Save
Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or
show password
Forgot Password?
Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or
Username is available taken
show password


Make sure to remember your password. If you forget it there is no way for StudyStack to send you a reset link. You would need to create a new account. Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.
focusNode
Didn't know it?
click below
 
Knew it?
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
0:00
edit
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how

C1-Medical Terms

combining forms

QuestionAnswer
aden/o glands
arthr/0 joints
bi/o life
carcin/o cancer
cardi/o heart
cephal/o head
cerebr/o cerebrum
root foundation of the word
combining vowel vowel(usually o) that links the root to the suffix or the root to another root
combining forms combination of the root and the combining vowel
cis/o to cut
crin/o to secrete (to form and give off)
cyst/o urinary bladder; a sac or a cyst (sac containing fluid)
cyt/o cell
derm/o dermat/o skin
electr/o electricity
encephal/o brain
enter/o intestines (usually small intestine)
erythr/o red
gastr/o stomach
glyc/o sugar
gnos/o knowledge
gynec/o woman;female
hemat/o hem/o blood
hepat/o liver
iatr/o treatment, physician
leuk/o white
log/o study of
nephr/o;ren/o kidney
neur/o nerve
onc/o tumor
ophthalm/o eye
oste/o bone
path/o disease
ped/o child
psych/o mind
radi/o x-rays
shin/o nose
sarc/o flesh
sect/o to cut
thromb/o clot, clotting
ur/o urinary tract,urine
abdomin/o abdomen
adip/o fat
anter/o front
bol/o to cast (throw)
cervic/o neck (of the body or of the uterus)
chondr/o cartilage (type of connective tissue)
chrom/o color
coocyg/o coocyx (tailbone)
crani/o skull
dist/o far, distant
dors/o back portion of the body
ili/o ilium (part of the pelvic bone)
inguin/o groin
kary/o; nucle/o nucleus
later/o side
lumb/o lower back (side and back between the ribs and the pelvis)
medi/o middle
pelv/i pelvis, hip region
poster/o back, behind
proxim/o nearest
sacr/o sacrum
spin/o spine, backbone
thel/o nipple
thorac/o chest
trache/o trachea, windpipe
umbilic/o navel, umbilicus
ventr/o vertebra(e), backbones
viscer/o internal organs
Created by: RomeliaL.
Popular Medical sets

 

 



Voices

Use these flashcards to help memorize information. Look at the large card and try to recall what is on the other side. Then click the card to flip it. If you knew the answer, click the green Know box. Otherwise, click the red Don't know box.

When you've placed seven or more cards in the Don't know box, click "retry" to try those cards again.

If you've accidentally put the card in the wrong box, just click on the card to take it out of the box.

You can also use your keyboard to move the cards as follows:

If you are logged in to your account, this website will remember which cards you know and don't know so that they are in the same box the next time you log in.

When you need a break, try one of the other activities listed below the flashcards like Matching, Snowman, or Hungry Bug. Although it may feel like you're playing a game, your brain is still making more connections with the information to help you out.

To see how well you know the information, try the Quiz or Test activity.

Pass complete!
"Know" box contains:
Time elapsed:
Retries:
restart all cards