Chapter 1 Flashcards
record electricity of heart
electrocardiogram
pertaining to under the stomach
subgastric
study of blood
hematology
foundation of the term
root
word ending
suffix
word beginning
prefix
vowel, usually “o,” that links the root to the suffix or to another root and aids pronunciation
combining vowel
combination of the root and the combining vowel
combining form
inflammation of the stomach
gastritis
study of stomach intestines
gastroenterology
read the meaning of medical terms from the suffix back to the beginning of the term and across
1st rule of the three general rules
drop the combining vowel, usually “o,” before a suffix beginning with a vowel
2nd rule of the three general rules
keep the combining vowel between two roots
3rd rule of the three general rules
heart
cardi/o
cancerous or cancer
carcin/o
life
bi/o
joint
arthr/o
gland
aden/o
head
cephal/o
cerebrum
cerebr/o
to cut
cis/o
to secrete
crin/o
urinary bladder
cyst/o
cell
cyt/o
skin
derm/o or dermat/o
electricity
electr/o
brain
encephal/o
intestines
enter/o
inflammation of skin
dermatitis
red
erythr/o
stomach
gastr/o
knowledge
gn/o
woman or female
gynec/o
blood
hem/o or hemat/o
liver
hepat/o
pertaining to trachea (wind pipe)
tracheal
pertaining to naval
umbilical
pertaining to the belly side of the body
ventral
pertaining to vertebrae
vertebral
pertaining to internal organs
visceral
pertaining to up casting
building up substance [proteins] in the cell
anabolic
process of down casting
(breaking down)
(mitochondria)
catabolism
pertaining to above the stomach
epigastric
pertaining t below the ribs or cartilage
hypochondriac regions
pertaining to between vertebrae
intervertebral
process of change in casting
(anabolism)
(catabolism)
metabolism
pertaining to abdomen
abdominal
pertaining to fat
adipose
pertaining to front
anterior
the building up or the synthesizing process in a cell
anabolism
pertaining to neck
cervical
tumor of cartilage
benign tumor
condroma
tumor of flesh
malignant tumor
chondrosarcoma
body color
(they absorb the color of dyes see to stain the cells)
(contain genetic material)
(located in the nucleus)
chromosome
pertaining to coccyx
coccygeal
incision of skull
craniotomy
formation of cell
cytoplasm
from beginning of structure
distal
pertaining to back
dorsal
study of tissue
histology
pertaining to ilium
iliac
pertaining to groin
inguinal
classification or picture of nucleus
picture or classification of the nucleus and its chromosomes
karyotype
pertaining to side
lateral
pertaining to lower back of sacrum
lumbosacral
pertaining to middle
medial
pertaining to nucleus
nucleic
pertaining to the hip or pelvic cavity
pelvic
pertaining to the back
posterior
pertaining to near
proximal
pertaining to sacrum
sacral
pertaining to spine
spinal
pertaining to upon nipple
skin cell
epithelial
pertaining to chest
thoracic
incision of the chest
thoracotomy
treatment or physician
iatr/o
white
leuk/o
kidney
nephr/o or ren/o
nerve
neur/o
pertaining to liver enlargement
hepatomegaly
tumor
onc/o
eye
ophthalm/o
bone
oste/o
disease
path/o
child
ped/o
mind
psych/o
x-ray
radi/o
nose
rhin/o
flesh
sarc/o
surgical repair of nose
rhinoplasty
QUICK QUIZ
Term that means “study of cells”
a) cystoscopy
b) cystitis
c) cytology
d) hematology
c, cytology is the study of cells
QUICK QUIZ
Term that means “inflammation of the gland”
a) arthritis
b) adentitis
c) adenoma
d) cephalic
b, adentitis is the inflammation of the gland
QUICK QUIZ
Element that appears at the beginning of a medical term
a) suffix
b) prefix
c) combining vowel
d) combining form
b, a prefix is the element that appears at the beginning of a medical term
QUICK QUIZ
All medical terms have
a) a combining vowel
b) two roots
c) a suffix
d) a prefix
a, all medical terms have a combining vowel
