Chapter 1: Intro

Question 1

What are word roots

Answer 1

Is the core , or main part , of the medical term : most medical terms have a word root . Basically a word stem without a suffix or prefix

Question 2

Cardi means

Answer 2

Heart

Question 3

Cerebr means

Answer 3

Brain , cerebrum

Question 4

Colo, colon means

Answer 4

Colon ( section of large intestines )

Question 5

Crani means

Answer 5

Cranium , skull

Question 6

Dermat means

Answer 6

Skin

Question 7

Gastr means

Answer 7

Stomach

Question 8

Nephr means

Answer 8

Kidney

Question 9

Neuron means

Answer 9

Nerve

Question 10

Ost means

Answer 10

Bone

Question 11

Pulmon means

Answer 11

Lung

Question 12

Ren means

Answer 12

Kidney

Question 13

Vas means

Answer 13

Vessel

Question 14

What is a prefix

Answer 14

Word part that become before the word root . Many medical terms are built with prefixes.

Question 15

A-, an- means

Answer 15

Without , not

Question 16

Dys- means

Answer 16

Painful , difficult, abnormal

Question 17

Inter - means

Answer 17

Between, among

Question 18

Intra- means

Answer 18

Inside , within

Question 19

Peri - means

Answer 19

Around something

Question 20

Poly - means

Answer 20

Many , much

Question 21

Post- means

Answer 21

After , behind

Question 22

Pre- means

Answer 22

Before

Question 23

Sub-, infra- means

Answer 23

Below , beneath

Question 24

Supra-, super- means

Answer 24

Above

Question 25

What are Suffixes

Answer 25

Attached to a word root , but they come after the root . Medical terms are built with suffixes too

Question 26

-ac, -al, -ary, -ic, -ous means

Answer 26

Pertaining to

Question 27

-Algia means

Answer 27

Pain

Question 28

-ectomy means

Answer 28

Excision , surgical removal

Question 29

-gram means

Answer 29

Record , recording

Question 30

-ism, -ia means

Answer 30

Condition of

Question 31

-itis means

Answer 31

Inflammation

Question 32

-ium means

Answer 32

Pertaining to body region , structure

Question 33

-logy means

Answer 33

Study of

Question 34

-oma means

Answer 34

Tumor

Question 35

-tomy means

Answer 35

Incision

Question 36

Combining vowels added to roots :

1. ) cardi/o
2. ) cerebr/o
3. ) col/o, colon/o
4. ) crani/o
5. ) dermat/o
6. ) gastr/o
7. ) nephr/o, ren/o
8. ) neur/o
9. )oste/o
10. ) pulmon/o

Answer 36

1- heart
2- brain , cerebrum
3- colon
4-cranium , skull
5- skin
6- stomach
7- kidney
8- nerve , nerve tissue 
9-bone 
10-lung

Question 37

Rules for making plural medical terms :

Singular ending | Rule | Plural end

1. ) a -ae
2. ) en - ina
3. ) ex- ices
4. ) ion- ia
5. ) is- es
6. ) on- a
7. ) ix- ices
8. ) ium- ia
9. ) um- a
10. ) us- I
11. ) x-ges
12. ) y-ies

Answer 37

Examples :

1-vertebra : vertebrae
2- foramen: foramina
3-pollex: polices
4-ganglion: ganglia
5- testis: testes
6- phenomenon : phenomena
7- appendix: appendices 
8- epithelium: epithelia
9- atrium: atria 
10- nucleus : nuclei
11- phalanx: phalanges 
12- biopsy; biopsies