chap. 2 terminology Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
abdomin/o | abdomen |
adip/o | fat |
anter/o | front |
bol/o | to cast (throw) |
cervic/o | neck (of the body or of the uterus |
chrondr/o | cartilage |
chromo/o | color |
coccyg/o | coccyx (tailbone) |
crani/o | skull |
cyt/o | cell |
dist/o | far, distant |
dors/o | back portion of the body |
hist/o | tissue |
ili/o | ilium (part of the pelvic bone) |
inguin/o | groin |
kary/o | nucleus |
later/o | side |
lumb/o | lower back ( side and between the ribs and the pelvis |
medi/o | middle |
nucle/o | necleus |
pelv/o | hip, pelvic cavity |
poster/o | back, behind |
proxim/o | nearest |
sacr/o | sacrum |
sarc/o | flesh |
spin/o | spine, backbone |
thel/o | nipple |
thorac/o | chest |
trache/o | trachea, windpipe |
umbilic/o | bavel, umbilicus |
ventr/o | belly side of the body |
vertebr/o | vertebrae, backbone |
visceri/o | internal organs |
ana- | up |
cata- | down |
epi- | above |
hypo- | below |
inter- | between |
meta- | change |
-eal | pertaining to |
-iac | pertaining to |
-ior | pertaining to |
-ism | process |
-ose | pertaining to |
-plasm | formation |
-somes | bodies |
-type | picture, classification |
craniotomy | removal of a diseased or injured portion of the brain |
thoracotomy | open- heart surgery, or removal of lung tissue |
diskectomy | relieving of systoms of a bulging intervertebral pad of cartilage |
mediastinoscopy | inspection of lymph nodes* in the region between the lungs |
tracheotomy | emergency effort to remove foreign material from the windpipe |
laryngectomy | removal of a squamous cell, carcinoma in the voicebox |
arthroscopy | inspection and repair of torn cartilage in the knee |
peritoneoscopy | inspection of abdominal organs and removal of diseased tissue |
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