Unit 1 - Terms on the Test

Question 1

gland

Answer 1

aden/o

Question 2

vessel

Answer 2

angi/o

Question 3

joint

Answer 3

arthr/o

Question 4

heart

Answer 4

cardi/o

Question 5

bile

Answer 5

chol/e

Question 6

bladder or fluid filled space

Answer 6

cyst/o

Question 7

cell

Answer 7

cyt/o

Question 8

skin

Answer 8

derm/at/o

Question 9

stomach

Answer 9

gastr/o

Question 10

sweet or sugar

Answer 10

glyc/o

Question 11

blood

Answer 11

hem/at/o

Question 12

stone

Answer 12

lith/o

Question 13

breast or nipple

Answer 13

mast/o

Question 14

muscle

Answer 14

myo

Question 15

kidney

Answer 15

nephr/o

Question 16

nervous system

Answer 16

neur/o

Question 17

testicles

Answer 17

orch/i/o

Question 18

bone

Answer 18

oste/o

Question 19

ear

Answer 19

ot/o

Question 20

hard

Answer 20

scler/o

Question 21

spleen

Answer 21

splen/o

Question 22

tendon

Answer 22

ten/o, tend/o

Question 23

thyroid gland

Answer 23

thyroid/o

Question 24

urine

Answer 24

ur/o

Question 25

vessel

Answer 25

vas/o

Question 26

Plural of plexus?

Answer 26

plexi

Question 27

Plural of necropsy?

Answer 27

necropsies

Question 28

Plural of plica?

Answer 28

plicae

Question 29

Plural of vertebra?

Answer 29

vertebrae

Question 30

Plural of diagnosis?

Answer 30

diagnoses

Question 31

Plural of appendix?

Answer 31

appendices

Question 32

Plural of bacterium?

Answer 32

bacteria

Question 33

Plural of ganglion?

Answer 33

ganglia

Question 34

Plural of spermatozoon?

Answer 34

spermatozoa

Question 35

Plural of carcinoma?

Answer 35

carcinomata

Question 36

a– or an–

Answer 36

not

Question 37

olig– or oligo–

Answer 37

several; a handful

Question 38

micro-

Answer 38

small

Question 39

di– or dia– or trans–

Answer 39

through

Question 40

hyper-

Answer 40

too much

Question 41

pan-

Answer 41

all; everything or everyone

Question 42

dys-

Answer 42

bad

Question 43

tachy-

Answer 43

fast

Question 44

meso-

Answer 44

in the middle

Question 45

endo- or intra-

Answer 45

inside

Question 46

–rrhea

Answer 46

abnormal flow

Question 47

–desis

Answer 47

binding together by a disease process

Question 48

–lysis

Answer 48

breaking down; destroying

Question 49

–poiesis

Answer 49

creation process

Question 50

–ectomy

Answer 50

cutting out of

Question 51

–pathy

Answer 51

disease process

Question 52

–ptosis

Answer 52

drooping

Question 53

–megaly

Answer 53

enlargement due to disease

Question 54

–itis

Answer 54

inflammation

Question 55

–algia or –dynia

Answer 55

pain

Question 56

–penia

Answer 56

low levels of

Question 57

–trophy

Answer 57

nourishment; growth

Question 58

–logist

Answer 58

someone who studies

Question 59

–rrhexis

Answer 59

rupture

Question 60

–malacia

Answer 60

softening due to disease

Question 61

–plasty

Answer 61

surgical revision

Question 62

–oma

Answer 62

tumor

Question 63

person who studies the heart

Answer 63

cardio-logist

Question 64

disease of the heart muscle

Answer 64

cardio-myo-pathy

Question 65

cutting into a joint

Answer 65

arthro-tomy

Question 66

condition of slow heartbeat

Answer 66

brady-cardia

Question 67

disease of a joint

Answer 67

arthro-pathy

Question 68

condition of no spleen

Answer 68

a-splen-ia

Question 69

enlargement of the heart

Answer 69

cardio-megaly

Question 70

pertaining to the heart and blood vessels

Answer 70

cardio-vascular

Question 71

inflammation of the heart

Answer 71

card-itis

Question 72

pain in the gall bladder

Answer 72

chole-cyst-algia

Question 73

surgical removal of the gall bladder

Answer 73

chole-cyst-ectomy

Question 74

inflammation of the gall bladder

Answer 74

chole-cyst-itis

Question 75

bursting of the urinary bladder

Answer 75

cysto-rrhexis

Question 76

pain in the urinary bladder

Answer 76

cysto-dynia

Question 77

inflammation of the urinary bladder and the tubes leading from the kidney

Answer 77

cysto-ureter-itis

Question 78

surgical removal of a stone in the urinary bladder

Answer 78

cysto-lith-ectomy

Question 79

pain in the skin

Answer 79

demat-algia

Question 80

inflammation of the skin

Answer 80

dermat-itis

Question 81

study of the skin

Answer 81

dermat-ology

Question 82

breakdown of the skin

Answer 82

dermato-lysis

Question 83

separation of urine from the body

Answer 83

di-uresis

Question 84

drug promoting the separation of urine from the body

Answer 84

di-uretic

Question 85

the inner lining of the heart

Answer 85

endo-card-ium

Question 86

inflammation of the inner lining of the heart

Answer 86

endo-card-itis

Question 87

an outside layer of the heart

Answer 87

epi-card-ium

Question 88

condition of abnormal or painful urination

Answer 88

dys-uria

Question 89

pertaining to an outside layer of the skin

Answer 89

epi-dermal

Question 90

an outside layer of the skin

Answer 90

epi-dermis

Question 91

inflammation of the stomach

Answer 91

gastr-itis

Question 92

pertaining to the stomach

Answer 92

gastr-ic

Question 93

surgical fixation of the stomach

Answer 93

gastro-pexy

Question 94

condition of sugar in the blood

Answer 94

glyc-emia

Question 95

condition of sugar in the urine

Answer 95

glycos-uria

Question 96

condition of enlarged breasts

Answer 96

macro-mastia

Question 97

abnormal change in cells of the blood

Answer 97

macro-cytosis

Question 98

cutting into the kidney to remove a stone

Answer 98

litho-nephro

Question 99

pertaining to a layer within the skin

Answer 99

intra-dermal

Question 100

condition of low thyroid function

Answer 100

hypo-thyroid-ism

Question 101

condition of small breasts

Answer 101

hypo-mastia