Exam 1

Question 1

Cardi/o

Answer 1

heart

Question 2

glyc/o

Answer 2

sugar

Question 3

gyn/o

Answer 3

women/female

Question 4

derm/o

Answer 4

skin

Question 5

ab-

Answer 5

away from

Question 6

lateral

Answer 6

pertaining to the side

Question 7

arthr/o

Answer 7

joint

Question 8

encephala/o

Answer 8

brain

Question 9

hepat/o

Answer 9

liver

Question 10

-gram

Answer 10

record

Question 11

carcin/o

Answer 11

cancer

Question 12

-crine

Answer 12

to secrete

Question 13

cyst/o

Answer 13

urinary bladder

Question 14

aden/o

Answer 14

gland

Question 15

hem/o

Answer 15

blood

Question 16

cerebr/o

Answer 16

cerebrum

Question 17

enter/o

Answer 17

intestines (small)

Question 18

-itis

Answer 18

inflammation

Question 19

-scope

Answer 19

instrument used to examine

Question 20

membrane surrounding the cell

Answer 20

cell membrane

Question 21

anabolism

Answer 21

the building up of molecules

Question 22

catabolism

Answer 22

the breaking down of molecules

Question 23

-opsy

Answer 23

view of

Question 24

separates the thorax from the abdomen

Answer 24

diaphragm

Question 25

space in the chest between the lungs

Answer 25

mediastinum

Question 26

where does the formation of protein take place in the cell?

Answer 26

endoplasmic reticulum

Question 27

adip/o

Answer 27

fat

Question 28

voice box

Answer 28

larynx

Question 29

tailbone

Answer 29

coccyx

Question 30

supine

Answer 30

lying on back

Question 31

prone

Answer 31

lying on belly

Question 32

disk

Answer 32

a circular rounded flat plate

Question 33

-ectomy

Answer 33

removal

Question 34

infer/o

Answer 34

below

Question 35

super/o

Answer 35

above

Question 36

inter-

Answer 36

between

Question 37

hist/o

Answer 37

tissue

Question 38

-ptosis

Answer 38

falling/drooping

Question 39

-cele

Answer 39

hernia

Question 40

-centesis

Answer 40

surgical puncture to remove fluid

Question 41

-emia

Answer 41

blood condition

Question 42

-lysis

Answer 42

separation/destruction

Question 43

neur/o

Answer 43

nerve

Question 44

my/o

Answer 44

muscle

Question 45

-ist

Answer 45

specialist

Question 46

-stomy

Answer 46

new opening

Question 47

-tomy

Answer 47

to cut into

Question 48

pre-

Answer 48

before

Question 49

ad-

Answer 49

toward

Question 50

brady-

Answer 50

slow

Question 51

tachy-

Answer 51

fast

Question 52

-therapy

Answer 52

treatment

Question 53

con

Answer 53

with/together

Question 54

chronic

Answer 54

continuing and lasting a long time

Question 55

-rrhea

Answer 55

flowing/discharge

Question 56

-pnea

Answer 56

breathing

Question 57

acute

Answer 57

short duration, rapidly progressive, urgent care

Question 58

antecibo

Answer 58

before meals

Question 59

hyperglycemia

Answer 59

excessive sugar in the blood

Question 60

dyspnea

Answer 60

difficult breathing

Question 61

intra-

Answer 61

within

Question 62

pan-

Answer 62

all

Question 63

-osis

Answer 63

abnormal

Question 64

-sclerosis

Answer 64

hardening

Question 65

suture

Answer 65

to sew, stitch

Question 66

costal

Answer 66

ribs

Question 67

viscera

Answer 67

the internal organs

Question 68

enter/o

Answer 68

intestines

Question 69

-y

Answer 69

condition, process

Question 70

-malacia

Answer 70

softening

Question 71

what is contained in the RUQ?

Answer 71

the right lobe of the liver, gallbladder, part of pancreas, parts of small and large intestines

Question 72

what is contained in the LUQ?

Answer 72

left lobe of the liver, stomach, spleen, part of the pancreas, pars of the small and large intestines

Question 73

What cavity is the pituitary gland located in?

Answer 73

the cranial cavity

Question 74

vertical plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior (front and back)

Answer 74

frontal plane

Question 75

vertical plane diving body into right and left

Answer 75

sagittal plane

Question 76

horizontal plane running across the body parallel to the ground

Answer 76

transverse plane