Chapter 1 Basic Word Structure

Question 1

What does -itis mean?

Answer 1

Inflammation

Question 2

What does the root hepat mean?

Answer 2

liver

Question 3

What does ilium mean?

Answer 3

part of the hip bone

Question 4

What does ileum mean?

Answer 4

part of the small intestine

Question 5

What does cephalgia mean?

Answer 5

headache

Question 6

What does ophthalmologist mean?

Answer 6

eye doctor

Question 7

What is the root of a word?

Answer 7

the foundation

Question 8

What does the root hemat mean?

Answer 8

blood

Question 9

What is the suffix of a word?

Answer 9

the ending

Question 10

what does the suffix -logy mean?

Answer 10

process of study

Question 11

is hemat the root or the suffix of the word “hematology”?

Answer 11

root

Question 12

What does hematology mean?

Answer 12

process of study of blood

Question 13

is gram in electrocardiogram the root or the suffix?

Answer 13

suffix

Question 14

When is the combining vowel o missing in the term?

Answer 14

When the suffix begins with a vowel (a e i o u)

Question 15

when does the combining vowel o remain in the term even if the root begins with a vowel?

Answer 15

when there are two roots

Question 16

what does the root gastr mean?

Answer 16

stomach

Question 17

what determines which root does first when there are 2?

Answer 17

anatomic position

Question 18

what is the combining form?

Answer 18

the root plus the combining vowel
e.g. HEMAT/O, GASTR/O, CARDI/O

Question 19

what are 2 examples of prefixes?

Answer 19

HYPO (below) and EPI (above)