Chapter 2

Question 1

Cephal

Answer 1

Head

Question 2

Dors

Answer 2

Back of the body

Question 3

Anter

Answer 3

Front or before

Question 4

Poster

Answer 4

Back or towards the back

Question 5

Ventr

Answer 5

Belly side of the body

Question 6

Epi-

Answer 6

Above

Question 7

home/o

Answer 7

Constant

Question 8

chondr/i

Answer 8

Cartilage

Question 9

retro-

Answer 9

Behind

Question 10

Lumb

Answer 10

Lower back

Question 11

ili

Answer 11

Hip bone

Question 12

-stasis

Answer 12

Control

Question 13

maintaining a constant internal environment

Answer 13

Homeostasis

Question 14

referring to the area located behind the peritoneum

Answer 14

Retroperitoneal

Question 15

the study of the functions of the body’s structures

Answer 15

Physiology

Question 16

the region above the stomach

Answer 16

Epigastric

Question 17

The thoracic cavity is also known as the

Answer 17

Chest cavity

Question 18

Cyt/o

Answer 18

Cell

Question 19

Embry/o

Answer 19

Fertilized ovum

Question 20

-plasm

Answer 20

Formative material of cells

Question 21

-oma

Answer 21

Tumor

Question 22

Endo-

Answer 22

Within

Question 23

Exo-

Answer 23

Out of

Question 24

Aden/o

Answer 24

Gland

Question 25

Carcin

Answer 25

Cancerous

Question 26

Hypo-

Answer 26

Deficient

Question 27

Dys-

Answer 27

Bad

Question 28

Hyper-

Answer 28

Excessive

Question 29

Ana-

Answer 29

Backward

Question 30

A-

Answer 30

Without

Question 31

a general increase in the bulk of a part or organ not due to tumor formation

Answer 31

Hypertrophy

Question 32

-trophy

Answer 32

Development

Question 33

the study of how genes are transferred from parents to their children

Answer 33

Genetics

Question 34

a benign tumor that arises in, or resembles, glandular tissue

Answer 34

Adenoma

Question 35

an abnormal increase in the number of normal cells in the tissues

Answer 35

Hyperplasia

Question 36

the material within the cell membrane that is not part of the nucleus

Answer 36

Cytoplasm

Question 37

Which type of connective tissue is also known as fat and provides protective padding, insulation, and support?

Answer 37

Adipose tissue

Question 38

inflammation of a gland

Answer 38

Adenitis

Question 39

-crine

Answer 39

To secrete

Question 40

Dem

Answer 40

Population

Question 41

Path/o

Answer 41

Disease

Question 42

Epi-

Answer 42

Above

Question 43

Eti-

Answer 43

Cause

Question 44

Pan-

Answer 44

Entire

Question 45

Idi/o

Answer 45

Peculiar to the individual

Question 46

Ped

Answer 46

Child

Question 47

-iatrics

Answer 47

Field of medicine

Question 48

Tele

Answer 48

Distant

Question 49

Ger

Answer 49

Old age

Question 50

-metry

Answer 50

To measure

Question 51

an outbreak of disease occurring over a large geographic area

Answer 51

Pandemic

Question 52

a specialist in the study of outbreaks of disease

Answer 52

Epidemiologist

Question 53

an illness without a known cause

Answer 53

Idiopathic

Question 54

the study of the causes of diseases

Answer 54

Etiology

Question 55

ongoing presence of disease within a population

Answer 55

Endemic

Question 56

What medical term describes a disease-producing microorganism such as a virus?

Answer 56

Pathology

Question 57

Which type of disease transmission occurs when there is human-to-human contact in the form of touch or the exchange of bodily fluids?

Answer 57

Direct transmission

Question 58

the congenital absence or narrowing of a normal body opening or passage.

Answer 58

Atresia