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MT Short Course Ch 4
Combining Forms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| an/o | anus |
| bi/o | life |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cis/o | to cut |
| cost/o | ribs |
| crani/o | skull |
| cutane/o | skin |
| dur/o | dura mater (outermost meningeal membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord) |
| gen/o | to produce; to begin |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| hemat/o | blood |
| later/o | side |
| men/o | menses |
| nat/i | birth |
| neur/o | nerve |
| norm/o | rule, order |
| oste/o | bone |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| plas/o | formation, growth, development |
| ren/o | kidney |
| scapul/o | scapula (shoulder blade) |
| son/o | sound |
| thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
| top/o | to put, place, position |
| troph/o | development, nourishment |
| urethr/o | urethra (tube leading from the bladder to the outside of the body) |
| uter/o | uterus |
| ven/o | vein |
| vertebr/o | vertebra |