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CMAA terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Arthr/o | joint |
| Bi/o | life |
| Cardi/o | heart |
| Carcin/o | cancerous, cancer |
| Cephal/o | head |
| Cerebr/o | cerebrum (largest part of the brain) |
| Cyt/o | cell |
| Dent/I | teeth |
| Derm/o | skin |
| Electr/o | electrical activity |
| Enter/o | intestines |
| Fet/o | fetus |
| Gastr/o | stomach |
| Hepat/o | liver |
| Iatr/o | treatment, physician |
| Leuk/o | white |
| Nephr/o | kidney |
| Oste/o | bone |
| Path/o | disease |
| Ren/o | kidney |
| Rhin/o | nose |
| Sarc/o | flesh |
| Thromb/o | clotting |
| Ur/o | urinary tract |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -genic | produced by, pertaining to producing |
| -globin | protein |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -oma | tumor, mass swelling |
| -osis | condition, usually abnormal |
| -pathy | disease condition |
| -sis | state of; condition |
| Ante- | before, in front of |
| Anti- | against |
| Brady- | slow |
| Dia- | through, complete |
| End-, endo- | within |
| Epi- | above, upon |
| Hyper- | excessive, above more than normal |
| Hypo- | deficient, below, under less than normal |
| Peri- | surrounding, around |
| Pre- | before |
| Sub- | under, below |
| -ectomy | excision |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -metry | process of measurement |
| -scopy | a visual examination |
| -stomy | a new opening |
| -tomy | incision |
| -tripsy | process of crushing |
| -graph | an instrument/machine to record |
| -meter | an instrument to measure |
| -scope | an instrument to visually or aurally examine |
| -tome | an instrument to cut |
| -tripter | an instrument to crush |
| -trite | an instrument to crush |
| Musculoskeletal | support, movement, protection and includes muscles, bones, joints, bone marrow |
| Integumentary | protection and includes skin, hair, nails |
| Gastrointestinal | nutrition and includes stomach, intestines |
| Urinary | elimination of nitrogenous waste and includes kidneys, bladder, ureters, urethra |
| Reproductive | reproduction and includes ovaries, testes |
| Blood/Lymphatic | transportation and includes blood cells |
| Immune | protection |
| Cardiovascular | transportation and includes lymph glands, heart, vessels |
| Respiratory | delivers oxygen to cells, removes carbon dioxide and includes lungs, bronchi, trachea |
| Nervous/Behavioral | receive/process information and includes brain, nerves, mind |
| Endocrine | effects changes through chemical messengers and includes pancreas, thyroid |
| Anterior (ventral) | front surface of the body |
| Posterior (dorsal) | back side of the body |
| Deep | away from the surface |
| Proximal | near the point of attachment to the trunk or near the beginning of a structure |
| Distal | far from the point of attachment to the trunk or far from the beginning of a structure |
| Inferior | below another structure |
| Superior | above another structure |
| Medial | pertaining to the middle or nearer the medial plane of the body |
| Lateral | pertaining to the side |
| Supine | lying on the back |
| Prone | lying on the belly |
Created by:
mirandagener