mmsc 200 exam 1

prefix

attached to beginning of a medical term to modify the unique meaning derived from root

prefix often indicates

often indicates number, direction, orientation, time, negation

root

fundamental meaning of a medical term * core of the word

combining vowel

used to ease pronunciation - usually an "o". A combining vowel is used to connect two word roots or a word root and a suffix

suffix

word ending. Suffix is attached to end of a root (or rarely to prefix) to modify its meaning. often indicates a procedure or instrument

all medical terms must have a

suffix

most medical terms have at least one

root

Some medical terms do NOT have

a prefix or combining vowel, although they all have suffix

When a suffix begins with a vowel

the combining vowel is usually omitted

Prefix can be directly attached to a root without

the combining vowel "o"

hemat

blood

-logy

study of

electr

electricity

cardi

heart

-gram

record of information generated from an analyzer

gastr

stomach

-itis

inflammation

sub

under

-ic

pertaining to

aden/o

gland

arthr/o

joint

bi/o

life

carcin/o

cancer

cardi/o

heart

cephal/o

head

cerebr/o

cerebrum

cis/o

to cut

crin/o

to secrete

cyst/o

urinary bladder

cyt/o

cell

derm/o or dermat/o

skin

electr/o

electricity

encephal/o

brain

enter/o

intestines

erythr/o

red

glyc/o

sugar

gnos/o

knowledge

gynec/o

female

hepat/o

liver

iatr/o

treatment, physician

leuk/o

white

nephr/o

kidney

neur/o

nerve

onc/o

tumor

ophthalm/o

eye

oste/o

bone

path/o

disease

ped/o

child

psych/o

mind

radi/o

x-rays

ren/o

kidney

rhin/o

nose

sarc/o

flesh

sect/o

to cut

thromb/o

clot

ur/o

urine, urinary tract

-ac or -al

pertaining to

-algia

pain

-cyte

cell

-ectomy

excision, removal

-emia

blood condition

-genic

produced by or in

-globin

protein

-ic or -ical

pertaining to

-ion

process

-ist

specialist

-oma

tumor

-opsy

process of viewing

-osis

abnormal condition

-pathy

disease condition

-scope

instrument for viewing

-scopy

process of visually examining

-sis

condition

-tomy

to cut

-y

process, condition

a-, an- prefix

not, without

aut-, auto-

self

dia-

through, across

endo-

within

epi-

above

ex-, exo-

out, outside of, outward

hyper-

excessive

hypo-

below

in-

into

peri-

surrounding

pro-

before

re-

back, again

retro-

behind

trans-

across

cell

fundamental unit of life

nervous tissue conducts

impulses all over body

epithelial tissues covers

the whole outer surface of the body and forms the linings of internal organs.

epithelial cells are made up of

cells closely packed and ranged in one or more layers.

connective tissue

a type of tissues that includes fat and cartilage

organs

groups of tissues that work together (skin,liver,lungs,kidney)

systems

one or more organs working together

body cavity

the spaces within the body that contain internal organs

cranial cavity includes

Brain and pituitary gland

thoracic cavity includes

Lungs, heart, esophagus, trachea, bronchial tubes, thymus gland, aorta

abdominal cavity includes

Stomach, small and large intestines, spleen, pancreas, liver, gall bladder