Ch 4. Prefixes

Question 1

Carp/o

Answer 1

Wrist

Question 2

Cis/o

Answer 2

Cut

Question 3

Cost/o

Answer 3

Rib

Question 4

Cutane/o

Answer 4

Skin

Question 5

Dactyl/o

Answer 5

Fingers, toes

Question 6

Duct/o

Answer 6

Lead, carry

Question 7

Flex/o

Answer 7

Bend

Question 8

Furc/o

Answer 8

Branching

Question 9

Gloss/o

Answer 9

Tongue

Question 10

Glyc/o

Answer 10

Sugar

Question 11

Immun/o

Answer 11

Protection

Question 12

Morph/o

Answer 12

Shape, form

Question 13

Mort/o

Answer 13

Death

Question 14

nat/i

Answer 14

Birth

Question 15

Norm/o

Answer 15

Rule, order

Question 16

ox/o

Answer 16

Oxygen

Question 17

-crine

Answer 17

Secrete

Question 18

-drome

Answer 18

Run

Question 19

-fusion

Answer 19

Coming together, to pour

Question 20

-gen

Answer 20

Substance that produces

Question 21

-lapse

Answer 21

Slide, fall, sag

Question 22

-lysis

Answer 22

Breakdown, destruction, separation

Question 23

-meter

Answer 23

Measure

Question 24

-mission

Answer 24

Send

Question 25

-or

Answer 25

One who

Question 26

-oxia

Answer 26

Oxygen

Question 27

-partum

Answer 27

Birth, labour

Question 28

a-
an-

Answer 28

Not, not, without

Question 29

ab-

Answer 29

Away from

Question 30

Adductor

Answer 30

A muscle that draws a limb toward the body

Question 31

Adrenal glands

Answer 31

Glands that lie on top of each kidney

Question 32

Ana-

Answer 32

Up, apart

Question 33

Ante-

Answer 33

Before, forward

Question 34

ante cibum

Answer 34

Before meals
Cibum = meals

Question 35

Adrenal glands secrete

Answer 35

Adrenaline hormone (epinephrine)
Bronchial tubes widen, heart beats more rapidly, blood pressure rises

Question 36

Anti-

Answer 36

Against

Question 37

Auto-

Answer 37

Self, own

Question 38

Bi-

Answer 38

Two

Question 39

Brady-

Answer 39

Slow

Question 40

Cata-

Answer 40

Down

Question 41

Con-

Answer 41

With, together

Question 42

Contra-

Answer 42

Against, opposite

Question 43

de-

Answer 43

Down, lack of

Question 44

Dia-

Answer 44

Through, complete

Question 45

dys-

Answer 45

Abnormal, bad, difficult, painful

Question 46

ec-

Answer 46

Out, outside