Chapter 12 Combining forms and Abb

Question 1

acr/o

Answer 1

extremities

Question 2

aden/o

Answer 2

gland

Question 3

adren/o, adrenal/o

Answer 3

adrenal gland

Question 4

calc/o

Answer 4

calcium

Question 5

gluc/o

Answer 5

glucose, sugar, sweetness

Question 6

glucos/o, glyc/o, glysos/o

Answer 6

sugar, sweetness

Question 7

home/o

Answer 7

same, unchanging

Question 8

hydr/o

Answer 8

water

Question 9

kal/i

Answer 9

potassium

Question 10

natr/o

Answer 10

sodium

Question 11

pancreat/o

Answer 11

pancreas

Question 12

parathyroid/o

Answer 12

parathyroid

Question 13

thym/o

Answer 13

thymus

Question 14

thyroid/o

Answer 14

thyroid

Question 15

toxic/o

Answer 15

toxin, poison

Question 16

antidiuretic hormone

Answer 16

ADH

Question 17

body mass index

Answer 17

BMI

Question 18

basal metabolic rate

Answer 18

BMR

Question 19

calcium

Answer 19

Ca

Question 20

cancer

Answer 20

CA

Question 21

diabetes insipidus

Answer 21

DI

Question 22

diabetic ketoacidosis

Answer 22

DKA

Question 23

diabetes mellitus

Answer 23

DM

Question 24

fasting blood glucose, fasting blood sugar

Answer 24

FBG, FBS

Question 25

finger stick blood sugar

Answer 25

FSBS

Question 26

growth hormone

Answer 26

GH

Question 27

glucose tolerance test

Answer 27

GTT

Question 28

hormone replacement therapy

Answer 28

HRT

Question 29

insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus Type 1

Answer 29

IDDM

Question 30

potassium

Answer 30

K

Question 31

Sodium

Answer 31

Na

Question 32

non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus Type 2

Answer 32

NIDDM

Question 33

parathyroid hormone

Answer 33

PTH

Question 34

T3, T4

Answer 34

triiodothyronine, thyroxine

Question 35

thyroid-stimualting hormone

Answer 35

TSH