Unit 1 - Chapter 4 - Prefixes

Question 1

carp/o

Answer 1

wrist bones

Question 2

cis/o

Answer 2

to cut

Question 3

cost/o

Answer 3

rib

Question 4

cutane/o

Answer 4

skin

Question 5

dactyl/o

Answer 5

fingers, toes

Question 6

duct/o

Answer 6

lead, carry

Question 7

flex/o

Answer 7

bend

Question 8

furc/o

Answer 8

branching

Question 9

gloss/o

Answer 9

tongue

Question 10

glyc/o

Answer 10

sugar

Question 11

immun/o

Answer 11

protection

Question 12

morph/o

Answer 12

shape, form

Question 13

mort/o

Answer 13

death

Question 14

nat/i

Answer 14

birth

Question 15

norm/o

Answer 15

rule, order

Question 16

ox/o

Answer 16

oxygen

Question 17

pub/p

Answer 17

pubis

Question 18

seps/o

Answer 18

infection

Question 19

somn/o

Answer 19

sleep

Question 20

son/o

Answer 20

sound

Question 21

tens/o

Answer 21

force, strain, stretch

Question 22

the/o

Answer 22

put, place

Question 23

thel/o or theli/o

Answer 23

nipple

Question 24

thyr/o

Answer 24

thyroid gland

Question 25

top/o

Answer 25

place, position, location

Question 26

tox/o

Answer 26

posion

Question 27

trache/o

Answer 27

trachea

Question 28

urethr/o

Answer 28

urethra

Question 29

crine

Answer 29

secrete

Question 30

drome

Answer 30

run

Question 31

fusion

Answer 31

coming together, to pour

Question 32

gen

Answer 32

substance that produces

Question 33

lapse

Answer 33

slide, fall, sag

Question 34

lysis

Answer 34

breakdown, seperation, destruction

Question 35

meter

Answer 35

measure

Question 36

mission

Answer 36

send

Question 37

or

Answer 37

one who

Question 38

oxia

Answer 38

oxygen

Question 39

partum

Answer 39

birth, labor

Question 40

phoria

Answer 40

bear, carry, feeling

Question 41

physis

Answer 41

grow

Question 42

plasia

Answer 42

development, formation, growth

Question 43

plasm

Answer 43

structure, formation

Question 44

pnea

Answer 44

breathing

Question 45

ptom

Answer 45

happening, occurence

Question 46

ptosis

Answer 46

falling, drooping, prolapse

Question 47

rrhea

Answer 47

flow, discharge

Question 48

stasis

Answer 48

stopping, controlling

Question 49

trophy

Answer 49

development, nourishment

Question 50

a/an

Answer 50

no, not, without

Question 51

ab

Answer 51

away from

Question 52

ad

Answer 52

toward

Question 53

ana

Answer 53

up, apart

Question 54

ante

Answer 54

before, forward

Question 55

anti

Answer 55

against

Question 56

auto

Answer 56

self, own

Question 57

bi

Answer 57

two

Question 58

brady

Answer 58

slow

Question 59

cata

Answer 59

down

Question 60

con

Answer 60

with, together

Question 61

contra

Answer 61

against, opposite

Question 62

de

Answer 62

down, lac of

Question 63

dia

Answer 63

complete, through

Question 64

dys

Answer 64

abnormal, bad, difficult, painful

Question 65

ec

Answer 65

out, outside

Question 66

endo

Answer 66

in, within

Question 67

epi

Answer 67

upon, on, above

Question 68

eu

Answer 68

good, normal

Question 69

ex

Answer 69

out, utside

Question 70

hemi

Answer 70

half

Question 71

hyper

Answer 71

excessive, above

Question 72

hypo

Answer 72

deficient, under

Question 73

inter

Answer 73

between

Question 74

intra

Answer 74

in, winthin, into

Question 75

macro

Answer 75

large

Question 76

mal

Answer 76

bad

Question 77

meta

Answer 77

beyond, change

Question 78

micro

Answer 78

small

Question 79

neo

Answer 79

new

Question 80

pan

Answer 80

all

Question 81

para

Answer 81

abnormal, beside, near

Question 82

per

Answer 82

through

Question 82

peri

Answer 82

surrounding

Question 83

poly

Answer 83

many, much

Question 84

post

Answer 84

after, behind

Question 85

pre

Answer 85

before, in front of

Question 86

pro

Answer 86

before, forward

Question 87

pros

Answer 87

before, forward

Question 88

re

Answer 88

back, again

Question 89

retro

Answer 89

behind, backward

Question 90

sub

Answer 90

under

Question 91

supra

Answer 91

above, upper

Question 92

syn or sym

Answer 92

together, with

Question 93

tachy

Answer 93

fast

Question 94

trans

Answer 94

across, through

Question 95

ultra

Answer 95

beyond, excess

Question 96

uni

Answer 96

one

Question 97

what is an antigen

Answer 97

• foreign substance (poison, virus, bacteria) that stimulates the production of antibodies

Question 98

what are antibodies

Answer 98

protein substances made by white blood cells in response to the prescence of antigens

Question 99

what is an immune response

Answer 99

reaction between an antigen and an antibody

Question 100

what is a vaccine

Answer 100

dead/weakened antigens that stimulate white blood cells to make antibodies

Question 101

what is bilirubin and what do high amounts of this lead to

Answer 101

• chemical pigment
• high amounts lead to jaundice

Question 102

what is an anomaly and give an example

Answer 102

• irregularity in a structure or organ
• 2 urethras

Question 103

what are some examples of congenital anomalies

Answer 103

webbed fingers/toes, heart defects and clubbed feet

Question 104

explain recombinant dna technology and what its used for

Answer 104

• process of taking a region of dna from 1 organism and inserting it into the dna of another organism
• used to make insulin outside of the body

Question 105

explain pcr (polymerase chain reaction)

Answer 105

technique used to copy small segments of dna that may be necessary for analysis

Question 106

explain crispr and what it stands for

Answer 106

• dna editing tool that can turn off genes or replace them with new versions

clusteres
regularly
interspaced
short
palindromic
repeats

Question 107

what is a symdrome

Answer 107

a group of signs or symptoms that appear together to produce a clinical picture of disease

Question 108

how many chomosomes are there in turner syndrome, who does it effect and what does it cause

Answer 108

• 45 out of the usual 46
• effects females
• shortness, webbed neck, delayed pubery. failed development of ovaries

Question 109

how many chromosomes are there in klinefelter syndrome, who does it effect and what does it cause

Answer 109

• 47 out of the usual 46
• effects males
• causes increased breast tissue. less developed male sex organs, long legs/hands

Question 110

what is marfan syndrome and what does it cause

Answer 110

• inherited connective tissue disorder
• causes tall/thin body, long fingers/toes, elongated head, heart/blood vessel/eye abnormalities

Question 111

what is a tranurethral resection of the prostate gland, when is it done, and what is the condition called

Answer 111

• where a portion of the prostate gland is removed through the urethra
• done when there is increased tissue that interefers with urination
• condition is called benign prostatic hyperplasia

Question 112

what is ultrasonography

Answer 112

ultrasound waves to produce images of organs/tissues

Question 113

what is an echocardiogram

Answer 113

ultrasound of the heart

Question 114

what is a sonogram

Answer 114

ultrasound of a fetus