Systems Chapter 3

Question 1

hyper-

Answer 1

above or more than normal

Question 2

hypo-

Answer 2

below or less than normal

Question 3

-trophy

Answer 3

nourishment

Question 4

aden/o

Answer 4

glands or glandular tissue

Question 5

-oma

Answer 5

tumor

Question 6

-pathy

Answer 6

disease

Question 7

lymph/o

Answer 7

lymphatic tissue

Question 8

lip/o

Answer 8

containing fat

Question 9

carcin/o

Answer 9

cancer

Question 10

meta-

Answer 10

beyond

Question 11

-stasis

Answer 11

in one place (staying)

Question 12

papill/o

Answer 12

small elevation of tissue

Question 13

fibr/o

Answer 13

fibrous tissue

Question 14

oste/o

Answer 14

bone

Question 15

chondr/o

Answer 15

cartilage

Question 16

leiomy/o

Answer 16

smooth muscle

Question 17

ather/o

Answer 17

fatty, porridgelike

Question 18

hem/angi/o

Answer 18

blood vessel

Question 19

angi/o

Answer 19

vessel

Question 20

leuk/o

Answer 20

white

Question 21

myel/o

Answer 21

bone marrow

Question 22

-oid

Answer 22

resembling

Question 23

hist/o

Answer 23

tissue

Question 24

neo-

Answer 24

new

Question 25

anti-

Answer 25

against

Question 26

-plast/ic

Answer 26

abnormal growth

Question 27

-genesis

Answer 27

development

Question 28

arteri/o

Answer 28

arteries

Question 29

arthr/o

Answer 29

joint

Question 30

muc/o

Answer 30

secretion

Question 31

cephal/o

Answer 31

head

Question 32

-dynia

Answer 32

pain

Question 33

encephal/o

Answer 33

brain

Question 34

-cele

Answer 34

herniation

Question 35

-plasty

Answer 35

surgical repair

Question 36

cerebr/o

Answer 36

cerebrum

Question 37

mening/o

Answer 37

meninges

Question 38

adenectomy

Answer 38

excision of a gland or glandular tissue

Question 39

adenitis

Answer 39

inflammation of a gland or glandular tissue

Question 40

adenoma

Answer 40

tumor of a gland or glandular tissue

Question 41

adenopathy

Answer 41

disease condition of a gland or glandular tissue

Question 42

antineoplastic

Answer 42

agent that works against tumor growth

Question 43

atheroma

Answer 43

fatty (porridgelike) tissue tumor found in blood vessels

Question 44

atherosclerosis

Answer 44

hardening of blood vessels caused by fatty growths

Question 45

carcinoma

Answer 45

cancer of epithelial tissue

Question 46

cephalalgia

Answer 46

head pain

Question 47

cephalic

Answer 47

pertaining to the head

Question 48

cephalodynic

Answer 48

pertaining to head pain

Question 49

cerebral

Answer 49

pertaining to the cerebrum

Question 50

cerebritis

Answer 50

inflammation of the cerebrum

Question 51

cerebroma

Answer 51

tumor of the cerebrum

Question 52

cerebrospinal

Answer 52

pertaining to the cerebrum and the spine

Question 53

cerebrovascular

Answer 53

pertaining to the cerebrum and blood vessels

Question 54

cerebrum

Answer 54

largest part of the brain includes the frontal, temporal, and occipital lobes

Question 55

craniectomy

Answer 55

excision of the skull

Question 56

craniomalacia

Answer 56

softening of the skull

Question 57

craniometer

Answer 57

instrument used to measure the size skull

Question 58

cranioplasty

Answer 58

surgical repair of the skull

Question 59

craniotomy

Answer 59

incision into the skull

Question 60

cranium

Answer 60

skull

Question 61

electroencephalogram

Answer 61

tracing (pictures) showing brain wave activity

Question 62

electroencephalograph

Answer 62

instrument used to turn brain waves into electrical patterns showing a picture of changes in activity

Question 63

encephalitis

Answer 63

inflammation of the brain

Question 64

encephalomalacia

Answer 64

softening of the brain tissue

Question 65

encephalomeningitis

Answer 65

inflammation of the brain and meninges

Question 66

encephalomyelopathy

Answer 66

disease condition of the brain and spinal cord

Question 67

electroneurodiagnostic

Answer 67

electrical diagnostic testing (imaging) of the nervous system function

Question 68

glandular

Answer 68

pertaining to a gland

Question 69

histology

Answer 69

study of tissues

Question 70

hypertension

Answer 70

high blood pressure

Question 71

hypertrophy

Answer 71

overdevelopment, increase in size

Question 72

lipoid

Answer 72

resembling fat

Question 73

lipoma

Answer 73

fatty tissue tumor

Question 74

lymphadenopathy

Answer 74

disease condition of the lymph glands

Question 75

lymphoma

Answer 75

lymph tissue tumor

Question 76

melanocarcinoma

Answer 76

malignant (cancerous) melanoma

Question 77

melanoma

Answer 77

tumor involving growth of melanocytes

Question 78

meninges

Answer 78

three-layered membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord

Question 79

meningitis

Answer 79

inflammation of the meninges

Question 80

meningocele

Answer 80

herniation of the meninges

Question 81

metastasis

Answer 81

tumor that spreads beyond origin

Question 82

metastasize

Answer 82

to spread beyond its origin

Question 83

metastatic

Answer 83

pertaining to a metastasis or metastases

Question 84

mucosa

Answer 84

mucous membrane

Question 85

mucus

Answer 85

watery substance secreted by mucous membranes

Question 86

neonatal

Answer 86

pertaining to newborn

Question 87

neoplasm

Answer 87

new growth (tumor)

Question 88

neurodiagnostic

Answer 88

pertaining to diagnostic studies performed to examine the nervous system by detecting electrical changes

Question 89

oncologist

Answer 89

physician specialist in diseases involving tumors

Question 90

oncology

Answer 90

the science that studies tumors

Question 91

sarcoma

Answer 91

cancer of connective tissue

Question 92

tumor

Answer 92

abnormal growth of tissue