Combining Forms

Question 1

What does the combining form anter/o mean?

Answer 1

It means: front

Question 2

What does the combining form caud/o mean?

Answer 2

It means: tail

Question 3

What does the combining form cephal/o mean?

Answer 3

It means: head

Question 4

What does the combining form cubit/o mean?

Answer 4

It means: elbow

Question 5

What does the combining form dextr/o mean?

Answer 5

It means: right

Question 6

What does the combining form dist/o mean?

Answer 6

It means: far

Question 7

What does the combining form dors /o mean?

Answer 7

It means: back

Question 8

What does the combining form fee/o mean?

Answer 8

It means: to carry

Question 9

What does the combining form front/o mean?

Answer 9

It means: front

Question 10

What does the combining for glute/o mean?

Answer 10

It means: buttocks

Question 11

What does the combining form infer/o mean?

Answer 11

It means: downward

Question 12

What does the combining form later/o mean?

Answer 12

It means: side

Question 13

What does the combining form medi/o mean?

Answer 13

It means: middle

Question 14

What does the combining form poplit/o mean?

Answer 14

It means: back of knee

Question 15

What does the combining form poster/o mean?

Answer 15

It means: back

Question 16

What does the combining form proxim/o mean?

Answer 16

It means: near

Question 17

What does the combining form sinistr/o mean?

Answer 17

It means: left

Question 18

What does the combining form super/o mean?

Answer 18

It means: upward

Question 19

What does the combining form ventr /o mean?

Answer 19

It means: belly

Question 20

What does the combining form angi/o mean?

Answer 20

It means: vessel, blood vessel

Question 21

What does the combining form aort/o mean?

Answer 21

It means: aorta

Question 22

What does the combining form apic/o mean?

Answer 22

It means: apex

Question 23

What does the combining form arteri/o mean

Answer 23

It means: artery

Question 24

What does the combining form cardi/o, coron/o mean?

Answer 24

It means: heart

Question 25

What does the combining form hemat /o mean?

Answer 25

It means: blood

Question 26

What does the combining form phleb/o, ven/o mean?

Answer 26

It means: vein

Question 27

What does the combining form plasm/o mean?

Answer 27

It means: plasma

Question 28

What does the combining form valv/o mean?

Answer 28

It means: valve

Question 29

What does the combining form ventricul/o mean?

Answer 29

It means: ventricle

Question 30

What does the combining form abdomin /o mean?

Answer 30

It means: abdomen

Question 31

What does the combining form an/o mean?

Answer 31

It means: anus

Question 32

What does the combining form append/o, appendic/o mean?

Answer 32

It means: appendix

Question 33

What does the combining form chol/e mean?

Answer 33

It means: gall, bile

Question 34

What does the combining form col/o, colon/o mean?

Answer 34

It means: colon

Question 35

What does the combining form. corpor/o, som/o, somat/o mean?

Answer 35

It means: corporis, body

Question 36

What does the combining form enter/o mean?

Answer 36

It means: small intestine

Question 37

What does the combining form esophag/o mean?

Answer 37

It means: esophagus

Question 38

What does the combining form gastr/o mean?

Answer 38

It means: stomach

Question 39

What does the combining form gingiv/o mean?

Answer 39

It means: gum

Question 40

What does the combining form hepat/o mean?

Answer 40

It means: liver

Question 41

What does the combining form lumin/o mean?

Answer 41

It means: lumen

Question 42

What does the combining form or/o, stomat/o mean?

Answer 42

It means: mouth

Question 43

What does the combining form pancreat/o mean?

Answer 43

It means: pancreas

Question 44

What does the combining form pharyng/o mean?

Answer 44

It means: pharynx

Question 45

What does the combining form rect/o mean?

Answer 45

It means: rectum

Question 46

What does the combining form adren/o mean?

Answer 46

It means: adrenal gland

Question 47

What does the combining form oophor/o, ovari/o mean?

Answer 47

It means: ovary

Question 48

What does the combining form orch/o, orchi/o mean?

Answer 48

It means: testis

Question 49

What does the combining form pancreat/o mean?

Answer 49

It means: pancreas

Question 50

What does the combining form parathyroid/o mean?

Answer 50

It means: parathyroid gland

Question 51

What does the combining form pituitary /o mean?

Answer 51

It means: pituitary gland

Question 52

What does the combining form thyroid/o mean?

Answer 52

It means: thyroid gland