Chapter 3- Combining Forms

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

plague (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

coron/o

Answer 16

heart; crown

Question 17

crani/o

Answer 17

skull

Question 18

cry/o

Answer 18

cold

Question 19

cyst/o

Answer 19

urinary bladder; also a sac of fluid or a cyst

Question 20

electr/o

Answer 20

electricity

Question 21

encephal/o

Answer 21

brain

Question 22

erythr/o

Answer 22

red

Question 23

esophag/o

Answer 23

esophagus (tube leading from the throat to the stomach)

Question 24

hem/o

Answer 24

blood

Question 25

hemat/o

Answer 25

blood

Question 26

hepat/o

Answer 26

liver

Question 27

hyster/o

Answer 27

uterus

Question 28

inguin/o

Answer 28

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

Question 29

isch/o

Answer 29

to hold back

Question 30

lapar/o

Answer 30

abdomen (abdominal wall)

Question 31

laryng/o

Answer 31

voice box (larynx)

Question 32

leuk/o

Answer 32

white

Question 33

mamm/o

Answer 33

breast

Question 34

mast/o

Answer 34

breast

Question 35

men/o

Answer 35

menses (menstruation); month

Question 36

mening/o

Answer 36

meninges (membranes around the brain and spinal cord)

Question 37

my/o

Answer 37

muscle

Question 38

myel/o

Answer 38

spinal cord (nervous tissue connected to the brain)

Question 39

necr/o

Answer 39

death (of cells)

Question 40

nephr/o

Answer 40

kidney

Question 41

neur/o

Answer 41

nerve

Question 42

oophor/o

Answer 42

ovary

Question 43

oste/o

Answer 43

bone

Question 44

ot/o

Answer 44

ear

Question 45

pelv/o

Answer 45

hip area

Question 46

peritone/o

Answer 46

peritoneum (membrane surrounding organs in the abdomen)

Question 47

phleb/o

Answer 47

vein

Question 48

pneumon/o

Answer 48

lung

Question 49

pulmon/o

Answer 49

lung

Question 50

radi/o

Answer 50

x-ray

Question 51

ren/o

Answer 51

kidney

Question 52

rhin/o

Answer 52

nose

Question 53

salping/o

Answer 53

fallopian (uterine) tube

Question 54

sarc/o

Answer 54

flesh

Question 55

septic/o

Answer 55

pertaining to infection

Question 56

throrac/o

Answer 56

chest

Question 57

tonsill/o

Answer 57

tonsil

Question 58

trache/o

Answer 58

windpipe; trachea

Question 59

ur/o

Answer 59

urine or urea (a waste material); urinary tract

Question 60

vascul/o

Answer 60

urine or urea; urinary tract blood vessel