Free Anatomy Quiz - Anatomical Word Roots, Prefixes and Suffixes, Harder Quiz 1

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Reference : Clinically Oriented Anatomy - Moore (Amazon link)

The quiz above includes the following questions :

What does the prefix 'brachi-' (as in 'brachium') mean?
Which of the following suffixes means 'a condition or disease'?
'Myo-' (as in 'myoblast') means ...
The suffix for 'formative' or 'pertaining to producing' is ...
What does the suffix '-phil' (as in 'hemophilia') mean?
Which of the following prefixes means 'of or pertaining to the nose'?
'-al' (as in 'femoral') means ...
The prefix for 'heat' is ...
What does the prefix 'lip-' (as in 'liposuction') mean?
Which of the following prefixes means 'different'?
'Glyco-' (as in 'glycolysis') means ...
The prefix for 'motion' is ...
What does the prefix 'cyt-' (as in 'cytokine') mean?
Which of the following prefixes means 'fast, or irregularly fast'?
'Melan-' (as in 'melanin') means ...

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Word roots :

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