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USMLE® Step 1 flashcards
1
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Give the combining form meaning bone marrow, spinal cord.

A

myel

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2
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Give the combining form meaning green.

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chlor

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3
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Give the combining form meaning nerve.

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neur

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4
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Give the combining form meaning bone.

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oste

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5
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Give the combining form meaning passage, opening, duct, pore, cavity.

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por

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6
Q

Give the combining form meaning sleep.

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hypn

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7
Q

Give the combining form meaning few, deficient.

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olig

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8
Q

Give the combining form meaning joint.

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arthr

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9
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Give the combining form meaning strength.

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sthen

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10
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What is the meaning of the combining form HIDR(OT)- or -IDR-?

A

sweat

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11
Q

Give the combining form meaning cartilage.

A

chondr

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12
Q

Give the combining form meaning brain.

A

encephal

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13
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Give the combining form meaning heart.

A

cardi

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14
Q

According to Hippocratic practices and the lecture slide, a physician can
make a prognosis by observing how a person sleeps.

A

True

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15
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Give the combining form meaning equal, same, similar, alike.

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is

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16
Q

Give the combining form meaning soft.

A

malac

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17
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Give the combining form meaning other, divergence, difference from.

A

all

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18
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Give the combining form meaning tissue (do not include the parentheses
or the letter within the parentheses).

A

hist

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19
Q

What best defines pterodactyl?

A

winged fingers

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20
Q

Give the combining form meaning face.

A

prosop

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21
Q

Hippocratic physicians may treat a patient in one of the four ways listed on
the lecture slide for M3.

A

trepanation

22
Q

Give the combining form meaning mind.

A

psych

23
Q

In the mythological story of Arachne, the goddess Athena was pleased by
Arachne’s tapestry and rewarded her with life as a spider.

A

False

24
Q

Give both combining forms meaning meningeal membrane, meninges.

A

mening meninx

25
Q

What is the meaning of the combining form MY- or MYS-?

A

muscle

26
Q

Give the combining form meaning head.

A

cephal

27
Q

Give the combining form meaning stupor, numbness.

A

narc

28
Q

What is the meaning of the combining form HELC-?

A

ulcer

29
Q

Give both combining forms meaning fiber, muscle.

A

in inos

30
Q

Give the combining form meaning jaundice.

A

icter

31
Q

What is the meaning of the combining form SOMAT- or -SOMA?

A

body

32
Q

Give the combining form meaning artery.

A

arteri

33
Q

Give the combining form meaning neck, cervix.

A

trachel

34
Q

Give the combining form meaning many, excessive.

A

poly

35
Q

Give the combining form meaning water, fluid.

A

hydr

36
Q

Give the combining form meaning sensitivity to pain.

A

alges

37
Q

Give the combining form meaning solid, having three dimensions.

A

stere

38
Q

Give the combining form meaning kidney.

A

nephr

39
Q

Give the combining form meaning corpse, dead.

A

necr

40
Q

Give the combining form meaning rapid.

A

tachy

41
Q

Give the combining form meaning hard.

A

scler

42
Q

Give the combining form meaning middle, secondary, partial, mesentery.

A

mes

43
Q

Give the combining form meaning gray matter of the brain and spinal
cord.

A

poli

44
Q

Give the combining form meaning yellow.

A

xanth

45
Q

What is the meaning of the combining form MYC- or MYCET-?

A

fungus

46
Q

Give the combining form meaning narrow.

A

sten

47
Q

Combining form of fingernail or toenail

A

ONYCH

48
Q

Combining form of fingers or toes

A

DACTYL

49
Q

Combining form of skin

A

DERM(AT)-

50
Q

Combining form of foot

A

POD-

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