CH3CombiningForms

Question 1

acr/o

Answer 1

extremities, top, extreme point

Question 2

acu/o

Answer 2

sharp, severe, sudden

Question 3

amni/o

Answer 3

amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus

Question 4

angi/o

Answer 4

vessel

Question 5

arteri/o

Answer 5

artery

Question 6

axill/o

Answer 6

armpit

Question 7

blephar/o

Answer 7

eyelid

Question 8

bronch/o

Answer 8

brochial tubes
2 tubes R and L branching from the trachea to enter the lung.

Question 9

chem/o

Answer 9

drug, chemical

Question 10

chron/o

Answer 10

time

Question 11

col/o

Answer 11

colon, large intestine

Question 12

hydr/o

Answer 12

water, fluid

Question 13

isch/o

Answer 13

to hold back

Question 14

lapar/o

Answer 14

abdomen, abdominal wall

Question 15

laryng/o

Answer 15

larynx

Question 16

lymph/o

Answer 16

lymph, clear fluid tha bathes tissue spaces and is contained in lymph vessels and nodes throughout the body

Question 17

mamm/o

Answer 17

breast

Question 18

mast/o

Answer 18

breast

Question 19

morph/o

Answer 19

shape, form

Question 20

muc/o

Answer 20

mucus

Question 21

my/o

Answer 21

muscle

Question 22

myel/o

Answer 22

spinal cord; bone marrow

Question 23

necr/o

Answer 23

death (of cells or whole body)

Question 24

neutr/o

Answer 24

neutrophil (a white blood cell)

Question 25

opi/o

Answer 25

opium

Question 26

ot/o

Answer 26

ear

Question 27

peritone/o

Answer 27

peritoneum

Question 28

phag/o

Answer 28

to eat, swallow

Question 29

phleb/o

Answer 29

vein

Question 30

plas/o

Answer 30

formation, development

Question 31

pleur/o

Answer 31

pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall)

Question 32

pneumon/o

Answer 32

lungs

Question 33

pulmon/o

Answer 33

lungs

Question 34

rect/o

Answer 34

rectum

Question 35

splen/o

Answer 35

spleen

Question 36

staphyl/o

Answer 36

clusters

Question 37

strept/o

Answer 37

twisted chains

Question 38

tonsill/o

Answer 38

tonsils

Question 39

ven/o

Answer 39

vein