Medical Terminology Ch. 1-3 (Test 1)

Front 1

Word root

Back 1

Foundation of a medical term and contains its primary meaning

Front 2

Explain the origin of word roots.

Back 2

*Latin=anatomical parts
*Greek=all other examples

Front 3

Skin
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 3

Demat
Cutane

Word root

Front 4

Kidney
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 4

Neph
Ren

Word root

Front 5

Mouth
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 5

Stomat
Or

Word root

Front 6

Combining form

Back 6

When a word root is combined with a vowel allowing 2 elements to be connected

usually an o but sometimes an i

Front 7

Suffix

Back 7

Element at the end of a word

Front 8

Origins of suffixes

Back 8

Greek or Latin

Front 9

Inflammation
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 9

-itis

Suffix

Front 10

Enlargement
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 10

-megaly

Suffix

Front 11

Stomat
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 11

Mouth

Word root

Front 12

Or
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 12

Mouth

Word root

Front 13

Demat
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 13

Skin

Word root

Front 14

Cutane
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 14

Skin

Word root

Front 15

Nephr
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 15

Kidney

Front 16

Ren
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 16

Kidney

Word root

Front 17

-megaly
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 17

enlargement

Suffix

Front 18

-oma
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 18

tumor

Suffix

Front 19

tumor
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 19

-oma

Suffix

Front 20

gastr/o
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 20

stomach

Gastr=word root
o=combining form

Front 21

Stomach
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 21

gastr/o

Gastr=word root
o=combining form

Front 22

Hepat/o

(What part of a word is this?)

Back 22

liver

Hepat=word root
o=combining form

Front 23

Liver
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 23

Hepat/o

Hepat=word root
o=combining form

Front 24

Prefix

Back 24

Word element attached to the beginning or a word or word root showing number, time, position, direction or negation.

Front 25

What language are suffixes used in?

Back 25

English

Front 26

an-
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 26

without, not

Prefix

Front 27

Without, not
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 27

-an

Prefix

Front 28

ethes
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 28

feeling

word root

Front 29

feeling
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 29

esthes

word root

Front 30

hyper-
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 30

excessive, above normal

prefix

Front 31

excessive, above normal
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 31

hyper-

prefix

Front 32

therm
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 32

heat

word root

Front 33

intra-
(What part of a word is this?)
(What description applies to this?)

Back 33

in, within

prefix

direction

Front 34

in, within
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 34

intra-

prefix

Front 35

muscl
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 35

muscle

word root

Front 36

muscle
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 36

muscl

word root

Front 37

para-
(What part of a word is this?)
(What description applies to this?)

Back 37

near, beside, beyond

prefix

direction

Front 38

near, beside, beyond
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 38

para-

prefix

Front 39

poly-
(What part of a word is this?)
(What description applies to this?)

Back 39

many, much

prefix

number and measurement

Front 40

many, much
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 40

poly-

prefix

Front 41

pre-
(What part of a word is this?)
(What description applies to this?)

Back 41

before, in front of

prefix

position

Front 42

before, in front of
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 42

pre-

prefix

position

Front 43

ur
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 43

urine

word root

Front 44

urine
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 44

ur

word root

Front 45

-ia
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 45

condition

suffix

Front 46

condition
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 46

-ia

suffix

Front 47

nat
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 47

birth

word root

Front 48

birth
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 48

nat

word root

Front 49

-al
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 49

pertaining to

suffix

Front 50

pertaining to
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 50

-al

suffix

Front 51

Explain the 3 steps in defining medical words.

Back 51

1. Define the ending
2. Define the beginning
3. Define the middle

Front 52

enter/

Back 52

intestine

Front 53

What are the three steps to building medical words?

Back 53

1. Word root links a suffix that begins with a vowel.
2. A combining form (root+o) links a suffix that begins with a consonant.
3. A combining form links one root to another to form a compound word.

Front 54

Oste/o
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 54

Bone

combining form

Front 55

Bone
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 55

Oste/o

combining form

Front 56

Chondr
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 56

cartilage

word root

Front 57

cartilage
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 57

chondr

word root

Front 58

arthr
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 58

joint

word root

Front 59

joint
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 59

arthr

word root

Front 60

hemat
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 60

blood

word roots

Front 61

blood
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 61

hemat

word roots

Front 62

-dynia
(What part of a word is this?)
(What description applies to this?)

Back 62

pain

suffix

diagnostic, pathological, and related suffix

Front 63

pain
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 63

-dynia

suffix

Front 64

-logy
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 64

study of

suffix

Front 65

-dynia
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 65

pain

suffix

Front 66

study of
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 66

-logy

suffix

Front 67

-centesis
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 67

surgical puncture

suffix

Front 68

surgical puncture
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 68

-centesis

suffix

Front 69

encephal/o
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 69

brain

combining form

Front 70

brain
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 70

encephal/o

combining form

Front 71

mening
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 71

meninges

word root

Front 72

meninges
(What part of a word is this?)

Back 72

mening

word root

Front 73

How are suffixes linked?

Back 73

1. start with a vowel are linked with a root
2. start with a consonant are linked with a combining form