Roots and Suffixes

Question 1

cyt/o, - cyte

Answer 1

cell

Question 2

nucle/o

Answer 2

nucleus

Question 3

kary/o

Answer 3

nucleus

Question 4

hist/o, histi/o

Answer 4

tissue

Question 5

fibr/o

Answer 5

fiber

Question 6

reticul/o

Answer 6

network

reticulum: a network

Question 7

aden/o

Answer 7

gland

adenoma: tumor of a gland

Question 8

papill/o

Answer 8

nipple

Question 9

myx/o

Answer 9

mucus

Question 10

muc/o

Answer 10

mucus, mucous membrane

Question 11

somat/o, -some

Answer 11

body, small body

chromosome: small body that takes up color (dye) (chrom/o)

Question 12

blast/o, -blast

Answer 12

immature cell, productive cell, embryonic cell

Question 13

gen

Answer 13

origin, formation

Question 14

phag/o

Answer 14

eat, ingest

Question 15

phil

Answer 15

attract, absorb

basophilic: attracting basic stain

Question 16

plas

Answer 16

formation, molding, development

hyperplasia: overdevelopment of an organ or tissue

Question 17

trop

Answer 17

act on ,effect

chronotropic: affecting rate or timing

Question 18

troph/o

Answer 18

feeding, growth, nourishment

atrophy: tissue wasting

Question 19

-ase

Answer 19

enzyme

Question 20

-ose

Answer 20

sugar

lactose: milk sugar

Question 21

hydro/o

Answer 21

water, fluid

Question 22

gluc/o

Answer 22

glucose

Question 23

glyc/o

Answer 23

sugar, glucose

Question 24

sacchar/o

Answer 24

sugar

polysaccharide: compound containing many simple sugars

Question 25

amyl/o

Answer 25

starch

Question 26

lip/o

Answer 26

lipid, fat

Question 27

adip/o

Answer 27

fat

Question 28

steat/o

Answer 28

fatty

Question 29

prote/o

Answer 29

protein

Question 30

morph/o

Answer 30

form