The Combining Form Thorac/o- Means ________

question 147

Multiple Choice

The combining form thorac/o- means ________.

• A)infection
• B)breathing
• C)chest
• D)lung

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Definitions:

Miller

A term often associated with the Miller-Urey experiment, which simulated early Earth conditions and demonstrated that organic compounds could be formed from inorganic substances.

Herbaceous Plants

Plants that do not have woody stems and typically die back to the ground level at the end of the growing season.

Woody Plants

Plants that produce wood as their structural tissue and typically have perennial growth.

Neogene Period

A division of geological time from approximately 23 to 2.6 million years ago, part of the Cenozoic Era.