Chapter 3 - Suffixes

Question 0

acr/o

Answer 0

extremities, top, extreme point

Question 1

abdomin/o

Answer 1

abdomen

Question 2

acu/o

Answer 2

sharp, severe, sudden

Question 3

aden/o

Answer 3

gland

Question 4

adip/o

Answer 4

fat

Question 5

amni/o

Answer 5

amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)

Question 6

angi/o

Answer 6

vessel

Question 7

arteri/o

Answer 7

artery

Question 8

arthr/o

Answer 8

joint

Question 9

axill/o

Answer 9

armpit

Question 10

bi/o

Answer 10

life

Question 11

blephar/o

Answer 11

eyelid

Question 12

bronch/o

Answer 12

bronchial tubes (two tubes one right and one left that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs)

Question 13

carcin/o

Answer 13

cancer

Question 14

cardi/o

Answer 14

heart

Question 15

chem/o

Answer 15

drug, chemical

Question 16

chondr/o

Answer 16

cartilage

Question 17

chron/o

Answer 17

time

Question 18

col/o

Answer 18

colon (large intestine)

Question 19

cyst/o

Answer 19

urinary bladder

Question 20

encephal/o

Answer 20

brain

Question 21

erythr/o

Answer 21

red

Question 22

hem/o

Answer 22

blood

Question 23

hepat/o

Answer 23

liver

Question 24

hydr/o

Answer 24

water, fluid

Question 25

inguin/o

Answer 25

groin

Question 26

isch/o

Answer 26

to hold back

Question 27

lapar/o

Answer 27

abdomen, abdominal wall

Question 28

laryng/o

Answer 28

larynx (voice box)

Question 29

leuk/o

Answer 29

white

Question 30

lymph/o

Answer 30

lymph. a clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces, is contained in special lymph vessels and nodes throughout the body.

Question 31

mamm/o

Answer 31

breast

Question 32

mast/o

Answer 32

breast

Question 33

morph/o

Answer 33

shape, form

Question 34

muc/o

Answer 34

mucus

Question 35

my/o

Answer 35

muscle

Question 36

myel/o

Answer 36

spinal cord, bone marrow

Question 37

necr/o

Answer 37

death (of cells or whole body)

Question 38

nephr/o

Answer 38

kidney

Question 39

neur/o

Answer 39

nerve

Question 40

neutr/o

Answer 40

neutrophil (white blood cell)

Question 41

nucle/o

Answer 41

nucleus

Question 42

opthalm/o

Answer 42

eye

Question 43

oste/o

Answer 43

bone

Question 44

ot/o

Answer 44

ear

Question 45

path/o

Answer 45

disease

Question 46

peritone/o

Answer 46

peritoneum

Question 47

phag/o

Answer 47

to eat, swallow

Question 48

phleb/o

Answer 48

vein

Question 49

plas/o

Answer 49

formation, development

Question 50

pleur/o

Answer 50

pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall)

Question 51

pneumon/o

Answer 51

lungs

Question 52

pulmon/o

Answer 52

lungs

Question 53

radi/o

Answer 53

x-rays

Question 54

rect/o

Answer 54

rectum

Question 55

ren/o

Answer 55

kidney

Question 56

rhin/o

Answer 56

nose

Question 57

sarc/o

Answer 57

flesh

Question 58

splen/o

Answer 58

spleen

Question 59

staphyl/o

Answer 59

clusters

Question 60

strept/o

Answer 60

twisted chains

Question 61

thorac/o

Answer 61

chest

Question 62

thromb/o

Answer 62

clot

Question 63

tonsill/o

Answer 63

tonsils

Question 64

trache/o

Answer 64

trachea (windpipe)

Question 65

ven/o

Answer 65

vein

Question 66

parts of the body ending in X:

coccyx, pharynx, phalanx

Answer 66

to make combining forms for parts of the body ending in x, substitute g for x:
coccyg/o , pharyng/o , phalang/o