(what is the combining form)
Heart
What is Cardi/o?
Elevated, higher, or more than normal
What is Hyper-?
Radiation, The radius (bone)
What is radi/o?
Inflammation of the meninges
What is Meningitis?
Connects Muscle to bone
What is Tendons?
Joints
What is Arthr/o?
Difficult, bad, painful
What is Dys-?
Absence of, Duplication
What is Dis-?
Abnormal development of the pelvic joint causing the head of the femur and the acetabulum to not be aligned properly.
What is Hip dysplasia?
Carries urine from the Kidneys to the urinary bladder
What is the Ureters?
Kidneys
What is Ren/o or Nephr/o?
Apart from, beside, near, or abnormal
What is Para-?
Spinal cord, Bone marrow
What is myel/o?
Lack of voluntary control of muscle movement, “wobbliness”
What is Ataxia?
Destroys old erythrocytes, removes toxins and extra glucose from blood
What is the Liver?
Veins
What is Ven/o or Phleb/o?
Beyond, change, behind, after, or next
What is Meta-?
Egg, Sperm
What is Gamet/o ?
A condition usually seen within deep-chested canines where the stomach fills with air, expands, and twists in on itself
What is Gastric dilatation volvulus?
Transports oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium
What is the Pulmonary veins?
Lungs
What is pneum/o, pneumon/o, pulm/o, or pulmon/o?
Life, animal
What is Zoo-?
Hornlike, Cornea
What is Kerat/o?
A disorder characterized by the presence of ureteroliths.
What is Ureterolithiasis?
Secretes digestive enzymes and blood glucose-regulating hormones
What is the Pancreas?