Chapter 1-7

A suffix that means "pertaining to":

-ary

The root for the word microcyte:

-cyte

The suffix that means record:

-gram

The following suffix means "condition":

-ia

A suffix that refers to a doctor with a specialty practice:

-ist

The suffix that means "disease":

-pathy

This term can be applied to two different sites on the body:

Cervical// meaning "neck", it can refer to the part that connects the head to the trunk or the cervix of the uterus

Correctly spelled or not? Cardiomyopathy

Correct

Correctly spelled or not? Thoraces

Correct// plural of thorax

True or false: The most commonly used combining vowel is "u" followed by "i".

False// the most commonly used is "o" followed by "a"

Correctly spelled term:

Ilia

A term that has a suffix that indicates "action":

Infarction// -ion= action

Is "capsular" in the primary tissue group?

No

In the term "hypotension", what is the prefix and what does it mean?

The prefix is hypo and it means less than normal.

What is the most correct statement about the term electrocardiogram?

The term contains no prefix, two combining forms and a suffix.

True or False: A root can start a term and does not become a prefix.

True

True or False: Every medical term has at least one root.

True

True or false: A prefix precedes a root to change its meaning.

True

True or false: A root plus a combining vowel make a combining form.

True

Is the word cruciate spelled correctly here, and what does it mean?

Yes it is correct, and it means "shaped like a cross"

The elements in the term "cardiomyopathy" in order are:

a combining form, a combining form and a suffix. // cardi/o, my/o, and -pathy

The word element -ive is an example of:

a suffix

The word element -logy is:

a suffix

Correct spelling of the plural form of appendix:

appendices

Prefixes are found:

at the beginning of some words.

The plural form of the word for "armpit":

axillae// the singular form is axilla, therefore add an "e" to the end of a singular form word that ends in "a"

Medical term that means "pertaining to the axilla":

axillary

The term prone means:

bending forward

The correct version of the combining form for heart is:

card/i

In the medical term cardiovascular, the word part that means "heart" is:

cardi/o

The suffix -ia means

condition

A word that has a suffix meaning "something formed":

cytoplasm (-plasm)

Has a suffix that means "the study of":

dermatology

The plural of the word diagnosis:

diagnoses

The suffix -pathy means

disease

An example of the use of a prefix in a medical term is:

endocarditis

If you wanted to document the abdominal region above the stomach, you would use the term:

epigastric

Term that means "pertaining to above the stomach":

epigastric

The suffix -osa means

full of or like

An example of a word with two combining forms is:

gastroenterology // gastr/o (stomach) and enter/o (intestines)

The transverse plane is the same as the

horizontal plane

Two prefixes that are opposites:

hyper- and hypo-

The term that means "condition of higher than normal blood pressure":

hypertension

Elements of a medical term are the:

individual parts of the word

The suffix -itis means

inflammation

The medical term macrocyte means:

large cell

Correct spelling of plural form of ovary:

ovaries

A word with a prefix that means "around":

pericardium

The term that means the structure around the heart:

pericardium// peri- (around)

The medical term intravenous means:

pertaining to the inside of a vein.

Two word elements that both mean the same thing:

pneum an pulmon// these both mean lungs

The form of the root for the word "pneumonia":

pneum-

The term that means pertaining to after birth:

postnatal

The opposite of the supine position is the

prone position

A specialist who would treat a patient with pneumonia is a:

pulmonologist

The suffix -gram means

record

The root for the medical term "respiratory":

respir-

The core element of any term is its:

root

The word element card- is a:

root

The singular form of the term that means "a wall dividing two cavities":

septum//septa is the plural form

Posterior means _________ and is opposite to_______

situated behind; anterior

The suffix -um means

structure

The suffix -plasty means

surgical repair of

My/o is an example of:

the combination of a root and a combining vowel.

The suffix -logy means:

the study of

In the term gastric, what is the suffix and what does it mean?

the suffix is -ic and it means pertaining to