Chapter 3 Roots

Question 0

Acu/o

Answer 0

Sharp, severe, sudden

Question 1

Acr/o

Answer 1

Extremities, top, extreme point

Question 2

Amni/o

Answer 2

Amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)

Question 3

Angi/o

Answer 3

Vessel

Question 4

Arteri/o

Answer 4

Artery

Question 5

Axill/o

Answer 5

Armpit

Question 6

Blephar/o

Answer 6

Eyelid

Question 7

Bronch/o

Answer 7

Bronchial tubes (two tubes, one right and one left, that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs

Question 8

Chem/o

Answer 8

Drug, chemical

Question 9

Chron/o

Answer 9

Time

Question 10

Col/o

Answer 10

Colon (large intestine)

Question 11

Hydr/o

Answer 11

Water, fluid

Question 12

Isch/o

Answer 12

To hold back

Question 13

Lapar/o

Answer 13

Abdomen, abdominal wall

Question 14

Laryng/o

Answer 14

Larynx

Question 15

Lymph/o

Answer 15

Lymph

Question 16

Mamm/o

Answer 16

Breast

Question 17

Mast/o

Answer 17

Breast

Question 18

Morph/o

Answer 18

Shape, form

Question 19

Muc/o

Answer 19

Mucus

Question 20

My/o

Answer 20

Muscle

Question 21

Myel/o

Answer 21

Spinal cord, bone marrow

Question 22

Necr/o

Answer 22

Death (of cells or whole body)

Question 23

Neutr/o

Answer 23

Neutrophil (a white blood cell)

Question 24

Nucle/o

Answer 24

Nucleus

Question 25

Ot/o

Answer 25

Ear

Question 26

Peritone/o

Answer 26

Peritoneum

Question 27

Phag/o

Answer 27

To eat, swallow

Question 28

Phleb/o

Answer 28

Vein

Question 29

Plas/o

Answer 29

Formation, development

Question 30

Pleur/o

Answer 30

Pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall)

Question 31

Pneumon/o

Answer 31

Lungs

Question 32

Pulmon/o

Answer 32

Lungs

Question 33

Rect/o

Answer 33

Rectum

Question 34

Splen/o

Answer 34

Spleen

Question 35

Staphyl/o

Answer 35

Clusters

Question 36

Strept/o

Answer 36

Twisted chains

Question 37

Thorac/o

Answer 37

Chest

Question 38

Tonsill/o

Answer 38

Tonsils

Question 39

Ven/o

Answer 39

Vein