behind the mouth that receives swallowed food and delivers it into the esophagus. The pharynx (throat) also receives air from the nose and passes it to the trachea (windpipe))

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Phleb/o Ven/o

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Vein (blood vessel that carries blood back to the heart from tissues of the body)

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Pneumon/o Pulmon/o

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Lung (one of two paired organs in the chest through which oxygen enters and carbon dioxide leaves the body)

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Radi/o

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Ren/o

  • al
  • gram
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Kidney (one of two organs located behind the abdomen that produce urine by filtering wastes from the blood)

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Rhin/o

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Nose (structure that is the organ of smell and permits air to enter and leave the body)

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Salping/o

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Fallopian (uterine) Tube (two tubes that lead from the ovaries to the uterus. They transport egg cells to the uterus; also called uterine tubes)

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Sarc/o

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Septic/o

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Pertaining to infection

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Thorac/o

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Tonsill/o

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Tonsils (lymphatic tissue in the back of the mouth near the throat)

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Trache/o

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Trachea (tube that carries air from the throat to the bronchial tubes; the windpipe)

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Ur/o

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Urine (fluid that is produced by the kidneys, passed through the ureters, stored in the bladder, and released from the body through the urethra)

Urinary Tract (tubes and organs that carry urine from the kidney to the outside of the body)

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Vascul/o

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Blood vessel

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