Rad Tech Medical Terminology Test #1

Test on 10/1

arthr/o

joint

card/i/o

heart

derm/o/ato

skin

gen/o

origin, cause, formation

ger/o/onto

old age

hem/a/ato

blood

iatr/o

physician

muscul/o

muscle

natal

birth, born

neur/o

nerve

os/teo

bone

path/o

disease

ped/ia

child

phren/o

diaphragm, mind

psych/o

mind

skelet/o

skeleton

tend/o, ten/o

tendon

epi-

upon, above, or in addition

micro-

small

peri-

around

post-

after

pre-

before

-al

adjective suffix

-algia

pain

-dynia

pain

-gen, -genesis

origin, cause, formation

-ic

adjective suffix denoting of

-itis

inflammation

-logy

study of

-pathy

disease

-scope

viewing, an instrument used for viewing

arter/i/o

artery

hydr/o

water

spin/o

spine

ante-

before

brady-

abnormally slow rate of speed

neo-

new

tachy-

rapid, abnormally high rate of speed

ab-

away from, outside of, beyond

ad-

toward, near to

con-

with, within

contra-

against

dia-

across, through

sym-

with

syn-

with, joined together

ec-

outside

ecto-

outside

en-

inside

endo-

within

ex-, exo-

outside

extra-

beyond

hyper-

above, beyond normal

hypo-

low, below, below normal

infra-

inside or below

inter-

between

intra-

inside, within

meso-

middle

meta-

beyond

pan-

all or everywhere

para-

alongside, near, disordered function

peri-

around

retro-

backward, behind

bi-

two

di-, dipl-

two, twice

hemi-

half

macro-

big

mono-

one

olig-, oligo-

a few, a little

pan-

all or everywhere

poly-

many

quadri-

four

semi-

half, partial

tetra-

four

tri-

three

uni-

one

a-, an-

not

anti-

against, opposed

de-

without

dis-

remove

dys-

painful, bad, difficult

anterior

toward the front of the body

cuadal

below; toward the feet

cephalic

above; toward the head

distal

farther from the point of attachment to the trunk

dorsal

toward the back of the body

inferior

below; toward the feet

lateral

away from the middle

medial

toward the midline of the body

posterior

toward the back of the body

prone

lying flat and face down

proximal

near the point of attachment to the trunk

superior

above; toward the head

supine

lying flat and face up

ventral

toward the front of the body

cervical

adjective meaning neck

cervix

noun meaning neck

coccygeal

adjective for tailbone

coccyx

small, fused bones at the end of the vertebral column; tailbone

epigastric

area superior to the stomach

hypochondriac

below the ribcage; also used as a noun to refer to a person whose illnesses are imaginary