fall semester exam review (combining forms)

aden/o

gland

adip/o

fat

albin/o

white

alveol/o

alvelous; air sac

angi/o

vessel (blood)

anter/o

front

arthr/o

joint

bi/o

life

burs/o

bursa (sac of fluid near a joint)d

calc/o

calcium

carcin/o

cancer

cardi/o

heart

carp/o

wrist

caus/o

burn; burning; heat

cephal/o

head

cervic/o

neck; cervix (neck of uterus)

chondr/o

cartliage

chrom/o

color

colon/o

large intestine; colon

cost/o

rib

crani/o

skull

cry/o

cold

cutane/o

skin

cyan/o

blue

cyst/o

cyst; fluid sac; bladder

cyt/o

cell

derma/o; dermat/o

skin

dist/o

away from the point of origin; far; distant

dors/o

back

electr/o

electricity

encephal/o

brain

enter/o

intestines

erythr/o

red

fasci/o

fibrous band; fascia

gastr/o

stomach

glauc/o

gray

gluc/o, glyc/o, glycos/o

sugar; glucose

hem/a, hem/o, hemat/o

blood

hepat/o

liver

hist/o

tissue

iatr/o

physician; treatment

ichthy/o

dry; scaly

illi/o

ilium; top of the hip hbone

inguin/o

groin

isch/o

back; to hold back

jaund/o

yellow

kary/o

nucleas

kines/o, kenesi/o

movement

later/o

side

leuk/o

white

ling/o

tongue

lip/o

fat

log/o

study

lumb/o

lumbar region; loin

medi/o

middle

melan/o

black

my/o

muscle

myd/o

fungus

myel/o

nas/o

nose

nephr/o

kidney

neru/o

nerve

ocul/o

eye

onc/o

tumor

ophthalm/o

eye

or/o

mouth

orth/o

straight

oste/o

bone

path/o

disease

ped/o

foot; child

phalang/o

phalanges; fingers or toes

phleb/o

vein

pleur/o

pleura; serous membrane that enfolds the lung

pneum/o

lung;air

poster/o

back (of body); behind

proxim/o

near the point of origin; near; close

psor/o

itching

psych/o

mind

pulmon/o

lung

py/o

pus

radi/o

x-ray

ren/o

kidney

rhin/o

nose

sacr/o

sacrum

sarc/o

flesh; connective tissue

scler/o

hardening

scoli/o

crooked; bent

sin/o; sinus/o

sinus; cavity

spondyl/o

vertebra; backbone

synovi/o

lubricating fluid of joints

tars/o

ankle

thorac/o

chest

thromb/o

clot

umblic/o

umbilicus (belly button)

ven/o

vein

ventr/o

belly side of the body; ventral aspect

vertebra/o

vertebrae; spinal column bones

vesic/o

urinary bladder

viscer/o

internal bladders

xer/o

dry