MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY CHAPTER
#1- 8 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
oto-, aur- - Answer-ear
squam- - Answer-scale
mening- - Answer-membrane
cec- - Answer-blind passage
macul- - Answer-spot
-pexy - Answer-suspension
sub- - Answer-below
spiro- - Answer-coil
viscero- - Answer-organ
lact- - Answer-milk
onych- - Answer-nail
thorac- - Answer-chest
pyle- - Answer-gate
vesic- - Answer-bladder
sphenic- - Answer-wedge
myel- - Answer-marrow; spinal cord
anti-, contra- - Answer-against
myco- - Answer-fungus
hallux - Answer-big toe
physio- - Answer-nature
bucco- - Answer-cheek
rug- - Answer-wrinkle
, acoust(i)- - Answer-hearing
colp(o)- - Answer-hollow, vagina
phon- - Answer-voice, sound
leio- - Answer-smooth
orchi- - Answer-testis
thalam- - Answer-inner chamber
plexus - Answer-braid
cilia - Answer-eyelash
dendr- - Answer-tree, branching
phleb- - Answer-vein
pilo- - Answer-hair
histo- - Answer-tissue
stoma-, or- - Answer-mouth
umbilic- - Answer-navel
salpingo- - Answer-tube
helio- - Answer-sun
astr- - Answer-star shaped
-asthenia - Answer-weakness
fascia - Answer-sheet, band
iso- - Answer-equal
tarso- - Answer-ankle
-tope - Answer-place
pod- - Answer-foot
malign- - Answer-bad
adnexa- - Answer-ties, connection
#1- 8 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
oto-, aur- - Answer-ear
squam- - Answer-scale
mening- - Answer-membrane
cec- - Answer-blind passage
macul- - Answer-spot
-pexy - Answer-suspension
sub- - Answer-below
spiro- - Answer-coil
viscero- - Answer-organ
lact- - Answer-milk
onych- - Answer-nail
thorac- - Answer-chest
pyle- - Answer-gate
vesic- - Answer-bladder
sphenic- - Answer-wedge
myel- - Answer-marrow; spinal cord
anti-, contra- - Answer-against
myco- - Answer-fungus
hallux - Answer-big toe
physio- - Answer-nature
bucco- - Answer-cheek
rug- - Answer-wrinkle
, acoust(i)- - Answer-hearing
colp(o)- - Answer-hollow, vagina
phon- - Answer-voice, sound
leio- - Answer-smooth
orchi- - Answer-testis
thalam- - Answer-inner chamber
plexus - Answer-braid
cilia - Answer-eyelash
dendr- - Answer-tree, branching
phleb- - Answer-vein
pilo- - Answer-hair
histo- - Answer-tissue
stoma-, or- - Answer-mouth
umbilic- - Answer-navel
salpingo- - Answer-tube
helio- - Answer-sun
astr- - Answer-star shaped
-asthenia - Answer-weakness
fascia - Answer-sheet, band
iso- - Answer-equal
tarso- - Answer-ankle
-tope - Answer-place
pod- - Answer-foot
malign- - Answer-bad
adnexa- - Answer-ties, connection
