Chapter 3 - Combining forms Flashcards
1
Q
abdomen
A
abdomin/o
2
Q
extremities, top, extreme point
A
acr/o
3
Q
sharp, severe, sudden
A
acu/o
4
Q
gland
A
aden/o
5
Q
fat
A
adip/o
6
Q
amnion
A
amni/o
7
Q
vessel
A
angi/o, vas/o, vascul/o
8
Q
artery
A
arteri/o
9
Q
joint
A
arthr/o
10
Q
armpit
A
axill/o
11
Q
life
A
bi/o
12
Q
eyelid
A
blephar/o
13
Q
bronchial tubes
A
bronch/o
14
Q
cancer
A
carcin/o
15
Q
heart
A
cardi/o
16
Q
drug, chemical
A
chem/o
17
Q
cartiliage
A
chondr/o
18
Q
time
A
chron/o
19
Q
colon
A
col/o
20
Q
urinary bladder
A
cyst/o
21
Q
brain
A
encephal/o
22
Q
red
A
erythr/o
23
Q
blood
A
hem/o
24
Q
liver
A
hepat/o
25
water, fluid
hydr/o
26
groin
inguin/o
27
to hold back
isch/o
28
abdomen, abdominal wall
lapra/o
29
larynx
laryng/o
30
white
leuk/o
31
lymph
lymph/o
32
breast
mamm/o, mast/o
33
shape, form
morph/o
34
mucus
muc/o
35
muscle
my/o
36
spinal cord, bone marrow
myel/o
37
death
necr/o
38
kidney
nephr/o
39
nerve
neur/o
40
neutrophil
neutr/o
41
nucleus
nucle/o
42
eye
opthalam/o
43
bone
oste/o
44
ear
ot/o
45
disease
path/o
46
peritoneum
peritone/o
47
to eat, swallow
phag/o
48
vein
phleb/o, ven/o, ven/i
49
formation, development
plas/o
50
pleura
pleur/o
51
lungs
pneumon/o, pulmon/o
52
x-rays
rad/i
53
rectum
rect/o
54
kidney
ren/o
55
nose
rhin/o
56
flesh
sarc/o
57
spleen
splen/o
58
clusters
staphyl/o
59
twisted chains
strept/o
60
chest
thorac/o
61
clot
thromb/o
62
tonsils
tonsill/o
63
trachea
trache/o
