Prefixes - Opposites

Question 1

ante, post

(antenatal, post-natal)

Answer 1

before birth, after birth

Question 2

ab, ad moving away, moving toward
(example: abduction, adduction)

Answer 2

moving away, moving toward

Question 3

brady, tachy

(bradycardia, tachycardia)

Answer 3

slow heart beat, fast heart beat

Question 4

endo, exo

(endocrine, exocrine)

Answer 4

ductless gland (internal secretion), 
 secretes outside via ducts

Question 5

hetero, homo

(heterogeneous, homogeneoous)

Answer 5

of unlike natures/substances
of like natures/substances

Question 6

hyper, hypo

(hypertension, hypotension)

Answer 6

high blood pressure
low blood pressure

Question 7

inter, extra

(interventricular, extraventricular)

Answer 7

between the ventricles
outside the ventricles

Question 8

macro, micro

(macroscopic, microscopic)

Answer 8

visible by the naked eye
not visible by the naked eye

Question 9

super, sub

(superscript, subscript)

Answer 9

written above
written below

Question 10

uni, multi

(uninuclear, multinuclear)

Answer 10

having only one nucleus
having several nuclei