Medical Term Exam 1

Front 1

pleura

Back 1

pleurae

Front 2

appendix

Back 2

appendices

Front 3

fibroma

Back 3

fibromata

Front 4

thrombus

Back 4

thrombi

Front 5

word root, prefix, suffix

Back 5

when defining a medical word, with the suffix, next the prefix, and then the word roots

Front 6

prefix
backward, behind

Back 6

retro-

Front 7

not

Back 7

non, Im-,In-, a-, or, an-

Front 8

Near, beside, two like parts, beyond

Back 8

Para

Front 9

outside

Back 9

Ecto-ex-extra

Front 10

Contra-

Back 10

against

Front 11

Meso-

Back 11

middle

Front 12

Pan-

Back 12

all

Front 13

primi-

Back 13

first

Front 14

suffix
decrease in; deficiency

Back 14

-penia

Front 15

surgical removal

Back 15

-ectomy

Front 16

Inflammation

Back 16

-itis

Front 17

Presence or formation of stones

Back 17

-lithiasis

Front 18

-pathy

Back 18

disease

Front 19

-ptosis

Back 19

drooping or prolapse

Front 20

-cele

Back 20

swelling or herniation

Front 21

-genesis

Back 21

generating

Front 22

If the suffix begins with a vowel

Back 22

the word root attaches directly to the suffix

Front 23

if the suffix begins with a consonant

Back 23

add a combining vowel to the word root

Front 24

the suffix -rrhexis means rupture

Back 24

true

Front 25

the suffixes -ole,-ula and -ule

Back 25

mean small or little

Front 26

above, over

Back 26

supra-

Front 27

four

Back 27

quadri-

Front 28

within

Back 28

intra-

Front 29

many, much, excessive

Back 29

poly-

Front 30

beneath, below, under

Back 30

infra-

Front 31

within, inner

Back 31

endo-

Front 32

together, with

Back 32

con-

Front 33

toward, increase

Back 33

ad-

Front 34

away from

Back 34

ab-

Front 35

under, below, beneath, less than normal

Back 35

hypo-

Front 36

before, in front

Back 36

ante-

Front 37

against

Back 37

anti-

Front 38

around

Back 38

peri-

Front 39

water

Back 39

hydro-

Front 40

across

Back 40

trans-

Front 41

what is the work root plus a special vowel called?

Back 41

a combining form

Front 42

a group of prefixes that expresses number

Back 42

bi,milli,mono

Front 43

which suffix means crushing or breaking up?

Back 43

clasis

Front 44

suffixes indicates pain?

Back 44

-algia, -dynia

Front 45

suffix -oma refers to a

Back 45

tumer

Front 46

makes all body movement possible

Back 46

muscle

Front 47

forms the outer skin and lines internal organs

Back 47

epithelial

Front 48

receives stimuli and responds to stimuli

Back 48

nervous

Front 49

supports and protects body structures; has many forms including liquid, fatty, fibrous, cartilage, and solid

Back 49

connective

Front 50

the three types of muscle tissue are/

Back 50

1. skeletal
2.smooth
3. cardiac

Front 51

superficial

Back 51

pertaining to the surface of the body; near the surface

Front 52

anterior

Back 52

pertaining to the front of the body; frontward, anterior

Front 53

ventral

Back 53

toward the belly of the body; frontward, anterior

Front 54

medial

Back 54

toward the midline of the body

Front 55

superior

Back 55

above, or upward toward the head

Front 56

cranial

Back 56

pertaining to the head

Front 57

proximal

Back 57

toward or nearest to the trunk of the body; nearest to the point of orgin of a body part.

Front 58

study plains

Back 58

1. coronal
2.midsagittal
3.transverse
4.dorsum
5.planter
6.anatomical