... red blood cell combining form. erythr/o. True False . D) metri/o. Prefixes and Combining Forms. Q 43 Q 43. zygote. Unlock to view answer. blast/o. papilla parotide a. papilla pili. papilla plural. Free. papilla [pah-pil´ah] (L.) a small, nipple-shaped projection or elevation. The breast tissue is composed of glandular milk-producing, fatty, and fibrous tissue. This is a list of roots, suffixes, and prefixes used in medical terminology, their meanings, and their etymologies.Most of them are combining forms in New Latin and hence international scientific vocabulary.There are a few general rules about how they combine. ac-, aero- extreme or extremity; peak acrodermatitis, inflammation of the skin of the extremities areolae. a-, an- absence or lack acardia, lack of a heart; anaerobic, in the absence of oxygen ab-departing from: away from abnormal, departing from normal. Unlock to view answer. The Breast. immature combining form. Multiple Choice . Word Roots, Prefixes, Suffixes, and Combining Forms. ... papilla of breast. areola plural. mammary papilla. this begins with the fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon. The nipple of the breast is the mammary papilla (MAM uh ree puh PILL ah) (pl. papilla of dermis. papilla of parotid duct. papilla of Va ter. mast/o breast mastoid/o mastoid process maxill/o upper jaw meat/o meatus medi/o middle megal/o enlarged melan/o black men/o menstruation mening/o meninges ment/o mind metacarp/o hand bones metatars/o foot bones metr/o measure metr/o uterus metri/o uterus mi/o (mei/o) smaller micr/o small mon/o one; single morph/o form; shape muc/o mucus papilla rena lis. papillo-: Combining form meaning a papilla, papillary. papillae. papilla vallata. fertilized egg. Free. The term for the fertilized egg is the placenta. papillae), and the darker colored skin surrounding the nipple is the areola (ah REE oh lah) (pl. C) culd/o. [L. papilla ] Free. First, prefixes and suffixes, most of which are derived from ancient Greek or classical Latin, have a droppable -o-. 2. one of the papillae in the area next to a vallate papilla. B) salping/o. circumvallate papilla 1. vallate papilla. The mammary papilla is the nipple of the breast. Word Roots and Combining Forms Root Word Combining Form Definition Example A ... mast mast/a breast mastectomy maxill maxill/o upper jaw maxillotomy meat meat/o passage meatotomy, ... papill papill/o papilla papilledema par par/o bear paroxism areola. conical papilla one of the sparsely scattered elevations on the tongue, often considered to be modified filiform papillae. acou-hearing acoustics, the science of sound. pregnancy. True False . mast(o)- combining form breast medi(o)- combining form middle medull(o)- combining form marrow mega- prefi x large-megaly suffi x enlargement of melan(o)- combining form black melen(o)- combining form black mening(o)- combining form meninges-mere suffi x a part The combining form for the tubes that conduct the egg to the uterus is: A) colp/o. A B; Abdomin/O: Abdomen: acetabul/o: acetabulum (hip socket) Acr/O: Extremities, Top, Extreme Point: Acu/O: Sharp, Severe, Sudden: Aden/O: Gland: adenoid/o: Adenoids KEY = combining form = dangerous abbreviation Pa pa ni co la ou smear test. adj., adj pap´illary. Pa pa ni co la ou stain. darker colored skin surrounding the nipple. The breasts, or mammary glands, function to secrete milk.