Briggs Bridging The Gap (BTG) Medical Interpreter Training Practice Test

What does nephro- refer to?

Liver Blood Kidney Gallbladder

Correct Answer:

Kidney

Explanation:

Nephro- is a medical prefix that points to the kidney. It comes from the Greek nephros, and you’ll see it in terms like nephrology (the study of kidneys), nephron (the kidney’s functional unit), nephritis (inflammation of the kidney), and nephrotoxic (damaging to the kidney). That’s why the correct idea is that nephro- refers to the kidney. For contrast, prefixes like hepato- refer to the liver, hemo- or hemat- to blood, and chole- or cholecysto- to the gallbladder.

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