Unit 2

Question 1

The prefix ipsi-

Answer 1

Same side

Question 2

Choose the prefix that means
“separate, apart”

Answer 2

dis-

Question 3

Choose the prefix that means
“for good”

Answer 3

beni-

Question 4

Choose the prefix that means
“not” (for example before the word proper)

Answer 4

im-

Question 5

The right arm is ___ to the right leg.

Answer 5

ipsilateral

Question 6

The prefix “bi-“ means

Answer 6

two, double

Question 7

The root “gnos” means

Answer 7

knowing

Question 8

Choose the root that means “fat”

Answer 8

lipid

Question 9

The opposite of acute is

Answer 9

chronic

Question 10

___ pertains to people who are very sick. Mortality pertains to people who are dead.

Answer 10

Morbidity

Question 11

This plane of section is parallel to the ground

Answer 11

horizontal

Question 12

de- prefix means from, down, out
genera root means ancestry

To degenerate is a verb meaning “to descend from one’s ancestry” or to “fall apart”

We add a suffix to turn the verb degenerate to a noun. The noun which describes this process is:

Answer 12

Degeneration

Question 13

Abdominal region below the rib cartilage

Answer 13

Hypochondriac

Question 14

On the same side

Answer 14

Ipsilateral

Question 15

Towards the tail (buttocks)

Answer 15

Caudal

Question 16

Towards the midline (away from the side)

Answer 16

Medial

Question 17

Abdominal region on top of the stomach

Answer 17

Epigastric

Question 18

Pertaining to the abdomen (belly)

Answer 18

Ventral

Question 19

Toward the side, away from the midline

Answer 19

Lateral

Question 20

The prefix un- or uni-

Answer 20

One

Question 21

The prefix dia-

Answer 21

Between

Question 22

The prefix ipsi-

Answer 22

Same (side)

Question 23

Lactation is the process of forming or giving breast milk. A hormone that is in favor of the formation of breast milk is called:

Answer 23

Prolactin

Question 24

The prefix “for good”

Answer 24

beni-

Question 25

-ic is a suffix that means “pertaining to” -path means “disease” ___is a word that means “pertaining to a peculiar disease” or pertaining to one’s own disease.

Answer 25

Idiopathic

Question 26

Choose the root word that mean “head” or “skull”

Answer 26

cran/i

Question 27

To root words that mean the opposite. (In anatomical position)

Answer 27

Medial and lateral

Question 28

This plane of section reminds us of a crown. It is the same as the frontal plane.

Answer 28

Coronal

Question 29

On one side

Answer 29

Unilateral

Question 30

Closer to the point of attachment

Answer 30

Proximal

Question 31

Further from the point of attachment

Answer 31

Distal

Question 32

Anatomical plane that divides the body into left and right

Answer 32

Sagittal

Question 33

Abdominal region below the stomach

Answer 33

Hypogastric

Question 34

Abdominal region pertaining to the groin

Answer 34

inguinal

Question 35

Abdominal region pertaining to the back

Answer 35

Lumbar

Question 36

Abdominal region pertaining to the flank

Answer 36

iliac

Question 37

Choose the prefix that means “up, throughout, again”

Answer 37

ana-

Question 38

Prefixes that mean “with, together”

Answer 38

syn- sym- sys-

Question 39

The prefix that means “against, opposite”

Answer 39

Contra-

Question 40

The word inguinal means “pertaining to the___”

Answer 40

Groin

Question 41

The root word “occult”

Answer 41

What is unseen

Question 42

The word ventral means “pertaining to the ___”

Answer 42

Belly

Question 43

Anatomical plane that divides the body into front and back

Answer 43

Frontal plane or Coronal

Question 44

On the opposite side

Answer 44

Contralateral

Question 45

The thalamus is a part of the brain. The part part of the brain underneath the thalamus is the:

Answer 45

Hypothalamus

Question 46

The word dorsal means “pertaining to the ___”

Answer 46

Back

Question 47

Toward the nose

Answer 47

Rostral

Question 48

The prefix that means off, from, away

Answer 48

ab-