UNIT 3 ROOTS

Question 1

acid

Answer 1

a substance which gives off hydrogen ions

Question 2

active

Answer 2

requires energy

Question 3

agonist

Answer 3

fighter, champion (Greek agonistes)

Question 4

amino

Answer 4

chemical group containing the element nitrogen

Question 5

archaea

Answer 5

greek arkaios “ancient”, the oldest and most primitive form of living things

Question 6

bio

Answer 6

life

Question 7

cancer

Answer 7

a disease characterized by by uncontrolled cell division and/or the unusual appearance of cells

Question 8

capsid

Answer 8

latin capsa “box”

Question 9

cell

Answer 9

unit of living things bounded by cellular membrane

Question 10

centr/i
centr/o

Answer 10

center

Question 11

chondr

Answer 11

granule

Question 12

chrom/at
chrom/o

Answer 12

color

Question 13

clone

Answer 13

a cell that is an exact genetic copy of a parent cell

Question 14

deoxyrib/o

Answer 14

sugar similar to ribose, but is missing oxygen

Question 15

dox

Answer 15

opinion or belief

Question 16

electron

Answer 16

subatomic particle, used in microscopes to visualize molecular sized objects

Question 17

feedback

Answer 17

information in the body used to monitor a state or condition

Question 18

Golgi apparatus
Golgi bodies
Golgi complex

Answer 18

three names for the same organelle (19th century Italian anatomist, Camillo Golgi)

Question 19

karyon

Answer 19

nucleus

Question 20

lys/o
lytic

Answer 20

breakdown or destruction

Question 21

malignant

Answer 21

invasive or destructive

Question 22

meion

Answer 22

to lessen or reduce

Question 23

mito

Answer 23

thread

Question 24

myel/o

Answer 24

marrow, especially bone marry which makes the bodies defensive cells

Question 25

necr/o

Answer 25

dead

Question 26

nucleus

Answer 26

center of a cell, usually bound by a another membrane

Question 27

onc/o

Answer 27

cancer

Question 28

organ

Answer 28

tool or instrument

Question 29

paradox

Answer 29

against prevailing opinion
unexpected

Question 30

passive

Answer 30

does not require energy

Question 31

phag/o
phage

Answer 31

eating

Question 32

pin/o

Answer 32

drinking

Question 33

plasm

Answer 33

jelly

Question 34

ptosis

Answer 34

drooping

Question 35

respiration

Answer 35

the process of turning oxygen into energy

Question 36

ret/e

Answer 36

net

Question 37

rib/o

Answer 37

sugar which is the basis for many molecules

Question 38

soma

Answer 38

body

Question 39

stasis

Answer 39

stopping or holding

Question 40

transcript

Answer 40

changing a form without changing the language

Question 41

translate

Answer 41

changing the language

Question 42

transmissibilty

Answer 42

ability of a disease to move from one person to another

Question 43

ves

Answer 43

bladder

Question 44

virulence

Answer 44

severity of a disease

Question 45

virus

Answer 45

(Latin) “slimy liquid” OR “poison”

Question 46

zym/o

Answer 46

leavening