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 4

suffix

Answer 4

(S) usually at the end of the word

Question 5

combining vowel

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Example of a word root written by itself

Answer 6

oste/

Question 7

Example of a prefix written by itself

Answer 7

pre-

Question 8

Example of a suffix written by itself

Answer 8

-osis

Question 9

combining vowels are used when

Answer 9

The suffix begins with a consonant

Question 10

arthr/

Answer 10

joint

Question 11

oste/

Answer 11

bone

Question 12

my/

Answer 12

muscle

Question 13

hepat/

Answer 13

liver

Question 14

enter/

Answer 14

small intestine

Question 15

encephal/

Answer 15

brain

Question 16

brady-

Answer 16

slow

Question 17

ventral

Answer 17

front (or belly side) of the body or organ

Question 18

dorsal

Answer 18

back of the body or organ

Question 19

anterior

Answer 19

front

Question 20

posterior

Answer 20

back

Question 21

superior

Answer 21

above

Question 22

inferior

Answer 22

below

Question 23

cephalic

Answer 23

toward the head

Question 24

caudal

Answer 24

toward the lower part of the body

Question 25

proximal

Answer 25

nearest to the midline or beginning of a structure

Question 26

distal

Answer 26

farthest from the midline or beginning of a structure

Question 27

medial

Answer 27

toward or near the midline

Question 28

lateral

Answer 28

away from the midline

Question 29

superficial

Answer 29

towards the surface of the skin

Question 30

transverse plane

Answer 30

horizontal plane, cuts the body into top and bottom halves

Question 31

midsagittal plane

Answer 31

cuts body into equal left and right sides

Question 32

sagittal

Answer 32

cuts body into UNequal left and right sides

Question 33

coronal/frontal plane

Answer 33

cuts body into front and back sides

Question 34

anatomy

Answer 34

study of the structures of the body

Question 35

physiology

Answer 35

study of the functions of the structures of the body

Question 36

anatomical position

Answer 36

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