VET health

Question 1

Prefix

Answer 1

A prefix is a word part placed at the beginning of a term to modify or change its meaning, often indicating location, direction, time, number, or status.

Question 2

Root word

Answer 2

A root word is the core part of a medical term that provides its primary meaning. It usually refers to a body part or system.

Question 3

Suffix

Answer 3

A suffix is a word part added to the end of a root word to modify its meaning, often indicating a condition, disease, procedure, or process.

Question 4

prefix: Epi

Answer 4

above

Question 5

prefix: Para

Answer 5

beside

Question 6

prefix: peri

Answer 6

around/ surrounding

Question 7

prefix: hyper

Answer 7

too much (excessive)

Question 8

prefix: hypo

Answer 8

not enough (deficient)

Question 9

prefix: pre

Answer 9

before ; preceding

Question 10

prefix: A

Answer 10

without or absent

Question 11

prefix: tachy

Answer 11

rapid (faster than normal limits)

Question 12

suffix: logy

Answer 12

the study of

Question 12

prefix: brady

Answer 12

slow (slower than normal limits)

Question 13

suffix: logist

Answer 13

specialist in the study of

Question 14

suffix: ectomy

Answer 14

surgical removal of/ excision

Question 15

suffix: itis

Answer 15

inflammation

Question 16

suffix: uria

Answer 16

in the urine/ about the urine

Question 17

suffix: ous, ic, ac

Answer 17

pertaining to… / about..

Question 18

suffix: oma

Answer 18

tumor

Question 19

suffix: plegia

Answer 19

paralysis or stroke

Question 20

suffix: emia

Answer 20

in the blood or about the blood

Question 21

anatomy

Answer 21

structure

Question 22

physiology

Answer 22

function

Question 23

pathology

Answer 23

disease

Question 24

root: arthr

Answer 24

joint

Question 25

root: cardi

Answer 25

heart

Question 26

root: dermat

Answer 26

skin

Question 27

root: haemat / haem

Answer 27

blood

Question 28

prefix: ab

Answer 28

away from

Question 29

prefix: ad

Answer 29

to / toward

Question 30

prefix: ect, ecto

Answer 30

outer / outside

Question 31

prefix: en, end, endo

Answer 31

in / within

Question 32

prefix: ex, exo

Answer 32

out of, away from

Question 33

prefix: infra

Answer 33

below / beneath

Question 34

prefix: inter

Answer 34

between

Question 35

prefix: intra

Answer 35

within

Question 36

prefix: per

Answer 36

through

Question 37

prefix: post

Answer 37

after / behind

Question 38

prefix: pre

Answer 38

before (in time or space)

Question 39

prefix: sub

Answer 39

below / beneath

Question 40

prefix: super, supra

Answer 40

above

Question 41

prefix: sym, syn

Answer 41

together / with

Question 42

prefix: trans

Answer 42

across / through

Question 43

prefix: anti, contra

Answer 43

against

Question 44

prefix: circum

Answer 44

around

Question 45

prefix: dorsi, dorso, re, retro

Answer 45

back

Question 46

prefix: opistho, retro

Answer 46

backward

Question 47

prefix: ante, ventr

Answer 47

before / front

Question 48

prefix: de

Answer 48

down

Question 49

prefix: laevo

Answer 49

left

Question 50

prefix: medi, meso

Answer 50

middle

Question 51

prefix: dextro

Answer 51

right

Question 52

prefix: later

Answer 52

side

Question 53

superior

Answer 53

above (toward the head

Question 54

inferior

Answer 54

below (away from the head

Question 55

medial

Answer 55

middle (closer to midline)

Question 56

lateral

Answer 56

side (further from midline)

Question 57

anterior

Answer 57

infront

Question 58

posterior

Answer 58

behind

Question 59

proximal

Answer 59

closer to origin of a part (often limb)

Question 60

distal

Answer 60

further from origin of a part (often limb)

Question 61

superficial

Answer 61

closer to the skin

Question 62

deep

Answer 62

further from the skin

Question 63

internal

Answer 63

inside

Question 64

external

Answer 64

outer/outside

Question 65

ventral

Answer 65

'belly' closer to the belly surface

Question 66

dorsal

Answer 66

'back' closer to the back surface

Question 67

palmar

Answer 67

opposite surface to the dorsum of the hand

Question 68

plantar

Answer 68

opposite surface to the dorsum of the foot

Question 69

Bilateral

Answer 69

paired structures on both left and right sides of the body

Question 70

unilateral

Answer 70

unpaired structure on just one side of the body (L/R)

Question 71

ipsilateral

Answer 71

structures on the same side of the body

Question 72

contralateral

Answer 72

structures on the opposite side of the body

Question 73

Frontal (coronal plane)

Answer 73

a vertical plane that divides the body into front and back portions

Question 74

saggital (lateral plane)

Answer 74

a vertical plane that divides the body into right and left sides

Question 75

transverse (axial plane)

Answer 75

a horizontal plane that divides the body into upper and lower portions (creating a cross section)