Unit 1

Question 1

Acr/o

Answer 1

Extremities

Question 2

Megal/o

Answer 2

Enlarged

Question 3

-y

Answer 3

Suffix meaning the process or condition

Question 4

Dermat/o

Answer 4

Skin

Question 5

-logy

Answer 5

Study of

Question 6

-logist

Answer 6

One who studies

Question 7

-logos

Answer 7

Greek for study

Question 8

-itis

Answer 8

Inflammation

Question 9

-osis

Answer 9

Condition, status, process

Question 10

Cyan/o

Answer 10

Blueness

Question 11

-tic

Answer 11

Adj. Suffix for pertaining to

Question 12

-tome

Answer 12

Cutting instrument

Question 13

-tomy

Answer 13

To cut into

Incise

Question 14

-ectomy

Answer 14

To cut out

Excise

Question 15

-ostomy

Answer 15

To form a new opening

Surgical

Question 16

-gram

Answer 16

Suffix for something written or drawn

A record or picture made by an instrument

Question 17

-graph

Answer 17

Instrument used to record data

Question 18

-graphy

Answer 18

The process of making a picture

Question 19

-grapher

Answer 19

A person who records the data

Question 20

Tomography

Answer 20

A radiographic procedure that uses X-rays to produce images of a slice or plane of the body

Question 21

MRI

Answer 21

Magnetic resonance imaging

Question 22

CT

Answer 22

Computed tomography

Question 23

PET

Answer 23

Positron emission tomography

Question 24

SPECT

Answer 24

Some photon emission computed tomography

Question 25

Path/o

Answer 25

Disease | -pathy is suffix

Question 26

Leuk/o

Answer 26

White

Question 27

Melan/o

Answer 27

Black | Dark pigment

Question 28

Erythr/o

Answer 28

Red

Question 29

Chlor/o

Answer 29

Green

Question 30

Xanth/o

Answer 30

Yellow

Question 31

-cyte

Answer 31

Cell

Question 32

-blast

Answer 32

Embryonic, immature cells

Question 33

-emia

Answer 33

Blood condition

Question 34

Hema

Answer 34

Blood

Question 35

Erythema

Answer 35

Abnormal flushing is skin caused by dialation of callipers

Question 36

Erythremia

Answer 36

Abnormally red blood condition to too many erythrocytes

Question 37

Erythroderma

Answer 37

Redness of the skin

Question 38

Cut/o

Answer 38

Cells | Smallest structural unit or all living organisms

Question 39

-meter

Answer 39

An instrument used to measure or count something

Question 40

-metry

Answer 40

The process of measuring or counting something

Question 41

Red blood cells

Answer 41

Erythrocytes

Question 42

White blood cells

Answer 42

Leukocytes

Question 43

Granular leukocytes | 3

Answer 43

Eosinophils Neutrophils Basophils

Question 44

Agranular leukocytes

Answer 44

Monocytes | Lymphocytes (t cells, b cells, plasma cells)

Question 45

Thromb/o

Answer 45

Blood clot | Thrombocytes: Platelets

Question 46

Wandering macrophages

Answer 46

Phagocytes

Question 47

-penia

Answer 47

Decrease, not enough

Question 48

-osis

Answer 48

Condition Indicates an increase in number of blood cells Erythr/o/cyt/osis

Question 49

Leukemia

Answer 49

A condition of white blood Blood cancer There are too many immature leukocytes in the blood

Question 50

Lymph/o

Answer 50

Lymphatic system

Question 51

Lympha

Answer 51

Water or liquid

Question 52

Lymphocytes

Answer 52

A type of WBC produced by the lymphatic system

Question 53

Hist/o

Answer 53

Tissues

Question 54

Cardi/o

Answer 54

Heart

Question 55

EKG or ECG

Answer 55

Electr/o/cardi/o/gram | Record of electrical waves given off by the heart

Question 56

Gastr/o

Answer 56

Stomach

Question 57

-ia

Answer 57

Condition

Question 58

Gastritis

Answer 58

White blood cells causing inflammation

Question 59

Mania

Answer 59

Madness | A condition of madness or excessive preoccupation

Question 60

- ic | - ac

Answer 60

Pertaining to

Question 61

Son/o

Answer 61

Sounds

Question 62

Son/o/gram

Answer 62

A picture made using sound waves (ultrasound) with sonography

Question 63

Ech/o

Answer 63

Sounds made by reflected sound waves

Question 64

Ech/o/cardi/o/gram

Answer 64

A record of sounds waves reflected through the heart

Question 65

Radi/o

Answer 65

Radiation

Question 66

Radius

Answer 66

Ray coming from a central point

Question 67

Radi/o/gram

Answer 67

A picture made by using X-ray | radiograph

Question 68

-algia

Answer 68

Pain | Starts with vowel root word is used rather than the combining form

Question 69

Duoden/o

Answer 69

Duodenum | First part of small intestine that connects with the stomach

Question 70

-al

Answer 70

Pertaining to Adj suffix Duodenal ulcer Duodenal lesion

Question 71

ACVD

Answer 71

Acute cardiovascular disease

Question 72

ALL

Answer 72

Acute lymphocytic leukemia

Question 73

CBC

Answer 73

Complete blood count

Question 74

CCU

Answer 74

Cardiac (coronary) care unit

Question 75

CE

Answer 75

Cardiac enlargement

Question 76

CPK

Answer 76

Creatine phosphokinase | Cardiac enzyme

Question 77

DMS

Answer 77

Diagnostic medical sonography

Question 78

ECHO

Answer 78

Echocardiogram

Question 79

ER

Answer 79

Emergency room

Question 80

GA

Answer 80

Gastric analysis

Question 81

GI

Answer 81

Gastrointestinal

Question 82

LDH

Answer 82

Lactic dehydrogenase | Cardiac enzyme

Question 83

Ra

Answer 83

Radium

Question 84

RATx (RT)

Answer 84

Radiation therapy