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wccpt8unit1
wccpt8unit1exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| word root | The foundation of the word |
| Prefix | Beginning part of the word |
| Suffix | End of the word |
| Combining vowel | Links a word root to another word root or a suffix |
| Arter | Artery |
| Arthr | joint |
| Bronch | Bronchus |
| Carcin | cancer |
| Cardi | Heart |
| Derma | skin |
| Enter | Abdomen intestine |
| Gluc | sugar |
| Hemat | blood |
| Hepat | blood |
| Lipid | fat |
| My | muscle |
| Neur | Nerve |
| Oste | Bone |
| Phleb | Vein |
| Rhine | nose |
| Thromb | Blood Clot |
| Vas | Blood Vessel |
| A-, an | without |
| Angio | Blood or lymph vessel |
| Ante | Before |
| Arterio | Artery |
| Bio | living organisms |
| Brady | slow |
| Cide | kill |
| Cervic | neck |
| Contra | Against |
| De- | remove from |
| Dys | Abnormal |
| Endo | Inside |
| Hyper | too much; high |
| Hypo | Too little; low |
| Macro | large |
| poly | much |
| Phag | eat |
| post | after |
| Pre | before |
| psych | mind |
| pulmo | lung |
| tachy | too fast |
| Vaso | blood vessels |
| Algia | painful |
| Ectomy | surgical removal |
| Emia | blood condition |
| Pnea | to breath |
| ia | condition of |
| Ism | state of |
| itis | inflammation |
| Logy | study of |
| oma | tumor, lump,swelling |
| ostomy | surgical opening |
| pathy | disease |
| Penia | deficiency |
| tension | pressure |
| rrhea | abnormal flow |
| scope | instrument |
| Abdomin/o | pertaing to abdomen |
| Cephal/o | pertaining to head |
| Dermat/o | inflammation of the skin |
| Crani/o | Pertaining to the skull |
| lip/o | removal of fat |
| Anter/o | pertaining to front |
| what are the four types of tissue? | M,N,E,C muscle, nervous, epithlial, connective |
| the study of tissue is called | histology |
| what are the three types of muscle tissue? | S,C,S skeletal, cardiac, smooth |
| are skeletal tissues voluntary or involuntary? | voluntary |
| Cardiac muscle tissue is | Only around the heart, and are involuntary |
| Smooth muscles are | found in organs and are involuntary |
| Nervous tissue are made of theese two cells | Neurons, Neuroglia |
| Stratified Squamous is | The first protective layer of the skin after the outer layers of the skin are penetrated |
| Connective tissue serves three primary porposes | Nerve supply, blood supply, Structure |
| what are the four most important forms of connective tissue? | C,B,B,L Cartilage, Bone, Blood, Lymph |
| Cartilage | Provides for elasticity |
| Bone | Provides structure to the skelital system and is the site for muscle tissue |
| Blood | transports nutrients and oxygen to all of the body's cells |
| Lymph | Filters produces antibodies and destroys bacteria |