Medical Terminology Flashcards

Flashcards covering various body systems and their associated combining forms.

CARCIN/O

cancerous

ONC/O

tumor

CUTANE/O

skin

DERM/O, DERMAT/O

skin

HIDR/O

sweat

SEB/O

sebum

UNGU/O

nail

XER/O

dry

LYMPH/O, LYMPHAT/O

lymph

SPLEN/O

spleen

KINESI/O

movement

MY/O

muscle

TEN/O, TEND/O, TENDIN/O

tendon

ENCEPHAL/O

brain

MENING/O

meninges, membranes

NEUR/I, NEUR/O

nerve, nerve tissue

COLP/O

vagina

HYSTER/O

uterus

MEN/O

menstruation, menses

METR/O, METRI/O, METR/I

uterus

OV/O

egg

OOPHOR/O, OVARI/O

ovary

ORCH/O, ORCHID/O

testicles, testis, testes

SALPING/O

uterine (fallopian) tube, auditory (Eustachian) tube

UTER/O

uterus

VAGIN/O

vagina

BRONCH/O, BRONCHI/O

bronchial tube, bronchus

LARYNG/O

larynx (voice box)

PHARYNG/O

pharynx (throat)

PLEUR/O

pleura

DIAPHRAGMAT/O

diaphragm

PULM/O, PULMON/O

lung

TRACHE/O

trachea, windpipe

ANKLY/O

crooked, bent, stiff

ARTHR/O

joint

CHONDR/O

cartilage

COST/O

rib

CRANI/O

skull

OSS/E, OSS/I, OST/O, OSTE/O

bone

SPONDYL/O, VERTEBR/O

vertebra, spine

MYEL/O

spinal cord, bone marrow

THORAC/O

chest

KERAT/O

horny, hard, cornea

SCLER/O

sclera, hard

MYRING/O

tympanic membrane, eardrum

OCUL/O

eye

OT/O

ear

RETIN/O

retina

TYMPAN/O

tympanic membrane, eardrum

LITH/O

stone, calculus

CYST/O

urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid

NEPHR/O

kidney

PYEL/O

renal pelvis, bowl of kidney

REN/O

kidney

URETER/O

ureter

URETHR/O

urethra