prefixes

Question 1

abdomin/o

Answer 1

abdomen

Question 2

adip/o
lip/o

Answer 2

fat

Question 3

anter/o

Answer 3

front (anterior)

Question 4

cervic/o

Answer 4

neck of the uterus (cervical)

Question 5

chondr/o

Answer 5

cartilage (type of connective tissue) ie: chondroma - benign tumor; chondrosarcoma - malignant tumor arising from a type of flesh or connective tissue

Question 6

chrom/o

Answer 6

color (chromosomes - nuclear structures absorb the COLOR of dyes used to stain the cell)

Question 7

coccyg/o

Answer 7

coccyx (tailbone)

Question 8

crani/o

Answer 8

skull (craniotomy)

Question 9

cyt/o

Answer 9

cell/cytoplasm

Question 10

dist/o

Answer 10

far, distant, distal

Question 11

dors/o

Answer 11

back portion of the body; dorsal

Question 12

hist/o

Answer 12

tissue/histology

Question 13

ili/o

Answer 13

ilium (upper part of the hip bone); iliac

Question 14

inguin/o

Answer 14

groin/inguinal

Question 15

kary/o

Answer 15

nucleus; karyotype

Question 16

later/o

Answer 16

side/lateral

Question 17

lumb/o

Answer 17

lower back; ie: lumbosacral

Question 18

pharyng/o

Answer 18

pharynx (throat)

Question 19

poster/o

Answer 19

back, behind

Question 20

proxim/o

Answer 20

nearest; proximal

Question 21

sacr/o

Answer 21

sacrum/sacral

Question 22

sarc/o

Answer 22

flesh; sarcoma

Question 23

spin/o

Answer 23

spine, backbone; spinal

Question 24

thel/o, theli/o

Answer 24

nipple; epithelial cell

Question 25

thorac/o

Answer 25

chest; thoracic

Question 26

trache/o

Answer 26

trachea, windpipe; tracheal

Question 27

umbilic/o

Answer 27

umbilicus; umbilical

Question 28

ventr/o

Answer 28

belly side of the body; ventral

Question 29

vertebr/o

Answer 29

vertebra(e), backbone(s); vertebral

Question 30

viscer/o

Answer 30

internal organs/visceral

Question 31

ana-

Answer 31

up

Question 32

cata-

Answer 32

down (catabolism - complex nutrients are broken down into simpler substances and energy is released)

Question 33

epi-

Answer 33

above (epinephrine is hormone secreted by the adrenal glands, located ABOVE-epi-the kidneys)

Question 34

hypo-

Answer 34

below; hypochondriac region; hypochondriac - a person with unusual anxiety about his or her health (greeks thought that organs in this region of the abdomen were the origin of imaginary illnesses)

Question 35

inter-

Answer 35

between

Question 36

intra-

Answer 36

within; intravenous (IV)

Question 37

meta-

Answer 37

change; metabolism

Question 38

cervical can mean..

Answer 38

cervical spine cervix

Question 39

what's the difference between the female and male pelvis?

Answer 39

female pelvis is wider (opening is oval shape) and more massive

Question 40

true/false epinephrine and adrenaline are the same hormone

Answer 40

TRUE

Question 41

encephal/o

Answer 41

brain

Question 42

erythr/o

Answer 42

RED

Question 43

hem/o

Answer 43

blood

Question 44

hepat/o

Answer 44

liver

Question 45

hydr/o

Answer 45

water/fluid

Question 46

isch/o

Answer 46

to hold back

Question 47

lymph/o

Answer 47

lymph (clear fluid that bathes tissues spaces and is contained in lymph vessels)

Question 48

mamm/o

Answer 48

breast

Question 49

mast/o

Answer 49

breast

Question 50

morph/o

Answer 50

shape, form

Question 51

leuk/o

Answer 51

white

Question 52

lapar/o

Answer 52

abdomen, abdominal wall

Question 53

muc/o

Answer 53

mucus

Question 54

my/o

Answer 54

muscle

Question 55

myel/o

Answer 55

spinal cord; bone marrow

Question 56

necr/o

Answer 56

necrotic/death (of cells or whole body)

Question 57

nephr/o

Answer 57

kidney

Question 58

neur/o

Answer 58

nerve

Question 59

neutr/o

Answer 59

neutrophil (a white blood cell)

Question 60

col/o

Answer 60

colon (large intestine)

Question 61

chron/o

Answer 61

time

Question 62

ophthalm/o

Answer 62

eye

Question 63

opi/o

Answer 63

opium

Question 64

oste/o

Answer 64

bone

Question 65

ot/o

Answer 65

ear

Question 66

path/o

Answer 66

disease

Question 67

splen/o

Answer 67

spleen

Question 68

rhin/o

Answer 68

nose

Question 69

strept/o

Answer 69

twisted chains

Question 70

thromb/o

Answer 70

clot

Question 71

tonsill/o

Answer 71

tonsils

Question 72

ven/o

Answer 72

vein