Medical Stems Flashcards
1
Q
aden/o
A
gland
2
Q
adren/o
A
adrenal gland
3
Q
appendic/o
A
appendix
4
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
5
Q
blephar/o
A
eyelid
6
Q
bucc/o
A
cheek
7
Q
cephal/o
A
head
8
Q
cervic/o
A
neck, or cervix (of uterus)
9
Q
chol/e
A
bile
10
Q
col/o
A
colon
11
Q
crani/o
A
skull
12
Q
cyst/o
A
bladder, filled pouch or sack
13
Q
dactyl
A
finger
14
Q
derm/o
A
skin
15
Q
enter/o
A
intestine
16
Q
gingiv/o
A
blood
17
Q
hem/o, hemat/o
A
blood
18
Q
hist/o, histi/o
A
tissue
19
Q
lapar/o
A
abdominal wall, abdomen
20
Q
lip/o
A
lipid, fat
21
Q
mast/o
A
breast, mammary gland
22
Q
myel/o
A
bone marrow, spinal cord
23
Q
nas/o
A
nose
24
Q
neur/o
A
nerve
25
odont/o
teeth, tooth
26
ophthalm/o
eye
27
oste/o
bone
28
ot/o
ear
29
phleb/o
vein
30
pleur/o
pleura (membrane surrounding lungs)
31
pod/o
foot
32
pulmon/o, pulm/o
lung
33
ren/o
kidney
34
salping/o
tube: auditory (eustachian), uterine, fallopian tubes
35
spondyl/o
spinal column, vertebra
36
thorac/o
chest
37
valv/o
valve
38
ven/o
vein
39
kary/o
neucleus
40
angi/o
vessel
41
arteri/o, arter/o
artery
42
bar/o
pressure
43
bronch/o
bronchial tube
44
cardi/o
heart
45
cerebr/o
cerebrum
46
cheil/o
lip
47
chondr/o
cartilage
48
cost/o
rib
49
cyan/o
blue
50
cyt/o
cell
51
dent/o
teeth
52
encephal/o
brain
53
gastr/o
stomach
54
gloss/o
tongue
55
hepat/o
liver
56
hyster/o
uterus, womb
57
lingu/o
tongue
58
mamm/o
breast
59
my/o
muscle
60
myring/o
eardrum, tympanic membrane
61
nephr/o
kidney
62
ocul/o
eye
63
oophor/o
ovary
64
orchid/o, orchi/o
testes
65
ped/o
foot
66
phren/o
diaphragm or mind
67
pneum/o, pneumat/o
lung, air, gas, respiration
68
proct/o
anus, rectum
69
pyel/o
renal pelvis
70
rhin/o
nose
71
splen/o
spleen
72
stoma, stomat/o
stomach
73
uter/o
uterus
74
vas/o
vas deferens, vessel, duct
75
xanth/o
yellow
