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HW- Ch 5A (4 old)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acronyms | group of letters taken from the first letter of a phrase |
| combining forms | consist of word roots plus a vowel usually the letter "o" separated from the word with a slash mark |
| combining vowel | the letter "o" |
| consonant | any letter except (A, E, I, O, U) |
| eponyms | many medical terms that identify disease body structures and procedures are named for the person who identified them |
| medical terminology | is essential to your career in healthcare |
| prefixes | word parts that are attached to the beginning of word roots and combining forms to add or change their meaning |
| suffixes | word parts that are attached to the end of word roots and combining forms to add to or change their meaning |
| word parts | medical terms are composed of several parts |
| word root | part of the medical term that gives the main meaning |
| kardia (Greek) | heart |
| cardi/o | heart |
| derm (Greek) | skin |
| derm/o | skin |
| enteron (Greek) | small intestines |
| enter/o | small intestines |
| bucca (latin) | cheek |
| bucca/o | cheek |
| lumbus (latin) | loin (lower part of your back) |
| lumb/o | loin (lower part of your back) |
| mykes | mushroom, fungus |
| myc/o | mushroom, fungus |
| vivere (latin) | life |
| viv/o | life |
| adip/o lip/o steat/o | fat |
| lapar/o | abdominal wall |
| arteri/o | artery |
| laryng/o | voice box, larynx |
| arthr/o | joint |
| myel/o | spinal cord |
| axill/o | armpit |
| my/o muscul/o | muscle |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| nas/o rhin/o | nose |
| cardi/o | heart |
| neur/o | nerve |
| cephal/o | head |
| ophthalm/o ocular/o | eye |
| cerebral/o excephal/o | cerebrum, brain |
| or/o stomat/o | mouth |
| cervic/o | neck |
| oste/o | bone |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| ot/o | ear |
| col/o | large intestine |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| cost/o | rib |
| pharyng/o | throat |
| crani/o | skull |
| pneum/o pneumon/o | lung |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder |
| ren/o nephr/o | kidneys |
| cyt/o | cell |
| splen/o | spleen |
| derm/o dermat/o | skin |
| thorac/o | chest |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| trache/o | windpipe, trachea |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| ven/o phleb/o | vein |
| hem/o hemat/o | blood |
| vertebr/o | vertebra |
| heapt/o | liver |
| cyan/o | blue |
| erythr/o | red |
| leuk/o | white |
| melan/o | black |
| poli/o | gray |
| phren/o | diaphragm |
| appendic/o | vermiform appendix |
| rect/o proct/o | rectum |
| cardiomegaly | enlarged heart |
| gastritis | inflammation of the stomach |
| appendicitis | inflammation of the appendix |
| appendectomy | removal of the appendix |
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