unit 1

Question 1

word root

Answer 1

the foundation of a word

Question 2

gastr

and combination for gastr

Answer 2

the word root for stomach

gastr/o

Question 3

word root for gastr

Answer 3

gastr/ word root
o/ combining vowel
duoden/ word root
-ostomy suffix

Question 4

combining form

Answer 4

a word root plus a vowel

Question 5

cyt/o/meter

Answer 5

the instrument to measure cells

the vowel or letter o lets cyt to be joined to meter

Question 6

in the words micr/o/scope

Answer 6

micr/o is a combining form and micr is a word root

Question 7

form a compound word using the roots under and age

Answer 7

underage

Question 8

form a compound word from the words stem and brain

Answer 8

brainstem

Question 9

because they are formed by joining two or more word roots, therm/o/meter, cyt/o/meter, micr/o/scope, are all

Answer 9

compound words

Question 10

in the word thermometer. Therm/o is the ____ and meter is the______

Answer 10

combining form
whole word(suffix)

Question 11

instrument used to see small things

Answer 11

Micr/o/scope

Question 12

surgery using a microscope

Answer 12

micr/o/surgery

Question 13

device used to measure small things

Answer 13

micr/o/meter

Question 14

what does hydr/o mean

Answer 14

water

Question 15

hydr/o/phobia
hydr/o/cele
hydr/o/therapy

Answer 15

fear of water
water a saclike cavity
treatment using water

Question 16

-ic

Answer 16

and adjective suffix

Question 17

in the word therm/o/metr/ic. therm/o is the combining form, metr is the _______. -ic is the ________

Answer 17

word root

suffix

Question 18

what is a medical practition/er

Answer 18

one who practices medicine

Question 19

in the word cyanosis and anemia and ilium the noun suffixes are ______ _____ and _____

Answer 19

• osis
• ia
• um

Question 20

ism

Answer 20

condition, state, or theory

Question 21

tion

Answer 21

condition

Question 22

ist

Answer 22

specialist

Question 23

er

Answer 23

one who

Question 24

ity

Answer 24

qualitiy

Question 25

ous

Answer 25

possessing, having, full of

Question 26

able, ible

Answer 26

ability

Question 27

the condition or state of too much secretion by the thyroid gland

Answer 27

hyper/thyroid/ism

Question 28

contac/tion is a _______ of muscles shortening. Relax/a/tion is the ______ of diminished tension

Answer 28

condition, condition

Question 29

-ity indicates a quality. conductiv/ity expresses the_____ of conducting nerves and muscle impulses.

Answer 29

quality

Question 30

mucus is a watery secretion. muc/ous refers to

Answer 30

the nature of having a material secreted by the mucous membrane

Question 31

nerv/ous refers to _______ material lining closed body cavities such as the abdomen

Answer 31

having, possessing

Question 32

ibe and able indicate what?

Answer 32

ability

Question 33

-ed and -ing

Answer 33

past tense and present

Question 34

ex-

Answer 34

either from or out from

Question 35

dis-

Answer 35

changes the meaning of ease

Question 36

cyst-

Answer 36

bladder

Question 37

-itis

Answer 37

inflammation

Question 38

-logist

Answer 38

one who specializes

Question 39

-dermat/o/

Answer 39

skin

Question 40

acr/o

Answer 40

used to build words that refer to the extremities

Question 41

in the word acroparalysis. acro refers to

Answer 41

extremities

Question 42

-megaly

Answer 42

suffix for enlarged

Question 43

-y

Answer 43

meaning the process or condition that makes a word a noun

Question 44

papule

Answer 44

solid elevated lesion less that .5 cm in diameter

Question 45

macule

Answer 45

localized changes in skin color of less that 1 cm in diameter

Question 46

wheal

Answer 46

localized edema om the epidermis causing irregular elevation that may be red or pale

Question 47

crust

Answer 47

dried serum, blood, or pus on the surface of the skin

Question 48

boil

Answer 48

skin infection originating in gland of hair follicle

Question 49

bullae

Answer 49

same as a vesicle only greater than .5 cm

Question 50

pustule

Answer 50

vesicles or bullae that become filled with pus

Question 51

cyst

Answer 51

encapsulated fluid filled or semi solid mass in the subcutaneous tissue or dermis