medical terminology

Question 1

dys-

Answer 1

difficult or painfule

Question 2

-phasia

Answer 2

speaking

Question 3

-phagia

Answer 3

eating or swallowing

Question 4

cardio

Answer 4

heart

Question 5

pulmon

Answer 5

lung

Question 6

cyan/o

Answer 6

blue

Question 7

leuk/o

Answer 7

white

Question 8

erythr/o

Answer 8

red

Question 9

cirrh/o

Answer 9

yellow-orange

Question 10

melan/o

Answer 10

black, dark

Question 11

ab-

Answer 11

away from

Question 12

ad-

Answer 12

to, toward

Question 13

de-

Answer 13

down from, away

Question 14

circum-

Answer 14

around, about

Question 15

peri-

Answer 15

around

Question 16

trans-

Answer 16

across, through, beyond

Question 17

epi-

Answer 17

upon, over, above

Question 18

supra-

Answer 18

above, upper

Question 19

-pathy

Answer 19

disease

Question 20

nephr-

Answer 20

kidney

Question 21

-ia

Answer 21

condition of

Question 22

ur

Answer 22

urine

Question 23

hyper-

Answer 23

excessive

Question 24

emesis

Answer 24

vomiting

Question 25

an-

Answer 25

without or absence of

Question 26

alges

Answer 26

pain

Question 27

anatomic position

Answer 27

patient stands facing you, arms at sides and palms forward

Question 28

coronal (frontal) plane

Answer 28

divides the body front/back

Question 29

sagittal (lateral) plane

Answer 29

divides the body left/right

Question 30

midsagittal (midline) plane

Answer 30

divides the body into equal left and right halves

Question 31

transverse (axial) plane

Answer 31

divides the body top/bottom

Question 32

How many bones are there in the human body?

Answer 32

206

Question 33

components of the axial skeleton

Answer 33

skull
facial bones
thoracic cage
vertebral column

Question 34

joints

Answer 34

occur where bones come in contact, consisting of the ends of the bones and the connecting and supporting tissues

Question 35

ball and socket joint

Answer 35

allows rotation and bending

Question 36

hinge joint

Answer 36

motion restricted to flexion and extensions

Question 37

What are the two parts of the skull?

Answer 37

face
cranium

Question 38

how many bones make up the cranium?

Answer 38

4

Question 39

how many bones make up the face?

Answer 39

14

Question 40

how many bones make up the spinal column?

Answer 40

33 (vertebrae)

Question 41

what are the 5 sections of the spinal column in top to bottom order?

Answer 41

cervical
thoracic
lumbar
sacrum
coccyx

Question 42

what does the thoracic cavity contain?

Answer 42

heart
lungs
esophagus
great vessels

Question 43

how many vertebrae make up the thorax?

Answer 43

12

Question 44

what makes up the appendicular skeleton?

Answer 44

arms, legs, connection points (joints), and pelvis

Question 45

what 3 bones make up the shoulder girdle?

Answer 45

clavicle
scapula humerous

Question 46

what makes up the pelvic girdle?

Answer 46

two coxae (hip bones)
sacrum
coccyx

Question 47

what forms each pelvic bone?

Answer 47

a fusion of the ilium, ischium, and pubis

Question 48

sacrum

Answer 48

posteriorly joins the pubis bones

Question 49

pubic symphysis

Answer 49

joins the right and left pubis anteriorly

Question 50

how many tarsals and metatarsals are in the foot?

Answer 50

7 tarsals
5 metatarsals

Question 51

larynx

Answer 51

divides upper and lower airway

Question 52

diaphragm