combining form- unit 3

Question 1

aden/o

Answer 1

gland

Question 2

amni/o

Answer 2

amnion (sac of fluid surrounding the embryo)

Question 3

angi/o

Answer 3

vessel (usually a blood vessel)

Question 4

arteri/o

Answer 4

artery

Question 5

arthr/o

Answer 5

joint

Question 6

ather/o

Answer 6

plaque (a yellow, fatty material)

Question 7

axill/o

Answer 7

armpit (underarm)

Question 8

bronch/o

Answer 8

bronchial tube

Question 9

bronchi/o

Answer 9

bronchial tube

Question 10

carcin/o

Answer 10

cancerous

Question 11

cardi/o

Answer 11

heart

Question 12

chem/o

Answer 12

drug; also chemical

Question 13

cholecyst/o

Answer 13

gallbladder

Question 14

chron/o

Answer 14

time

Question 15

col/o

Answer 15

colon (large intestine or bowel)

Question 16

crani/o

Answer 16

skull

Question 17

cry/o

Answer 17

cold

Question 18

cyst/o

Answer 18

urinary bladder; also a sac of fluid or a cyst

Question 19

electr/o

Answer 19

electricity

Question 20

encephal/o

Answer 20

brain

Question 21

erythr/o

Answer 21

red

Question 22

esophag/o

Answer 22

esophagus (tube leading from the throat to the stomach)

Question 23

hem/o

Answer 23

blood

Question 24

hemat/o

Answer 24

blood

Question 25

hepat/o

Answer 25

liver

Question 26

hyster/o

Answer 26

uterus

Question 27

inguin/o

Answer 27

groin (area in which the thigh meets the trunk of the body)

Question 28

isch/o

Answer 28

to hold back

Question 29

lapar/o

Answer 29

abdominal (abdominal wall)

Question 30

laryng/o

Answer 30

voice box (larynx)

Question 31

leuk/o

Answer 31

white

Question 32

mamm/o

Answer 32

breast (use with -ARY, -GRAPHY, -GRAM, and -PLASTY)

Question 33

mast/o

Answer 33

breast (use with -ECTOMY and -ITIS)

Question 34

men/o

Answer 34

menses (menstration); month

Question 35

mening/o

Answer 35

meninges (membranes around the brain and spinal cord)

Question 36

my/o

Answer 36

muscle

Question 37

myel/o

Answer 37

spinal cord (nervous tissue connected to the brain, located within the spinal column) MYEL/O can also mean bone marrow (soft, inner part of bones, where blood cells are made)

Question 38

necr/o

Answer 38

death (of cells)

Question 39

nephr/o

Answer 39

kidney (use with all suffixes, except -AL, and -GRAM; use REN/O with -AL and -GRAM)

Question 40

neur/o

Answer 40

nerve

Question 41

oophor/o

Answer 41

ovary

Question 42

oste/o

Answer 42

bone

Question 43

ot/o

Answer 43

ear

Question 44

pelv/o

Answer 44

pelvis

Question 45

peritone/o

Answer 45

peritoneum (membrane surrounding organs in the abdomen)

Question 46

phleb/o

Answer 46

vein

Question 47

pneumon/o

Answer 47

lung

Question 48

pulmon/o

Answer 48

lung

Question 49

radi/o

Answer 49

x-rays

Question 50

ren/o

Answer 50

kidney (use with -AL and -GRAM)

Question 51

rhin/o

Answer 51

nose

Question 52

salping/o

Answer 52

fallopian (uterine) tube

Question 53

sarc/o

Answer 53

flesh

Question 54

septic/o

Answer 54

pertaining to infection

Question 55

thorac/o

Answer 55

chest

Question 56

tonsill/o

Answer 56

tonsil

Question 57

trache/o

Answer 57

windpipe; trachea

Question 58

ur/o

Answer 58

urine or urea ( a waste material); urinary tract

Question 59

vascul/o

Answer 59

blood vessel