Chapter 1 Flashcards
What word means the study of blood?
- Separate the word into prefix, root, and sufix
- what do they mean?
- Pernouce it
- hematology
- hemat / o / logy
- hemat: blood
- o: combining vowel
- logy: process of study
Define these important elements:
- Root
- Suffix
- Prefix
- Combining vowel
- Combining form
root:
- foundation of the word
suffix:
- word ending
prefix:
- small part attached to the beginning of a term
combining vowel:
- vowel that links the root to the suffic or root to another root
combining form:
- root + combining vowel
What records the electro activity of the heart?
- Separate the word into prefix, root, and sufix
- what do they mean?
- Pernouce it
eletrocardiogram
electr / o / cardi / o / gram
- electr: electricity
- cardi: heart
- gram: record
What word is the study of the digestive system (stomach and intestines)?
- Separate the word into prefix, root, and sufix
- what do they mean?
- what are the combining forms?
- Pernouce it
gastroenterology
gastr / o / enter / o/ logy
- gastr: stomach
- enter: intestine
- logy: the process of study
- gastro
- entero
What word is the excision of the stomach?
- Separate the word into prefix, root, and sufix
- what do they mean?
- what are the combining forms?
- Pernouce it
gastrectomy
gastr / ectomy
- gastr: stomach
- ectomy: excision
What word pertains to originating in the heart?
- Separate the word into prefix, root, and sufix
- what do they mean?
- what are the combining forms?
- Pernouce it
cardiogenic
cardi / o / genic
- cardi: heart
- genic: originating
- cardio
What word pertains to the examination of the stomach and the first part of the small intestine?
- Separate the word into prefix, root, and sufix
- what do they mean?
- what are the combining forms?
- Pernouce it
gastroduodenoscopy
gastr / o / duoden / o / scopy
- gastr: stomach
- duoden: first part of small intestine
- scopy: the process of examination
- gastro
- duodeno
What word pertains the to inflammation within the stomach?
- Separate the word into prefix, root, and sufix
- what do they mean?
- what are the combining forms?
- Pernouce it
gastritis
gastr / itis
- gastr: stomach
- itis: inflammation
What word is pertaining to the region below the stomach?
- Separate the word into prefix, root, and sufix
- what do they mean?
- what are the combining forms?
- Pernouce it
hypogastric
hypo / gastr / ic
- hypo: below
- gastr: stomach
- ic: pertaining to
- hypo
What word is pertaining to the region above the stomach?
- Separate the word into prefix, root, and sufix
- what do they mean?
- what are the combining forms?
- Pernouce it
epigastric
epi / gastr / ic
- epi: above
- gastr: stomach
- ic: pertaining to
- none
What word is the inglammationof a gland?
- Separate the word into prefix, root, and sufix
- what do they mean?
- what are the combining forms?
- Pernouce it
Aden / itis
- Aden: gland
- itis: inflammation
- none
What word is the examination of the joint?
- Separate the word into prefix, root, and sufix
- what do they mean?
- what are the combining forms?
- Pernouce it
arthr / o / scopy
- arthr: joint
- scopy: the process of examination
- arthro
What word is the process to view living things?
- Separate the word into prefix, root, and sufix
- what do they mean?
- what are the combining forms?
- Pernouce it
Bi / o / psy
- bi: life
- psy: the process of viewing or examining
- bio
What word is the study of life?
- Separate the word into prefix, root, and sufix
- what do they mean?
- what are the combining forms?
- Pernouce it
bi / o / logy
- bi: life
- logy: the process of study
- bio
What word is cancerous tumor?
- Separate the word into prefix, root, and sufix
- what do they mean?
- what are the combining forms?
- Pernouce it
carcin / oma
- carcin: tumor
- oma: cancerous
- none
What word is the study of the heart?
- Separate the word into prefix, root, and sufix
- what do they mean?
- what are the combining forms?
- Pernouce it
cardi / o / logy
- cardi: heart
- logy: the process of study
- cardio
What word is pertaining to the head?
- Separate the word into prefix, root, and sufix
- what do they mean?
- what are the combining forms?
- Pernouce it
cephal / ic
- cephal: head
- ic: pertaining to
- none
What word is pertaining to the cerebrum?
- Separate the word into prefix, root, and sufix
- what do they mean?
- what are the combining forms?
- Pernouce it
cerebr al
- cerebr: cerebrum
- al: pertaining to
- none
What word is cutting into?
- Separate the word into prefix, root, and sufix
- what do they mean?
- what are the combining forms?
- Pernouce it
in / cision
- in: in/withing
- cision: the process of cutting
- none
What word is the process of cutting out a portion?
- Separate the word into prefix, root, and sufix
- what do they mean?
- what are the combining forms?
- Pernouce it
ex / cision
- ex: out
- cision: the process of cutting
- none
What are glands that secrete within?
- Separate the word into prefix, root, and sufix
- what do they mean?
- what are the combining forms?
- Pernouce it
end/ o / crine glands
- end: within
- crine: secrete
- endo
What word is the visual exam of the urinary bladder?
- Separate the word into prefix, root, and sufix
- what do they mean?
- what are the combining forms?
- Pernouce it
cyst / o / scopy
- cyst: urinary bladder
- scopy: the process of visualizing/examining
- cysto
What word is the study of cells?
- Separate the word into prefix, root, and sufix
- what do they mean?
- what are the combining forms?
- Pernouce it
cyt / o / logy
- cyt: cells
- logy: the process of study
- cyto
What word is the Inflammation of the skin?
- Separate the word into prefix, root, and sufix
- what do they mean?
- what are the combining forms?
- Pernouce it
dermat / itis
- dermat: skin
- itis: inflammation
- none
