Combining Forms, Chapter Three Flashcards
1
Q
arc/o
A
extremities, top, extreme point
2
Q
amni/o
A
amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
3
Q
angi/o
A
vessel
4
Q
axill/o
A
armpit
5
Q
blephar/o
A
eyelid
6
Q
inguin/o
A
groin
7
Q
isch/o
A
to hold back
8
Q
lapar/o
A
abdomen, abdominal wall
9
Q
laryng/o
A
larynx
10
Q
lymph/o
A
lymph
11
Q
mamm/o
A
breast
12
Q
mast/o
A
breast
13
Q
my/o
A
muscle
14
Q
myel/o
A
bone marrow, spinal cord, brain
15
Q
necr/o
A
death
16
Q
neutr/o
A
neutrophil (a white blood cell)
17
Q
carcin/o
A
cancer
18
Q
chem/o
A
chemical
19
Q
chondr/o
A
cartilage
20
Q
arteri/o
A
artery
21
Q
athr/o
A
plack
22
Q
arthr/o
A
joints
23
Q
ot/o
A
ear
24
Q
peritone/o
A
peritoneum
25
Q
phleb/o
A
vein
26
Q
plas/o
A
formation, development
27
Q
pneumon/o
A
lungs
28
Q
pulmon/o
A
lungs
29
Q
sarc/o
A
flesh
30
Q
thromb/o
A
clot
31
Q
tonsill/o
A
tonsils
32
Q
ven/o
A
vein
33
Q
ven/i
A
vein
