Week 4
Cardi/o
heart
Trache/o
trachea
Hemat/o
blood
Gastr/o
stomach
Ur/o and Urin/o mean...
urine or urinary organs
Atri/o
atria; atrium
Rhin/o
nose
Laryng/o
voice box
Phag/o
to eat or swallow
Dips/o
thirst
Ventricul/o
ventricle
Olfact/o
smell
Pharyng/o
throat
Stomat/o
mouth
Cyst/o
urinary bladder
Sphygm/o
pulse
Cost/o
ribs
Man/o
pressure
Sial/o
saliva
Lith/o
stone
Angi/o, Vas/o, and Phleb/o mean...
vessel or vein
Provide the definitions for:
Pneum/o
Pulmon/o
Pleur/o
Pneum/o = lung or air
Pulmon/o = lung
Pleur/o = pleura; membrane surrounding the lungs
Leuk/o
white
Cholecyst/o
gallbladder
Provide a combining form that has the same definition as Ren/o
Nephr/o