CHAPTER 2: BODY STRUCTURE (COMBINING FORM (O))

Question 1

gland

Answer 1

aden

Question 2

vessel

Answer 2

angi

Question 3

appendix

Answer 3

append, appendic

Question 4

eyelid

Answer 4

blephar

Question 5

brain

Answer 5

cerebr, encephal

Question 6

hand

Answer 6

chir

Question 7

colon or large intestine

Answer 7

col

Question 8

skin

Answer 8

cutane, derm, dermat

Question 9

face

Answer 9

faci

Question 10

liver

Answer 10

hepat

Question 11

breast

Answer 11

mamm, mast

Question 12

muscle

Answer 12

muscl, my

Question 13

bone marrow or spinal cord

Answer 13

myel

Question 14

bone

Answer 14

oste

Question 15

lungs

Answer 15

pulm, pulmon, pneum, pneumon

Question 16

tonsil

Answer 16

tonsil

Question 17

trachea (windpipe)

Answer 17

trache

Question 18

vessel

Answer 18

vas

Question 19

were so named because they resembled or were thought to be glands

Answer 19

adenoids

Question 20

is an x-ray film of blood vessels filled with a contrast medium

Answer 20

angiogram

Question 21

is excision of the appendix

Answer 21

appendectomy

Question 22

is the science of life and living things

Answer 22

biology

Question 23

is the drooping of the upper eyelid

Answer 23

blepharoptosis

Question 24

is paralysis caused by a brain defect

Answer 24

cerebral palsy

Question 25

is inflammation of the brain

Answer 25

encephalitis

Question 26

writer’s cramp is type of?

Answer 26

chirospasm

Question 27

is a visual examination of the colon

Answer 27

coloscopy; colonoscopy is commonly used

Question 28

means pertaining to the skin

Answer 28

cutaneous

Question 29

specialist who treats diseases of the skin

Answer 29

dermatologists

Question 30

removes small scars, tattoos or fine wrinkles from the skin

Answer 30

dermabrasion

Question 31

pertains to the face

Answer 31

facial

Question 32

is an inflammotory condition of the liver

Answer 32

hepatitis

Question 33

is the use of x-rays to diagnose breast diseases

Answer 33

mammography

Question 34

is surgical removal of the breast

Answer 34

mastectomy

Question 35

a person with well-developed muscles

Answer 35

muscular

Question 36

is muscle pain

Answer 36

myalgia

Question 37

has two meaning: any disease of the spinal cord or any disease of the bone marrow

Answer 37

myelopathy

Question 38

is a common type of arthritis of older persons, in which one or more joints undergo degenerative changes, and is named to include both bones and joints

Answer 38

osteoarthritis

Question 39

means pertaining to the lungs

Answer 39

pulmonary

Question 40

means pertaining to air or gas

Answer 40

pneumatic

Question 41

is a lung condition

Answer 41

pneumonia

Question 42

is an inflammation of the tonsils

Answer 42

tonsilitis

Question 43

is an operation that forms a new opening into the trachea

Answer 43

tracheostomy

Question 44

is the removal of all or a segment of the vas deferens and is a form of male contraception

Answer 44

vasectomy