Common Terms and Word Elements for the Anatomy and Physiology of Glands

Question 1

GLANDUL/O (glan‐jŭ‐lō)

Answer 1

Glandule, gland

Question 2

ADEN/O
(ad‐ĕn‐ō)

Answer 2

Gland

Question 3

CRIN/O
(krĭn‐ō)

‐CRINE
(krīn)

Answer 3

To secrete

Question 4

APIC/O
(ap‐ĭ‐kō)

Answer 4

Tip, summit, end

Question 5

HOL/O
(hŏl‐ō)

Answer 5

Whole, entire

Question 6

MER/O
(mer‐ō)

Answer 6

Partial, part

Question 7

PINE/O
(pĭn‐ē‐ō)

PINEAL/O
(pĭn‐ē‐ăl‐ō)

Answer 7

Pineal gland, pine cone

Question 8

THYR/O
(thī‐rō)

THYROID/O
(thī‐royd‐ō)

Answer 8

Thyroid gland

Question 9

PARATHYROID/O
(par‐ă‐thī‐royd‐ō)

Answer 9

Parathyroid gland

Question 10

PITUI/O
(pĭ‐too‐ō)

PITUITAR/O
(pĭ‐tū‐ĭt‐ă‐rō)

Answer 10

Pituitary gland, hypophysis

Question 11

HYPOPHYS/O
(hī‐pō‐fĭz‐ō)

Answer 11

An undergrowth, pituitary gland

Question 12

PANCREAT/O
(păn‐krē‐ă‐tō)

Answer 12

Pancreas

Question 13

THYM/O
(thī‐mō)

Answer 13

Thymus Gland

Question 14

OVARI/O
(ō‐vā‐rē‐ō)

Answer 14

Ovary

Question 15

OOPHOR/O
(ō‐ŏf‐ō‐rō)

Answer 15

Ovary

Question 16

TEST/O
(tĕs‐tō)

TESTICUL/O
(tĕs‐tĭk‐ū‐lō)

Answer 16

Testicle, testis, witness

Question 17

ORCH/O
(or‐kō)

ORCHID/O
(or‐kĭ‐dō)

Answer 17

Testicle; orchid (the flower)

Question 18

GONAD/O
(gŏn‐ă‐dō)

Answer 18

Testicle or ovary

Question 19

ADREN/O
(ă‐drē‐nō)

Answer 19

Adrenal gland, suprarenal gland

Question 20

SUPRAREN/O
(soo‐pră‐rē‐nō)

Answer 20

Suprarenal gland, adrenal gland

Question 21

CORTIC/O
(kor‐tĭ‐kō)

Answer 21

Cortex, outer surface of organ or gland, bark

Question 22

MEDULL/O
(mĕ‐dŭl‐ō)

Answer 22

Medulla, marrow, inner part of an organ