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