Systems Chapter 2

Question 1

-tome

Answer 1

instrument used to cut slices of skin

Question 2

-tomy

Answer 2

incision

Question 3

-ectomy

Answer 3

excision

Question 4

-ostomy

Answer 4

surgical artificial opening

Question 5

duoden/o

Answer 5

duodenum

Question 6

gastr/o

Answer 6

stomach

Question 7

-algia

Answer 7

pain

Question 8

-gram

Answer 8

record or picture

Question 9

-graph

Answer 9

instrument used to make a recording or pictorial device

Question 10

-graphy

Answer 10

process of making or recording an image

Question 11

ech/o

Answer 11

sound make by reflected sound waves

Question 12

cardi/o

Answer 12

heart

Question 13

radi/o

Answer 13

radiation

Question 14

-pathy

Answer 14

disease

Question 15

path/o

Answer 15

disease

Question 16

jaundice

Answer 16

yellow appearance due to high bilirubin level in the blood

Question 17

leuk/o

Answer 17

white

Question 18

melan/o

Answer 18

black (dark pigment)

Question 19

erythr/o

Answer 19

red

Question 20

cyan/o

Answer 20

blue

Question 21

chlor/o

Answer 21

green

Question 22

xanth/o

Answer 22

yellow

Question 23

-blast

Answer 23

embryonic or immature cell

Question 24

-emia

Answer 24

blood condition

Question 25

cyt/o

Answer 25

cells

Question 26

-logy

Answer 26

study of

Question 27

-penia

Answer 27

poverty

Question 28

-ia

Answer 28

condition

Question 29

-em

Answer 29

blood

Question 30

lymph/o

Answer 30

water or liquid associated with lymphatic system structures

Question 31

thromb/o

Answer 31

blood clot

Question 32

-osis (used with blood cells)

Answer 32

increase in number of

Question 33

-cyte

Answer 33

cell

Question 34

hist/o

Answer 34

tissues

Question 35

mania

Answer 35

madness

Question 36

megalomania

Answer 36

enlarged opinions of themselves

Question 37

blastocyte

Answer 37

immature cell

Question 38

cardialgia

Answer 38

heart pain

Question 39

cardiologist

Answer 39

physician specialist in heart disease

Question 40

cardiomegaly

Answer 40

enlarged heart

Question 41

cyanoderma

Answer 41

blueness of the skin

Question 42

cyanosis

Answer 42

condition of blueness

Question 43

cytologist

Answer 43

technologist who studies cellular disease

Question 44

cytology

Answer 44

science of studying cells

Question 45

cytometer

Answer 45

instrument to count cells

Question 46

cytometry

Answer 46

process of using a cytometer

Question 47

dermatology

Answer 47

the science of studying the skin

Question 48

dermatome

Answer 48

instrument to cut slices of skin tissue

Question 49

duodenal

Answer 49

pertaining to the duodenum

Question 50

duodenotomy

Answer 50

incision into the duodenum

Question 51

echocardiography

Answer 51

sonography of the heart

Question 52

electrocardiogram

Answer 52

picture representing the electric activity of the heart during the cardiac cycle

Question 53

erythremia

Answer 53

abnormally red blood due to too many erythrocytes

Question 54

erythroblast

Answer 54

immature red blood cell

Question 55

erythrocytes

Answer 55

red blood cells

Question 56

erythrocytopenia

Answer 56

low numbers of erythrocytes

Question 57

erythrocytosis

Answer 57

high numbers of erythrocytes

Question 58

erythroderma

Answer 58

redness of the skin

Question 59

etiology

Answer 59

study of the origin of disease

Question 60

gastralgia

Answer 60

stomach pain

Question 61

gastrectomy

Answer 61

excision of the stomach

Question 62

gastric

Answer 62

pertaining to the stomach

Question 63

gastroduodenostomy

Answer 63

making a new opening between the stomach and the duodenum

Question 64

gastromegally

Answer 64

enlarged stomach

Question 65

gastrostomy

Answer 65

making a new opening in the stomach

Question 66

histoblast

Answer 66

immature tissue cells

Question 67

histology

Answer 67

the science of studying tissues

Question 68

leukemia

Answer 68

blood cancer involving leukocytes

Question 69

leukocytopenia

Answer 69

low numbers of leukocytes

Question 70

leukocytosis

Answer 70

high numbers of leukocytes

Question 71

leukoderma

Answer 71

abnormally white skin (vitiligo)

Question 72

lymphatic

Answer 72

pertaining to the lymph system

Question 73

lymphocyte

Answer 73

lymphatic system white blood cell

Question 74

melanoblast

Answer 74

immature melanocyte

Question 75

melanocyte

Answer 75

pigment cell

Question 76

melanoderma

Answer 76

dark patches of skin

Question 77

pathologist

Answer 77

physician specialist in the study of disease

Question 78

pathology

Answer 78

the science of studying disease

Question 79

radiogram

Answer 79

x-ray picture

Question 80

radiograph

Answer 80

instrument used to produce the radiogram or the x-ray film

Question 81

radiography

Answer 81

process of producing radiograms

Question 82

radiologist

Answer 82

physician specialist in the interpretation of radiograms and other diagnostic imaging modalities

Question 83

sonogram

Answer 83

image of the body produced by computerized reflected sound

Question 84

sonograph

Answer 84

instrument that reflects sound waves through the body, picks them up with a transducer, and uses a computer to create an image of body structures

Question 85

sonographer

Answer 85

technologist who performs sonography

Question 86

sonography

Answer 86

process of using a sonographer

Question 87

thrombocytes

Answer 87

platelets, blood clotting cell fragments

Question 88

thrombocytopenia

Answer 88

low numbers of thrombocytes

Question 89

thrombocytosis

Answer 89

high numbers of thrombocytes

Question 90

tomogram

Answer 90

picture made by a tomograph

Question 91

tomograph

Answer 91

instrument that uses x-ray to produce images through planes (slices) of the body

Question 92

tomography

Answer 92

the process of using a tomograph

Question 93

xanthemia

Answer 93

yellow condition of the blood (carotenemia)