Chapter 3 root words

Question 1

amni/o

Answer 1

amnion (sac of fluid surrounding the embryo)

Question 1

aden/o

Answer 1

gland

Question 2

angi/o

Answer 2

vessel (usually a blood vessel)

Question 3

arteri/o

Answer 3

artery

Question 4

ather/o

Answer 4

plaque (a yellow fatty material)

Question 4

bronch/o

Answer 4

bronchial tube

Question 4

arthr/o

Answer 4

joint

Question 5

bronchi/o

Answer 5

bronchial tube

Question 6

axill/o

Answer 6

armpit (anderarm)

Question 7

carcin/o

Answer 7

cancerous

Question 8

cardi/o

Answer 8

heart

Question 9

chem/o

Answer 9

drug; also chemical

Question 10

cholecyst/o

Answer 10

gallbladder

Question 11

chron/o

Answer 11

time

Question 12

crani/o

Answer 12

skull

Question 13

cry/o

Answer 13

cold

Question 14

erythr/o

Answer 14

red

Question 14

cyst/o

Answer 14

urinary bladder; also a sac of fluid or a cyst

Question 15

electr/o

Answer 15

electricity

Question 16

encephal/o

Answer 16

brain

Question 17

esophag/o

Answer 17

esophagus (tube leading from the throat to the stomach)

Question 18

hem/o

Answer 18

blood

Question 19

hepat/o

Answer 19

liver

Question 19

hyster/o

Answer 19

uterus

Question 20

lapar/o

Answer 20

abdomen (abdominal wall)

Question 20

hemat/o

Answer 20

blood

Question 20

isch/o

Answer 20

to hold back

Question 21

inguin/o

Answer 21

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

Question 22

mamm/o

Answer 22

breast (use with -ary, -graphy, -gram, & -plasty)

Question 23

laryng/o

Answer 23

voice box (larynx)

Question 24

leuk/o

Answer 24

white

Question 25

mast/o

Answer 25

breast (use with -ectomy, & -itis)

Question 26

men/o

Answer 26

menses (menstruation); month

Question 26

myel/o

Answer 26

spinal cord (nervous tissue connected to the brain), can also mean bone marrow (soft, inner part of bones, where blood cells are made)

Question 27

mening/o

Answer 27

meninges (membranes around the brain and spinal cord)

Question 28

my/o

Answer 28

muscle

Question 29

necr/o

Answer 29

death (of cells)

Question 30

nephr/o

Answer 30

kidney (use with all suffixes expect -al & -gram)

Question 31

neur/o

Answer 31

nerve

Question 32

oophor/o

Answer 32

ovary

Question 33

oste/o

Answer 33

bone

Question 34

ot/o

Answer 34

ear

Question 35

pelv/o

Answer 35

hip area

Question 36

peritone/o

Answer 36

peritoneum (membrane surrounding organs in the abdomen)

Question 37

phleb/o

Answer 37

vein

Question 38

pneumon/o

Answer 38

lung

Question 39

pulmon/o

Answer 39

lung

Question 40

radi/o

Answer 40

x-rays

Question 41

ren/o

Answer 41

kidney (use with -al and -gram)

Question 42

rhin/o

Answer 42

nose

Question 43

salping/o

Answer 43

fallopian (uterine) tube

Question 44

sarc/o

Answer 44

flesh

Question 45

septic/o

Answer 45

pertaining to infection

Question 46

thorac/o

Answer 46

chest

Question 47

tonsill/o

Answer 47

tonsil

Question 48

trache/o

Answer 48

windpipe; trachea

Question 49

ur/o

Answer 49

urine or urea (a waste material); urinary tract

Question 50

vascul/o

Answer 50

blood vessel