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ch.8 table 8-5
medical assisting combining forms and suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| aden/o | gland |
| aliment/o | nourishment, food |
| amyl/o | starch |
| an/o | anus |
| append/o, appendic/o | appendix |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| cec/o | cecum ( first segment of the large intestine) |
| cheil/o | lip(s) |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| choled/o | common bile duct |
| col/o, colon/o | (large) intestine, colon |
| dent/i, dent/o, odont/o | tooth (teeth) |
| duoden/o | duodenum (first section of the small intestine) |
| enter/o | (small) intestine |
| epiglott/o | epligottis |
| esophag/o | esophagus (food tube) |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gloss/o, lingu/o | tongue |
| hepat/o | liver |
| ile/o | lleum ( last section of the small intestine) |
| intestin/o | intestine |
| jejun/o | jejunum ( last section of the small intestine) |
| lith/o | stone, calculus |
| or/o, stomat/o | mouth |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| periton/o | peritoneum |
| pharyng/o | pharynx (throat) |
| proct/o, rect/o | rectum |
| sial/o | saliva |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
| -ase | enzyme |