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Chapter 5
Combining Forms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| an/o | anus |
| append/o | appendix |
| appendic/o | appendix |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| cec/o | cecum (first part of large intestine) |
| celi/o | belly, abdomen |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| choledoch/o | common bile duct |
| col/o | colon, large intestine |
| colon/o | colon |
| dent/i | tooth |
| duoden/o | duodenum (first section of small intestine) |
| enter/o | small iintestine |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| faci/o | face |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| hepat/o | liver |
| ile/o | ileum (third part of small intestine) |
| jejun/o | jejunum (second (middle) part of small intestine) |
| labi/o | lip |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| mandibul/o | lower jaw, mandible |
| odont/o | tooth |
| or/o | mouth |
| palat/o | palate |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| pharyng/o | throat |
| proct/o | anus and rectum |
| pylor/o | pyloric sphincter |
| rect/o | rectum (last part of colon) |
| sialaden/o | salivary gland |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| uvul/o | uvula |
| amyl/o | starch |
| bil/i | gall, bile |
| bilirubin/o | bilirubin (bile pigment) |
| chol/e | gall, bile |
| chlorhydr/o | hydrochloric acid |
| gluc/o | sugar |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| glycogen/o | glycogen, animal starch |
| lip/o | fat, lipid |
| lith/o | stone |
| prote/o | protein |
| sial/o | saliva, salivary |
| steat/o | fat |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -chezia | defecation, elimination of wastes |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -prandial | meal |