combining forms-unit 2

Question 1

abdomin/o

Answer 1

abdomen

Question 2

anter/o

Answer 2

front

Question 3

bronch/o

Answer 3

bronchial tubes (leading from the windpipe to the lungs)

Question 4

cervic/o

Answer 4

neck of the body or neck (cervix) of the uterus

Question 5

chondr/o

Answer 5

cartilage (connective tissue attached to bones)

Question 6

coccyg/o

Answer 6

coccyx, tailbone

Question 7

crani/o

Answer 7

skull

Question 8

epitheli/o

Answer 8

skin, surface tissue

Question 9

esophag/o

Answer 9

esophagus (tube leading from the throat to the stomach)

Question 10

hepat/o

Answer 10

liver

Question 11

lapar/o

Answer 11

abdomen

Question 12

laryng/o

Answer 12

larynx (voice box)

Question 13

later/o

Answer 13

side

Question 14

lumb/o

Answer 14

loin (waist)

Question 15

lymph/o

Answer 15

lymph (clear fluid in tissue spaces and lymph vessels)

Question 16

mediastin/o

Answer 16

mediastinum (space between the lungs)

Question 17

pelv/o

Answer 17

pelvis (bones of the hip)

Question 18

peritone/o

Answer 18

peritoneum (membrane surrounding the abdominal organs)

Question 19

pharyng/o

Answer 19

pharynx (throat)

Question 20

pleur/o

Answer 20

pleura

Question 21

poster/o

Answer 21

back/ behind

Question 22

radi/o

Answer 22

x-rays

Question 23

sacr/o

Answer 23

sacrum (five fused bones in the lower back)

Question 24

spin/o

Answer 24

spine (backbone)

Question 25

thorac/o

Answer 25

chest

Question 26

trache/o

Answer 26

trachea (windpipe)

Question 27

vertebr/o

Answer 27

vertebra (backbone)