Medical Terminology Study Guide
Focus on the terms you don’t know. You already know a lot of these terms. Spend
your time wisely and don’t go over the entire list if you already know the terms.
Flash cards work well to help memorize these terms. Put aside the cards you
already know and focus on the difficult terms.
Know the following
Word roots for Organs
Stomato
dento
Gingiva
encephalo
Entero
colo
Hepato
nephron / rene
Oophoro
hysteron / metro
Dermo
masto / mammo
Cardio
cysto
Phlebo / veno
pneumo / pulmo
Regions / directional terms
Abdomino
adipo
Bolo
cerico
Chromo
coccygo
Cyto
disto
Histo
ilio
Karyo
latero
Medio
nucleo
Postero
proximo
Sarco
spino
Thoraco
tracheo
Ventro`
vertebro
parietal
glosso / linguo
gastro
procto
orchiso
salpingo
osteo
rhino
hemo / emia
antero
chondro
cranio
dorso
inguino
lumbo
pelvi
sacro
thelo
umbilico
viscera
Combining Forms Prefixes and Suffixes
Eal
iac
ior
Ism
ose
plasm
Somes
type
meter
Oma
osis
plasty
Sclerosis
stenosis
tomy
Ana
cata
epi
Hypo
hyper
inter
Intra
meta
a / an
Itis
osis
ectomy
otomy
ostomy
micro
macro
graphy / graph
brady
dys
peri
tetra
lytic
poiesis
phobia
oid
retro
ase
rrhage
ab
mega / megaly
gram
tachy
endo
bi
poly
cyte
penia
ana
stitial
algia
ectasia
blast
ad
scopy / scopic
ology / ologist
de
epi
tri
iso
stasis
philia
pathy
auto
ose
genesis
clast
poly
Cardiovascular System Terms
Angio
aorto
Arterio
athero
Brachio
cardio
Corono
cyano
Oxo
pericardio
Sphygmo
stetho
Valvulo
vaso
Veno / veni
ventriculo
Dilation
coagulo
Erythro
leuko
Hemato
morpho
Phago
thrombo
artero
atrio
cholesterol
myxo
phlebo
thrombo
vasculo
constriction
eosino
hemo
neutron
Lymphatic / Immune System
Immuno
lympho
Thymo
toxo
Suppression
spleno
phylaxis
Integumentary System
Adipo
albino
Dermo
dermato
Hidro
kerato
Lipo
melano
Pilo
sebo
cutaneo
erythema
leuko
myco
Respiratory System
Adenoids
alveolus
Cilia
epiglottis
Inspiration
glottis
Lobe
mediastinum
bronchioles
expiration
larynx
pleura
Pharynx
Phreno
Spiro
trachea
pneumo
osmia
rhino
pulmono
pnea
Digestive System
Bucco
Esophago
Phagia
Glosso
Hepato
Ileo
Oro
Procto
Recto
celio
prandial
ptosis
duodeno
gastro
jejuno
linguo
litho
spleno
denti
emesis
stasis
entero
gingiva
labio
pancreato
lipo
Ureters
detrusor
nephro / reno
bowman’s capsule
collecting duct
renal pelvis
renal pyramids
Urinary Bladder
urethral sphincter
renal corpuscle
renal tubule
minor calyx
cortex
renal columns
adreno
thyro
crino
tropin
gonado
andro
homeo
Urinary System
Kidneys
Urethra
Nephron
Glomerulus
Loop of henle
Major calyx
Medulla
lobule
Endocrine System
Adeno
pituitaro
estro
hormone
Musculoskeletal System
Bones
Kypho
lordo
Myelo
ortho
Spondylo
vertebra
Malacia
physis
Costo
Joints
Ankylo
arthro
Burso
chondro
Teno / tendino
Muscles
Fascio
fibro
Myocardio
rhabdomyo
Asthenia
trophy
scolio
osteo
listhesis
porosis
articulo
synovo
myo
leiomyo