combining forms for selected body structures

Question 1

aden/o

Answer 1

adenoids

Question 2

angi/o

Answer 2

vessel

angiogram is an X-ray film of blood vessels filled with a contrast medium

Question 3

append/o

appendic/o

Answer 3

appendix

appendectomy is excision of the appendix

Question 4

bi/o

Answer 4

life or living

biology

Question 5

blephar/o

Answer 5

eyelid

blepharoptosis is the drooping of the eyelid

Question 6

cerebr/o

encephal/o

Answer 6

brain

cerebral palsy is paralysis caused by a brain defect encephalitis is the inflammation of the brain

Question 7

chir/o

Answer 7

hand

writers cramp is a type of chirospasm

Question 8

col/o

Answer 8

colon or large intestine

colonoscopy is a visual exam of colon

Question 9

cutane/o, derm/a, dermat/o

Answer 9

skin

cutaneous means pertaining to the skin

Question 10

faci/o

Answer 10

face

facial pertains to face

Question 11

hepat/o

Answer 11

liver

hepatitis is inflammation of the liver

Question 12

mamm/o, mast/o

Answer 12

breast

mammography is use of X-rays to diagnosis breast diseases
mastectomy is removal of the breast

Question 13

muscul/o, my/o

Answer 13

muscle

myalgia is muscle pain

Question 14

myel/o

Answer 14

bone marrow or spinal cord

myelopathy is disease of the spinal cord or bone marrow

Question 15

oste/o

Answer 15

bone

osteoarthritis is common in older adults in which one or more joints undergo degenerative changes; includes bones and joints

Question 16

pulm/o, pulmon/o, pneum/o, pneumon/o

Answer 16

lungs

pulmonary is pertaining to the lungs
pneumatic is pertaining to air or gas
pneumonia is a long condition

Question 17

tonsil/o

Answer 17

tonsil

tonsillitis is inflammation of the lungs

Question 18

trache/o

Answer 18

trachea (windpipe)

tracheostomy is an operation that forms an opening in the trachea

Question 19

vas/o

Answer 19

vessel, ductus deferens

vasectomy is male sterilization