CCAC Quiz (Ch. 1-4)

aden/o

gland

arthr/o

joint

cardi/o

heart

cephal/o

head

cyst/o

urinary bladder

derm/o or dermat/o

skin

electr/o

electricity

enter/o

intestines

gastr/o

stomach

hem/o or hemat/o

blood

hepat/o

liver

nephr/o or ren/o

kidney

oste/o

bone

path/o

disease

rhin/o

nose

thromb/o

clot or clotting

abdomin/o

abdomen

anter/o

front

chondr/o

cartilage

cyt/o

cell

dist/o

far or distant

dors/o

back portion of the body

inguin/o

groin

later/o

side

medi/o

middle

poster/o

back or behind

proxim/o

nearest

thorac/o

chest

ventr/o

belly side of the body

-algia

pain

-cyte

cell

-ectomy

excision or removal

-gram

record

-itis

inflammation

-logy

process of study or study of

-osis

condition or usually abnormal

-pathy

disease condition

epi-

above or upon

hyper-

excessive, above, or more than normal

hypo-

deficient, below, under, or less than normal

retro-

behind

the spaces within the body that contain internal organs (viscera)

body cavities

anterior (ventral)

front of body

posterior (dorsal)

back of body

deep

further away from the body’s surface

superficial

closer to the body’s surface or the surface itself

proximal

a location that is closer to the center of the body or the point of attachment of a limb

distal

a location that is farther away from a point of reference, typically the center of the body or the origin of a structure

inferior

a position or structure that is below or lower than another

superior

a position or structure that is above or higher than another

adip/o

fat

erythr/o

red

trache/o

trachea (windpipe)

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid

-stomy

opening to form a mouth (stoma)

-oid

resembling

-rrhea

flow or discharge

ante-

before or forward

tachy-

fast

angi/o

vessel

leuk/o

white

cutane/o

skin

-megaly

enlargement

-tomy

incision or cutting into

-blast

embryonic or immature

ab-

away from

anti-

against

carcin/o

cancer

splen/o

spleen

-plasty

surgical repair

-therapy

treatment

-lapse

to slide, fall, or sag

ad-

toward

brady-

slow