The Combining Form Iatr/o- Means

question 80

Multiple Choice

The combining form iatr/o- means:

• A)collection of symptoms.
• B)touching; feeling.
• C)medicine.
• D)physician; treatment.

---

Definitions:

Mantle Upwelling

The ascent of warmer, less dense material from deep within the Earth's mantle to its surface, driving plate tectonics and volcanic activity.

Continental Collision

A tectonic process where two continental plates collide, leading to the formation of mountains and other geological features.

Foreland Basin

A structural basin located adjacent to mountain ranges, formed by the flexing of the earth's crust due to the weight of the mountain range.

Ocean-Continent Convergent Margin

A boundary between tectonic plates where an oceanic plate is subducting beneath a continental plate, leading to volcanic and seismic activity.