Health Science Review

Question 1

word parts

Answer 1

word root, prefix, suffix, combining vowel

Question 2

word root

Answer 2

(WR) Main idea of the word

There can be more than one

Question 3

prefix

Answer 3

(P) Usually at the beginning of the word

Question 3

suffix

Answer 3

(S) usually at the end of the word

Question 4

combining vowel

Answer 4

(CV) Usually the letter o. Used to combine word roots and suffixes

Question 5

Example of a word root written by itself

Answer 5

oste/

Question 6

Example of a prefix written by itself

Answer 6

pre-

Question 7

Example of a suffix written by itself

Answer 7

-osis

Question 8

combining vowels are used when

Answer 8

The suffix begins with a consonant

Question 9

arthr/

Answer 9

joint

Question 10

oste/

Answer 10

bone

Question 11

my/

Answer 11

muscle

Question 12

hepat/

Answer 12

liver

Question 13

enter/

Answer 13

small intestine

Question 14

encephal/

Answer 14

brain

Question 15

brady-

Answer 15

slow

Question 16

ventral

Answer 16

front (or belly side) of the body or organ

Question 17

dorsal

Answer 17

back of the body or organ

Question 18

anterior

Answer 18

front

Question 19

posterior

Answer 19

back

Question 20

superior

Answer 20

above

Question 21

inferior

Answer 21

below

Question 22

cephalic

Answer 22

toward the head

Question 23

caudal

Answer 23

toward the lower part of the body

Question 24

proximal

Answer 24

nearest to the midline or beginning of a structure

Question 25

distal

Answer 25

farthest from the midline or beginning of a structure

Question 26

medial

Answer 26

toward or near the midline

Question 27

lateral

Answer 27

away from the midline

Question 28

superficial

Answer 28

towards the surface of the skin

Question 29

transverse plane

Answer 29

horizontal plane, cuts the body into top and bottom halves

Question 30

midsagittal plane

Answer 30

cuts body into equal left and right sides

Question 31

sagittal

Answer 31

cuts body into UNequal left and right sides

Question 32

coronal/frontal plane

Answer 32

cuts body into front and back sides

Question 33

anatomy

Answer 33

study of the structures of the body

Question 34

physiology

Answer 34

study of the functions of the structures of the body

Question 35

anatomical position

Answer 35

standing up, facing forward, arms at sides and palms forward