Combining Form Flashcards
1
Q
Cyst/o, Vesic/o
A
Urinary bladder, sac (cuz a vesicle kinda looks like a bladder or sac)
2
Q
Glomerul/o
A
Glomerulus
3
Q
Meat/o
A
Meatus (opening)
4
Q
Nephr/o, Ren/o
A
Kidney
5
Q
Pyel/o
A
Renal pelvis
6
Q
Ureter/o
A
Ureter
7
Q
Urethr/o
A
Urethra
8
Q
Albumin/o
A
Albumin
9
Q
Azot/o
A
Urea, nitrogen (cuz Azot just sounds like a weird chemical so think urea, nitrogen)
10
Q
Blast/o
A
Developing cell, germ cell (like fibroblast, myoblast, they haven’t matured yet)
11
Q
Glyc/o, glycos/o
A
Sugar
12
Q
Hydr/o
A
Water
13
Q
Lith/o
A
Stone, calculus (cuz they do calculus on stones in Lithuania)
14
Q
Noct/i
A
Night (remember its /i not /o)
15
Q
Olig/o
A
Scanty, few (olig=Oliver twist: scanty few b/c he wants some more please!)
