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combining form

  1. abdomin/o
    abdomen
  2. an/o
    anus (opening of the digestive tract to the outside of the body)
  3. bi/o
    life
  4. cardi/o
    heart
  5. carp/o
    carpals (wrist bones)
  6. cis/o
    to cut
  7. cost/o
    ribs
  8. crani/o
    skull
  9. cutane/o
    skin
  10. dur/o
    dura mater (outermost meningeal membrane surrrounding the brain and the spinal cord)
  11. gen/o
    to produce, to begin
  12. glyc/o
    sugar
  13. hemat/o
    blood
  14. later/o
    side
  15. men/o
    menses (monthly discharge of blood from the lining of the uterus)
  16. nat/i
    birth
  17. neuro/o
    nerve
  18. norm/o
    rule, order
  19. oste/o
    bone
  20. peritone/o
    peritoneum (membrane surrounding the organs in the abdomen)
  21. plas/o
    formation, growth, development
  22. ren/o
    kidney
  23. scapul/o
    scapula (shoulder blade)
  24. son/o
    sound
  25. thryoid/o
    thyroid gland
  26. top/o
    to put, place, position
  27. troph/o
    development, nourishment
Author
gmann86
ID
72018
Card Set
combining form
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