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.

Medical terminology

Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in each of the black spaces below before clicking on it to display the answer.
        Help!  

Question
Answer
radi   rays  
🗑
thermic   heat  
🗑
arthro   joint  
🗑
myo   muscle  
🗑
adeno   gland  
🗑
calculi (latin)   stone (latin)  
🗑
cele   tumor, cyst, hernia  
🗑
cyto   cell  
🗑
glyco   sugar; sweet  
🗑
homeo; homo   similar; same; like  
🗑
lingua (latin)   tongue (latin)  
🗑
ortho   straighten  
🗑
osteo   bone  
🗑
pedi   foot  
🗑
spondyl   vertebra  
🗑
cutis (latin)   skin (latin)  
🗑
dent (latin)   teeth (latin)  
🗑
derma (greek)   skin (greek)  
🗑
lip   fat  
🗑
lith (greek)   stone (greek)  
🗑
madaro   falling hair  
🗑
psych   mind  
🗑
pyo   pus  
🗑
laparo   abdomen  
🗑
myxo   mucus  
🗑
procto   anus; rectum  
🗑
pyloro   pylorus; gatekeeper  
🗑
stoma   opening; mouth  
🗑
viscero   body organs  
🗑
tricho (greek)   hair  
🗑
carpo   wrist  
🗑
chondro   cartilage  
🗑
costa   rib  
🗑
cranio   skull  
🗑
dactyl   finger  
🗑
ili   hip  
🗑
manus   hand  
🗑
myel   bone marrow  
🗑
ile   ileum  
🗑
chole   bile; gallbladder  
🗑
colon   large intestine  
🗑
emesis   vomiting  
🗑
entero   intestine  
🗑
gastro   stomach  
🗑
glosso (greek)   tongue (greek)  
🗑
hepat   liver  
🗑
hapsia   touch  
🗑
odont (greek)   teeth (greek)  
🗑
onco (greek)   tumor (greek)  
🗑
onychia   nail beds  
🗑
pedicular   lice  
🗑
prurigo (latin)   itching (latin)  
🗑
psora (greek)   itch(greek)  
🗑
sarco   flesh  
🗑
sclero   hard  
🗑
squama   scaly  
🗑
vein (latin)   vena (latin)  
🗑
vein (greek)   phleb (greek)  
🗑
trachea; windpipe   tracheo  
🗑
breast; chest   pector  
🗑
rib side   pleura  
🗑
artery   arterio  
🗑
heart   cardio  
🗑
blood clot   thrombo  
🗑
bronchi; airway   broncho  
🗑
hairlike processes   cili  
🗑
expansion   ectasis  
🗑
larynx; voice box   laryngo  
🗑
mouth   oro  
🗑
oxygen; keen   oxy  
🗑
varicose veins   varico  
🗑
blood vessel   vaso  
🗑
vessel obstruction   emboli  
🗑
aorta; main artery   aortal  
🗑
to spit   ptysis  
🗑
heart cavity   ventricu  
🗑
vessel   angio  
🗑
blood (pre)   hema; hemo  
🗑
blood (suf; end)   emia  
🗑
nose (greek)   rhin  
🗑
nose (latin)   naso  
🗑
lungs (latin)   pulmo (latin)  
🗑
lung   pneumo  
🗑


   

Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
 
To hide a column, click on the column name.
 
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
 
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
 
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.

 
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
Created by: aeverett69
Popular Medical sets