Match the Combining Forms with Their Meanings

question 152

Multiple Choice

Match the combining forms with their meanings.
-cranium (skull)

• A)cerebr/o
• B)crani/o
• C)encephal/o
• D)gangli/o
• E)gli/o
• F)kinesi/o
• G)lept/o
• H)lex/o
• I)mening/o
• J)myel/o
• K)narc/o
• L)neur/o
• M)radicul/o
• N)sthen/o
• O)thalam/o
• P)thec/o
• Q)ton/o
• R)ventricul/o

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Definitions:

Thylakoid Compartment

A membrane-bound structure found within chloroplasts that contains the chlorophyll necessary for photosynthesis.

Light-Dependent Reactions

The first phase of photosynthesis where light energy is converted into chemical energy in the form of ATP and NADPH.

Ribulose Bisphosphate (RuBP)

A five-carbon sugar involved in the photosynthetic process, specifically in the Calvin cycle.

Phosphoglyceraldehyde (PGAL)

A three-carbon molecule formed in the Calvin cycle of photosynthesis and in glycolysis; involved in sugar metabolism.