TEKS Review

Question 1

adduction vs abduction

Answer 1

movement of a limb toward the midline of the body vs away

Question 2

aden/o

Answer 2

gland

Question 3

anatomical position

Answer 3

standing erect, palms facing forward, feet pointing forward (gives us standard point of reference)

Question 4

angi/o

Answer 4

blood vessel, lymph vessel

Question 5

anterior

Answer 5

front, on the front, forward part of an organ or in front of; opposite posterior

Question 6

anti-

Answer 6

against

Question 7

arthr/o

Answer 7

joint

Question 8

bi-

Answer 8

twice, double, two

Question 9

bone fracture

Answer 9

broken bone, described by complexity, diagnosed by radiograph, callus forms when healing

Question 10

cardi/o

Answer 10

heart

Question 11

chondr/o

Answer 11

cartilage

Question 12

cranial cavity

Answer 12

surrounds and protects the brain

Question 13

-cyte

Answer 13

cell

Question 14

dys-

Answer 14

difficult, painful, bad

Question 15

-ectomy

Answer 15

surgical removal

Question 16

endo-

Answer 16

within, inside

Question 17

erythr/o

Answer 17

red

Question 18

frontal plane

Answer 18

coronal- anterior (front) and posterior (back) portions: at 90 degree angle to sagittal plane

Question 19

-graphy

Answer 19

the process of producing a picture or record

Question 20

hem/o

Answer 20

blood

Question 21

hist/o

Answer 21

tissue

Question 22

hypo-

Answer 22

below, under, decreased

Question 23

inferior

Answer 23

lowermost, below, or toward the feet; opposite superior

Question 24

left ventricle of the heart

Answer 24

receives oxygen rich blood

Question 25

-malacia

Answer 25

abnormal softening

Question 26

metacarpals

Answer 26

mid finger bone

Question 27

my/o

Answer 27

muscle

Question 28

-necrosis

Answer 28

death of tissue

Question 29

neo-

Answer 29

new, strange

Question 30

-ologist

Answer 30

specialist

Question 31

-ology

Answer 31

the study of

Question 32

-oma

Answer 32

tumor, neoplasm

Question 33

-osis

Answer 33

abnormal condition, disease

Question 34

oste/o

Answer 34

bone

Question 35

pandemic

Answer 35

an outbreak of disease occurring every large geographic area possibly worldwide

Question 36

paraplegia

Answer 36

paralysis of both legs and the lower part of the body

Question 37

-pathy

Answer 37

disease

Question 38

quadriceps

Answer 38

made up of 4 muscles in the anterior thigh that extend the leg at the knee, thigh

Question 39

rhin/o

Answer 39

nose

Question 40

-rrhage

Answer 40

bursting forth, excessive flow

Question 41

-rrhexis

Answer 41

rupture

Question 42

tri-

Answer 42

three

Question 43

What are word elements?

Answer 43

words roots, suffixes, prefixes, connecting vowels (combining forms)

Question 44

When do you use the combining vowel?

Answer 44

when connecting word roots or when the word root is joined to a suffix that begins with a consonant