Chapter 3 Suffixes

Question 1

Amni/o

Answer 1

Amnion (Sac of fluid surrounding the embryo)

Question 2

Angi/o

Answer 2

Vessel (Usually the blood vessel)

Question 3

Axill/o

Answer 3

Armpit (Underarm)

Question 4

Chem/o

Answer 4

Drugs, Chemical

Question 5

Cholecyst/o

Answer 5

Gallbladder

Question 6

Chron/o

Answer 6

Time

Question 7

Cry/o

Answer 7

Cold

Question 8

Hyster/o

Answer 8

Uterus

Question 9

Inguin/o

Answer 9

Groin (Area in which the thigh meets the trunk of the body)

Question 10

Isch/o

Answer 10

To hold back

Question 11

Mamm/o

Answer 11

Breast (Use with -ary, -graphy, -gram, and -plasty)

Question 12

Mast/o

Answer 12

Breast (Use with -ectomy and -itis)

Question 13

Men/o

Answer 13

Menses (Menstruation)

Question 14

Mening/o

Answer 14

Meninges (Membranes around the brain and spinal cord)

Question 15

My/o

Answer 15

Muscle

Question 16

Myel/o

Answer 16

Spinal Cord

Question 17

Necr/o

Answer 17

Dead (Of cells)

Question 18

Oophor/o

Answer 18

Ovary

Question 19

Ot/o

Answer 19

Ear

Question 20

Phleb/o

Answer 20

Veins

Question 21

Pneumon/o

Answer 21

Lungs

Question 22

Pulmon/o

Answer 22

Lungs

Question 23

Salping/o

Answer 23

Fallopian (Uterine) Tube

Question 24

Septic/o

Answer 24

Pertaining to infection

Question 25

Tonsill/o

Answer 25

Tonsil

Question 26

Ur/o

Answer 26

Urine

Question 27

Append/o

Answer 27

Appendix

Question 28

Ana-

Answer 28

Through or complete

Question 29

Cerebell/o

Answer 29

Cerebellum

Question 30

Cerebr/o

Answer 30

Cerebrum

Question 31

Medull/o

Answer 31

Medulla Oblongata