Naming prefixes & suffixew

Question 1

adeno

Answer 1

gland

Question 2

chondro

Answer 2

cartilage

Question 3

erythro

Answer 3

red blood cell

Question 4

hemanglo

Answer 4

blood vessels

Question 5

hepato

Answer 5

liver

Question 6

lipo

Answer 6

fat

Question 7

lympho

Answer 7

lymphocyte

Question 8

melano

Answer 8

pigment cell

Question 9

myelo

Answer 9

bone marrow

Question 10

myo

Answer 10

muscle

Question 11

osteo

Answer 11

bone

Question 12

carcinoma

Answer 12

cancer from epithelial tissue

Question 13

adenoma

Answer 13

cancer from glandular tissue

Question 14

sarcoma

Answer 14

cancer from connective tissue, or non-epithelial tissue (bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, vascular, hematopoietic cells)

Question 15

high grade v low grade

Answer 15

amount of differentiation in cancer cells

low grade = changed little from normal tissue

Question 16

indolent v aggressive

Answer 16

behavior of growth

indolent = slow growing

Question 17

ipsilateral v contralateral

Answer 17

same side / opposite sides of body

Question 18

adjuvant v neoadjuvant

Answer 18

timing of therapy in relation to the main tx

adjuvant = with or after primary tx
neoadjuvant = before primary tx

Question 19

in situ

Answer 19

“in its original place”