Word Roots Quiz Ch. 15

Question 1

Aneu

Answer 1

Without

Question 2

Cyto

Answer 2

Cell

Question 3

Hemo

Answer 3

Blood

Question 4

Mono

Answer 4

One

Question 5

Non

Answer 5

Not

Question 6

Dis

Answer 6

Separate

Question 7

Poly

Answer 7

Many

Question 8

Re

Answer 8

Again

Question 9

Com

Answer 9

Together

Question 10

Bin

Answer 10

Two at a time

Question 11

Trans

Answer 11

Across

Question 12

Tri

Answer 12

Three

Question 13

Soma

Answer 13

Body

Question 14

Aneuploidy

Answer 14

A chromosomal aberration in which certain chromosomes are present in extra copies or are deficient in number.

Question 15

Cytological maps

Answer 15

Charts of chromosomes that locate genes with respect to chromosomal features.

Question 16

Hemophilia

Answer 16

A human genetic disease caused by a sex-linked recessive allele, characterized by excessive bleeding following injury.

Question 17

Monosomic

Answer 17

A chromosomal condition in which a particular cell has only one copy of a chromosome, instead of the normal two; the cell is said to be monosomic for that chromosome.

Question 18

Nondisjunction

Answer 18

An accident of meiosis or mitosis, in which both members of a pair of homologous chromosomes or both sister chromatids fail to move apart properly.

Question 19

Polyploidy

Answer 19

A chromosomal alteration in which the organism possesses more than two complete chromosome sets.

Question 20

Recombinant

Answer 20

An offspring whose phenotype differs from that of the parents

Question 21

Translocation

Answer 21

Attachment of a chromosomal fragment to a nonhomologous chromosome

Question 22

Trisomic

Answer 22

A chromosomal condition in which a particular cell has an extra copy of one chromosome, instead of the normal two; the cell is said to be trisomic for that chromosome.