Chapter 3- combining forms Flashcards
Acr
extremities, top, extreme point
acu
sharp, severe, sudden
Amni
amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
angi
vessel
arteri
artery
axill
armpit
blephar
eyelid
bronch
bronchial tubes (two tubes, one right and one left, that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs)
chem
drug
chron
time
col
colon
hydr
water, fluid
inguin
groin
isch
to hold back
lapar
abdomen, abdominal wall
laryng
larynx
lymph
Lymph (clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces, is contained in special lymph vessels and nodes throughout the body)
mamm
breast
mast
breast
morph
Shape, form
muc
mucus
my
muscle
myel
spinal cord, bone marrow (context of usage indicates the meaning intended)
necr
death (of cells or whole body)
neutr
neutrophil (a white blood cell)
ot
ear
peritone
peritoneum
phag
to eat, swallow
phleb
vein
plas
formation, development
pleur
pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall)
pneumon
lungs
pulmon
lungs
rect
rectum
splen
spleen
staphyl
clusters
strept
twisted chains
tonsill
tonsils
trache
trachea
ven
vein