Combining Form

Question 1

Cyst/o, Vesic/o

Answer 1

Urinary bladder, sac (cuz a vesicle kinda looks like a bladder or sac)

Question 2

Glomerul/o

Answer 2

Glomerulus

Question 3

Meat/o

Answer 3

Meatus (opening)

Question 4

Nephr/o, Ren/o

Answer 4

Kidney

Question 5

Pyel/o

Answer 5

Renal pelvis

Question 6

Ureter/o

Answer 6

Ureter

Question 7

Urethr/o

Answer 7

Urethra

Question 8

Albumin/o

Answer 8

Albumin

Question 9

Azot/o

Answer 9

Urea, nitrogen (cuz Azot just sounds like a weird chemical so think urea, nitrogen)

Question 10

Blast/o

Answer 10

Developing cell, germ cell (like fibroblast, myoblast, they haven’t matured yet)

Question 11

Glyc/o, glycos/o

Answer 11

Sugar

Question 12

Hydr/o

Answer 12

Water

Question 13

Lith/o

Answer 13

Stone, calculus (cuz they do calculus on stones in Lithuania)

Question 14

Noct/i

Answer 14

Night (remember its /i not /o)

Question 15

Olig/o

Answer 15

Scanty, few (olig=Oliver twist: scanty few b/c he wants some more please!)

Question 16

Son/o

Answer 16

Sound (in a sonogram u use sound to create a record/image)

Question 17

Tom/o

Answer 17

Cut, section (b/c u know tomy = cut into and ecTomy = cut out , so Tom by itself means cut, section

Question 18

Urin/o, ur/o

Answer 18

Urine, urinary tract