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2026 Final Exam Combining Terms
Acr/o - correct answer>>extremities Aden/o - correct answer>>gland adip/o, lip/o - correct answer>>fat Adren/o, leuk/o - correct answer>>adrenal gland Albin/o - correct answer>>white alveol/o - correct answer>>alveolus Amni/o - correct answer>>amnion an/o - correct answer>>anus Andr/o - correct answer>>male aneurysm/o - correct answer>>aneurysm, widening blood vessel angi/o - correct answer>>vessel usually blood or lymph ankyl/o - correct answer>>stiffness; bent, crooked aort/o - correct answer>>aorta append/o, appendic/o - correct answer>>appendix arteri/o - correct answer>>artery arteriol/o - correct answer>>arteriole arthr/o - correct answer>>joint Atel/o - correct answer>>incomplete, imperfect ather/o - correct answer>>fatty plaque atri/o - correct answer>>atrium Audi/o - correct answer>>hearing azot/o - correct answer>>nitrogenous compounds bacteri/o - correct answer>>bacteria blast/o - correct answer>>embryonic cell Blephar/o - correct answer>>eyelid
brachi/o - correct answer>>arm bronch/o, bronchi/o - correct answer>>bronchus bronchiol/o - correct answer>>bronchiolus bucc/o - correct answer>>cheek Calc/o - correct answer>>calcium calcane/o - correct answer>>heel carcin/o - correct answer>>cancerous carp/o - correct answer>>carpus (wrist bone) caud/o - correct answer>>tail cephal/o - correct answer>>head Cerebr/o - correct answer>>cerebrum Cervic/o - correct answer>>neck chol/e - correct answer>>bile, gall Cholangi/o - correct answer>>bile vessel cholecyst/o - correct answer>>gall bladder chondr/o - correct answer>>cartilage chrom/o - correct answer>>color cirrh/o - correct answer>>liver col/o, colon/o - correct answer>>colon colp/o, vagin/o - correct answer>>vagina corne/o, kerat/o - correct answer>>cornea coron/o, cardi/o - correct answer>>heart cost/o - correct answer>>ribs crani/o - correct answer>>cranium (skull) Crin/o - correct answer>>secrete cry/o - correct answer>>cold
mening/o - correct answer>>meninges metacarp/o - correct answer>>hand bones metatars/o - correct answer>>foot bones metr/o - correct answer>>uterus(womb); measure metri/o, hyster/o, uter/o - correct answer>>uterus; (womb) morph/o - correct answer>>form, shape, structure my/o - correct answer>>muscle myc/o - correct answer>>fungus Myel/o - correct answer>>bone marrow, spinal cord Myring/o, tympan/o - correct answer>>ear drum (tympanic membrane) Narc/o - correct answer>>stupor, numbness nas/o - correct answer>>nose nat/o - correct answer>>birth Natr/o - correct answer>>sodium Neur/o - correct answer>>nerve noct/o, nyct/o - correct answer>>night nucle/o - correct answer>>nucleus odont/o - correct answer>>teeth olig/o - correct answer>>scanty onych/o, ugu/o - correct answer>>nail oophor/o, ovari/o - correct answer>>ovary ophthalm/o - correct answer>>eye Opt/o - correct answer>>vision optic/o - correct answer>>eye, vision or/o, stomat/o - correct answer>>mouth orth/o - correct answer>>straight
oste/o - correct answer>>bone ot/o - correct answer>>ear ox/i, ox/o, ox/y - correct answer>>oxygen pancreat/o - correct answer>>pancreas parathyroid/o - correct answer>>parathyroid gland patell/o - correct answer>>patella (knee cap) path/o - correct answer>>disease sigmoid/o - correct answer>>sigmoid colon sinus/o - correct answer>>sinus, cavity somat/o - correct answer>>body Spermat/o - correct answer>>spermatozoa sphygm/o - correct answer>>pulse spin/o - correct answer>>spine spir/o - correct answer>>breathe splen/o - correct answer>>spleen squam/o - correct answer>>scale sten/o - correct answer>>narrowing, structure steth/o, thorac/o - correct answer>>chest ten/o, tend/o - correct answer>>tendon test/o - correct answer>>testes Thalam/o - correct answer>>thalamus Thromb/o - correct answer>>blood clot Thym/o - correct answer>>thymus gland thyr/o, thyroid/o - correct answer>>thyroid gland ton/o - correct answer>>tension
kerat/o - correct answer>>horny tissue, hard, cornea keton/o - correct answer>>ketones Kinesi/o - correct answer>>movement kyph/o - correct answer>>humpback Lacrim/o - correct answer>>tear Lact/o - correct answer>>milk Lamin/o - correct answer>>lamina (part of the vertebrae) Lapar/o - correct answer>>abdomen laryng/o - correct answer>>voice box lingu/o, gloss/o - correct answer>>tongue lith/o - correct answer>>stone lob/o - correct answer>>lobe lord/o - correct answer>>curve, swayback lumb/o - correct answer>>loins, lower back lymph/o - correct answer>>lymph lymphaden/o - correct answer>>lymph gland lymphangi/o - correct answer>>lymph vessel pector/o - correct answer>>chest pelv/i or pelv/o - correct answer>>pelvis pericardi/o - correct answer>>pericardium perine/o - correct answer>>perineum Phac/o - correct answer>>lens phag/o - correct answer>>swallowing, eating phalang/o - correct answer>>phalanges (bones of the fingers and toes) pharyng/o - correct answer>>throat
Phot/o - correct answer>>light pil/o - correct answer>>hair pleur/o - correct answer>>pleura pneum/o - correct answer>>air; lung Pod/o, ped/o, ped/i - correct answer>>foot poli/o - correct answer>>gray or gray matter (of brain or spinal cord) Presby/o - correct answer>>old age prostat/o - correct answer>>prostate gland psych/o - correct answer>>mind pulmon/o - correct answer>>lung Pupill/o - correct answer>>pupil py/o - correct answer>>pus pyel/o - correct answer>>renal pelvis pylor/o - correct answer>>pylorus radi/o - correct answer>>radiation, x-ray, radius (lower arm bone on the thumb side) Radicul/o - correct answer>>nerve root rect/o - correct answer>>rectum ren/o, nephr/o - correct answer>>kidney Retin/o - correct answer>>retina Rhabdomy/o - correct answer>>striated muscle rhin/o - correct answer>>nose salping/o - correct answer>>tubes scler/o - correct answer>>hardening; sclera scoli/o - correct answer>>crooked, bent seb/o - correct answer>>sebum, sebaceous sept/o - correct answer>>septum
