Combining Forms (Chapter 6)

Question 1

bucc/o

Answer 1

cheek

Question 2

cec/o

Answer 2

cecum (first section of the colon)

Question 3

celi/o

Answer 3

belly, abdomen

Question 4

cheil/o

Answer 4

lip

Question 5

chol/e

Answer 5

refers to bile or the gallbladder which stores bile

Question 6

cholangi/o

Answer 6

bile vessel

Question 7

splen/o

Answer 7

spleen

Question 8

stomat/o

Answer 8

the mouth

Question 9

cholecyst/o

Answer 9

gallbladder

Question 10

choledoch/o

Answer 10

common bile duct

Question 11

col/o

Answer 11

colon

Question 12

dent/i

Answer 12

tooth

Question 13

colon/o

Answer 13

colon (large intestine)

Question 14

duoden/o

Answer 14

duodenum

Question 15

esophag/o

Answer 15

esophagus

Question 16

gingiv/o

Answer 16

gums

Question 17

gluc/o

Answer 17

glucose

Question 18

glyc/o

Answer 18

sugar

Question 19

herni/o

Answer 19

hernia

Question 20

ile/o

Answer 20

ileum

Question 21

jejun/o

Answer 21

jejunum

Question 22

labi/o

Answer 22

lips, labia

Question 23

lingu/o

Answer 23

tongue

Question 24

lip/o

Answer 24

fatty, lipid

Question 25

lith/o

Answer 25

stone, calculus, calcification

Question 26

odont/o

Answer 26

tooth

Question 27

palat/o

Answer 27

palate

Question 28

pancreat/o

Answer 28

pancreas

Question 29

or/o

Answer 29

mouth

Question 30

proct/o

Answer 30

anus, rectum

Question 31

pylor/o

Answer 31

pyloric sphincter

Question 32

rect/o

Answer 32

rectum

Question 33

sialaden/o

Answer 33

salivary gland

Question 34

steat/o

Answer 34

fat