Medical Terminology Questions and Answers 100% pass

Medical Terminology Questions and Answers 100% pass Artery - ANS- Word element- arteri Artére, arteria, pulsader Mast - ANS- root word derived from the greek word for breast -ectomy - ANS- suffix meaning "removal of" Mastectomy - ANS- removal of the breast psychology - ANS- psych comes from the greek word for "mind" -logy: "the study of" pathology - ANS- the study of disease path means "diease" dermatology - ANS- the study of skin dermat means "skin" gerontology - ANS- the study of the elderly geront means "elderly" root - ANS- reveals central meaning of the word and frequently describes a body part periarthritis - ANS- arthr means "joint" and it the root of the word suffix - ANS- comes at the end of the word and adds meaning to the root -itis means "inflammation of" -algia means "pain" -oma means "tumor" NOT ALL TERMS HAVE A SUFFIX Mastitis - ANS- inflammation of the breast Gastritis - ANS- inflammation of the stomach Arthritis - ANS- inflammation of the joint Arthrectomy - ANS- removal of a joint Prefix - ANS- always come at the beginning of a word and frequently suggests info about the number of parts, location of the organ, direction, time, or frequency Hyper - ANS- prefix meaning "over, above, excessive" peri - ANS- prefix meaning "around" tachy - ANS- prefix meaning "rapid, fast" epi - ANS- prefix meaning "upon, over" tri - ANS- prefix meaning "three" Hypergastric - ANS- above the stomach periarthritis - ANS- inflammation around the joint tachycardia - ANS- rapid heart rate Gastroenteritis - ANS- inflammation of the stomach and intestines Enter - ANS- root means "intestines" Combining vowel (between roots) - ANS- vowel put in the middle of 2 roots to combine them in the term "gastrOenteritis" gastr: stomach, enter: intestines, itis: intestines Combining vowel (root and suffix) - ANS- card/i/o/logy- study of the heart psych/o - ANS- mind path/o - ANS- disease arthr/o - ANS- joint derm/o, dermat/o - ANS- skin gastroscopy - ANS- visual examination of the stomach singular--plural - ANS- a=ae ax=aces is=es ix, ex=ices um=a us=i y=ies bronch/o - ANS- bronchus cardi/o - ANS- heart ger/o, geront/o - ANS- aged hem/o, hemat/o - ANS- blood hep/o, hepat/o - ANS- liver neur/o - ANS- a nerve cell, the nervous system oste/o - ANS- bone -ac, al, ar, ia, ic, ory - ANS- pertaining to -algia - ANS- pain -centesis - ANS- surgical puncture -cyte - ANS- cell -ectomy - ANS- removal -graph - ANS- to write, record -ist - ANS- one who specializes -itis - ANS- inflammation -logy - ANS- the study of -megaly - ANS- enlargement -oma - ANS- tumor path/y - ANS- disease -scope - ANS- an instrument to view