MMSC 200 REVIEW EXAMS UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔sternum - ✔✔is a long flat bone shaped like a necktie located in the center of the
chest. It connects to the ribs via cartilage, forming the front of the rib cage, and thus
helps to protect the heart, lungs, and major blood vessels from injury.
✔✔abdomin/o - ✔✔abdomen
✔✔adip/o - ✔✔fat
✔✔anter/o - ✔✔front
✔✔bol/o - ✔✔to cast/throw
✔✔cervic/o - ✔✔neck
✔✔chondr/o - ✔✔cartilage
✔✔chrom/o - ✔✔color
✔✔crani/o - ✔✔skull
, ✔✔dist/o - ✔✔far
✔✔dors/o - ✔✔back of body
✔✔hist/o, histi/o - ✔✔tissue
✔✔ili/o - ✔✔ilium (part of the pelvic bone)
✔✔inguin/o - ✔✔groin
✔✔kary/o - ✔✔nucleus
✔✔later/o - ✔✔side
✔✔lumb/o - ✔✔lower back
✔✔pelv/i - ✔✔pelvis
✔✔poster/o - ✔✔back, behind
✔✔proxim/o - ✔✔nearest
✔✔sacr/o - ✔✔sacrum
✔✔spin/o - ✔✔spine
✔✔thel/o, theli/o - ✔✔nipple
✔✔thorac/o - ✔✔chest
✔✔trache/o - ✔✔trachea
✔✔umbilic/o - ✔✔navel, umbilicus
✔✔ventr/o - ✔✔belly side of the body
✔✔vertebr/o - ✔✔vertebra
✔✔viscer/o - ✔✔internal organs
✔✔ana- - ✔✔up
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔sternum - ✔✔is a long flat bone shaped like a necktie located in the center of the
chest. It connects to the ribs via cartilage, forming the front of the rib cage, and thus
helps to protect the heart, lungs, and major blood vessels from injury.
✔✔abdomin/o - ✔✔abdomen
✔✔adip/o - ✔✔fat
✔✔anter/o - ✔✔front
✔✔bol/o - ✔✔to cast/throw
✔✔cervic/o - ✔✔neck
✔✔chondr/o - ✔✔cartilage
✔✔chrom/o - ✔✔color
✔✔crani/o - ✔✔skull
, ✔✔dist/o - ✔✔far
✔✔dors/o - ✔✔back of body
✔✔hist/o, histi/o - ✔✔tissue
✔✔ili/o - ✔✔ilium (part of the pelvic bone)
✔✔inguin/o - ✔✔groin
✔✔kary/o - ✔✔nucleus
✔✔later/o - ✔✔side
✔✔lumb/o - ✔✔lower back
✔✔pelv/i - ✔✔pelvis
✔✔poster/o - ✔✔back, behind
✔✔proxim/o - ✔✔nearest
✔✔sacr/o - ✔✔sacrum
✔✔spin/o - ✔✔spine
✔✔thel/o, theli/o - ✔✔nipple
✔✔thorac/o - ✔✔chest
✔✔trache/o - ✔✔trachea
✔✔umbilic/o - ✔✔navel, umbilicus
✔✔ventr/o - ✔✔belly side of the body
✔✔vertebr/o - ✔✔vertebra
✔✔viscer/o - ✔✔internal organs
✔✔ana- - ✔✔up
