Combining forms

Question 1

angi(o), vas(o), vascul(o)

Answer 1

Means vessel
Or ductus deferens

Question 2

aort(o)

Answer 2

Means aorta

Question 3

arter(o), arteri(o)

Answer 3

Artery

Question 4

arteriol(o)

Answer 4

arteriole

Question 5

cardi(o)

Answer 5

Heart

Question 6

phleb(o), ven(i), ven(o)

Answer 6

Means vein

Question 7

venul(o)

Answer 7

venule

Question 8

atri(o)

Answer 8

Atrium

Question 9

coron(o)

Answer 9

Crown

Question 10

mediastin(o)

Answer 10

mediastinum

Question 11

ox(i)
-ox

Answer 11

Oxygen

Question 12

pulmon(o)

Answer 12

Lung

Question 13

sept(o)

Answer 13

Septum; partition
Infection

Question 14

sin(o)

Answer 14

Sinus

Question 15

steth(o), thorac(o)

Answer 15

Chest

Question 16

valv(o), valvul(o)

Answer 16

Valve

Question 17

ventricul(o)

Answer 17

Ventricle
of either the heart or brain

Question 18

rhythm(o), rrhythm(o)

Answer 18

Rhythm

Question 19

Scler(o),

Answer 19

Hard, hardening

Question 20

aneurysm(o)

Answer 20

aneurysm

Question 21

ather(o)

Answer 21

Yellowish, fatty plaque

Question 22

embol(o)

Answer 22

Embolus

Question 23

aden(o)

Answer 23

Gland

Question 24

adenoid(o)

Answer 24

Adenoids

Question 25

lymph(o)

Answer 25

lymph, lymphatics

Question 26

lymphaden(o)

Answer 26

Lymph node

Question 27

lymphangi(o)

Answer 27

lymph vessel

Question 28

lymphat(o)

Answer 28

Lymphatics

Question 29

splen(o)

Answer 29

Spleen

Question 30

thym(o)

Answer 30

Thymus

Question 31

tonsill(o)

Answer 31

Tonsils

Question 32

Lympho/genous

Answer 32

means either producing lymph or produced from lymph or the lymphatics
originating in the lymphatics

Question 33

lymph capillaries

Answer 33

The smallest vessels which are found in almost all regions of the body

Question 34

lymphatic capillaries

Answer 34

Pick up interstitial fluid that has collected from the normal course of blood circulation

Question 35

Cisterna chyli

Answer 35

And the ducts are structures that are formed by the merging of many lymph vessels and their trunks

Question 36

thorac/ic duct

Answer 36

Located in the chest

Question 37

cervic/al lymph nodes

Answer 37

Are located in the area of the neck

Question 38

cervic(o)

Answer 38

Neck, cervix

Question 39

axill(o)

Answer 39

Armpit

Question 40

inguin(o)

Answer 40

Groin

Question 41

Cervical lymph nodes

Answer 41

Found in the neck

Question 42

axillary lymph nodes

Answer 42

Are found in the armpits (axilla) of the body

Question 43

inguinal lymph nodes

Answer 43

Found in the groin

Question 44

lymph nodes

Answer 44

Filter lymph and fight infection
they range in size From pinhead to the size of a bean
lymph flows Into the node through afferent lymphatic vessels, where many harmful substances in the fluid are trapped

Question 45

adenoid(o)

Answer 45

Means adenoids

Question 46

Thromb(o)

Answer 46

• means clot
  Blood clot

Question 47

my(o)

Answer 47

muscle

Question 48

hem(o)

Answer 48

Blood

Question 49

Atriomegaly

Answer 49

Abnormal enlargement of an atrium

Question 50

cardi(o)

Answer 50

Means heart

Question 51

vascul(o)

Answer 51

Means vessel