Med term muscular system Prefixes and suffixes

Question 1

a-, an-

Answer 1

not/ without

Question 2

ab-

Answer 2

away from

Question 3

ad-

Answer 3

toward

Question 4

bi-

Answer 4

both (2)

Question 5

brady-

Answer 5

slow

Question 6

circum-

Answer 6

around (like circumcision)

Question 7

dorsi-

Answer 7

back (like the dorsal fin of a shark or like our dorsal part of our back)

Question 8

dys-

Answer 8

painful/ difficult

Question 9

e-, ex-

Answer 9

out/away from

Question 10

hemi-

Answer 10

half (both start with h’s)

Question 11

par-, para-

Answer 11

near/beside

Question 12

tachy-

Answer 12

fast

Question 13

-ac,-al,-ar-ic

Answer 13

pertaining to

Question 14

-algia

Answer 14

pain

Question 15

-asthenia

Answer 15

weakness

Question 16

-cele

Answer 16

swelling

Question 17

-ceps

Answer 17

heads

Question 18

-dynia

Answer 18

pain

Question 19

-ectomy

Answer 19

surgical removal

Question 20

-esthesia

Answer 20

sensation

Question 21

-graphy

Answer 21

process of recording

Question 22

-gram

Answer 22

record/image

Question 23

-ia

Answer 23

condition

Question 24

-ion

Answer 24

process/state

Question 25

-itis

Answer 25

inflammation

Question 26

-logy

Answer 26

study of

Question 27

-lysis

Answer 27

breakdown

Question 28

-malacia

Answer 28

softening

Question 29

-oma

Answer 29

tumor/mass

Question 30

-penia

Answer 30

deficiency

Question 31

-peresis

Answer 31

weakness

Question 32

-trophy

Answer 32

condition of growth

Question 33

-plasty

Answer 33

surgical repair

Question 34

-plegia

Answer 34

paralysis

Question 35

-plegic

Answer 35

pertaining to paralysis

Question 36

-rrhexis

Answer 36

rupture

Question 37

-scope

Answer 37

instrument used to view

Question 38

-scopy

Answer 38

visual examination using a scope

Question 39

-tomy

Answer 39

a surgical cut

Question 40

-tonia

Answer 40

tone/tension