for AAPC Certification 2024–2025
This exam prep resource is designed for candidates preparing for the 2024–2025
AAPC Certified Professional Coder (CPC) certification.
1. derm/o, dermat/o: skin
2. hidr/o: sweat, perspiration
3. kerat/o: keratin, horny layer of skin
4. melan/o: black, dark, melanin
5. onych/o: nail
6. seb/o: sebum, sebaceous gland
7. trich/o: hair
8. arthr/o: joint
9. burs/o: bursa, sac of fluid near joint
10. chondr/o: cartilage
11. erg/o: to work
12. fasci/o: fascia
13. Kin/o, kinesi/o: movement
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, 14. muscul/o, my/o: muscle
15. myel/o: bone marrow, spinal cord
16. oste/o: bone
17. synov/i: synovial fluid, joint, or membrane
18. ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o: tendon
19. ton/o: tone, pressure
20. bronch/o: bronchus
21. laryng/o: larynx
22. pharyng/o: pharynx (throat)
23. phren/o: diaphragm
24. phrenic/o: phrenic nerve
25. pleur/o: pleura
26. pneumon/o: lung
27. pneum/o, pneumat/o, pneumon/o: air, gas, respiration, lung
28. pulm/o, pulmon/o: lung
29. rhin/o: nose
30. sept/o: septum, partition, dividing wall
31. spir/o: breathing
32. trache/o: trachea, windpipe
33. angi/o: vessel
34. Aort/o: aorta
35. arter/o, arteri/o: artery
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