Glossary

Question 1

What is “A-“

Answer 1

Prefix

Without

E.g. Agnathan = vertebrate without jaws

Question 2

What is “Ab”?

Answer 2

Away from (Latin)

Abduction = movement of limb away from the midline of the body

Question 3

What is “Ad”?

Answer 3

Towards, beside (Latin)

Adduction = movement of limb towards the midline of the body

Question 4

What is “Amphi-“

Answer 4

Prefix

Denoting on both sides

E.g. Amphioxus = cephalochordate - “pointed on both sides”

Question 5

What is “An-“

Answer 5

Prefix

Without, Lacking

E.g. Anaerobe = an organisms that is able to live and grow in the absence of free oxygen

Question 6

What is “Angio-“

Answer 6

Prefix

Denoting blood or lymph vessels

E.g. Angiogenesis = formation of new blood vessels

Question 7

What is “Ante”?

Answer 7

Before (Latin)

E.g. Anterior = near or nearer to the front

Question 8

What is “Anti”?

Answer 8

Opposite, against

E.g. Anticoagulant = a drug that prevents the clotting of blood

Question 9

What is “Apo-“?

Answer 9

Away, from (Greek)

E.g. apoptosis = away and falling (like leaves from a tree), programmed cell death

Question 10

What is “Arthr(o)”?

Answer 10

Relating to joints (GrK)

E.g. Arthropod = jointed foot - huge phylum including insects, crustaceans etc.

Question 11

What is “Aural”?

Answer 11

Relating to the ear (auricula = ear, Latin)

E.g. Auriscope = apparatus used to examine the eardrum and passage leading to it

Question 12

What is “Bi”?

Answer 12

Two

E.g. bicuspid = having two cusps e.g. the mitral valve of the heart