HIM 111 Exam 1 Questions with Verified Solutions Latest Update 2026/2027
encephal/o - Answers brain
cardi/o - Answers heart
brachi/o - Answers arm
pelv/o - Answers pelvis
pod/o - Answers foot
hepat/o - Answers liver
gastr/o - Answers stomach
-itis - Answers inflammation
ilium - Answers part of the hip bone. Memory aid: "il-i-um" is spelled with an "I" as in "hip"
ileum - Answers the last and longest portion of the small intEstine
cephal - Answers head
oste - Answers bone
neur - Answers nerve
enter - Answers intestine
carcin - Answers cancer
path - Answers disease
leuk - Answers white
erythr - Answers red
cyst - Answers bladder
cyt - Answers cell
cis - Answers to cut
bi - Answers life
-pathy - Answers disease
-cyte - Answers cell
, -osis - Answers abnormal condition
-ectomy - Answers removal or excision
-tomy - Answers cutting into or incision
-itis - Answers inflammation
-logy - Answers study
-opsy - Answers view of
-emia - Answers blood condition
-oma - Answers tumor
-ic - Answers pertaining to
-scopy - Answers visual examination
-ion - Answers process
dermal - Answers pertaining to the skin
gastrectomy - Answers surgical removal of part or all of the stomach
thrombosis - Answers abnormal condition of having a blood clot
bi- - Answers two (number)
sub- - Answers under (position)
inter- - Answers between (direction)
pre- - Answers before (time)
a- or an- - Answers without, not (negation)
hyper- - Answers excessive or above
hypo- - Answers deficient of below
epi- - Answers above or upon
en- or endo- - Answers inside, within
in- - Answers in, into
ex- - Answers out, away from
encephal/o - Answers brain
cardi/o - Answers heart
brachi/o - Answers arm
pelv/o - Answers pelvis
pod/o - Answers foot
hepat/o - Answers liver
gastr/o - Answers stomach
-itis - Answers inflammation
ilium - Answers part of the hip bone. Memory aid: "il-i-um" is spelled with an "I" as in "hip"
ileum - Answers the last and longest portion of the small intEstine
cephal - Answers head
oste - Answers bone
neur - Answers nerve
enter - Answers intestine
carcin - Answers cancer
path - Answers disease
leuk - Answers white
erythr - Answers red
cyst - Answers bladder
cyt - Answers cell
cis - Answers to cut
bi - Answers life
-pathy - Answers disease
-cyte - Answers cell
, -osis - Answers abnormal condition
-ectomy - Answers removal or excision
-tomy - Answers cutting into or incision
-itis - Answers inflammation
-logy - Answers study
-opsy - Answers view of
-emia - Answers blood condition
-oma - Answers tumor
-ic - Answers pertaining to
-scopy - Answers visual examination
-ion - Answers process
dermal - Answers pertaining to the skin
gastrectomy - Answers surgical removal of part or all of the stomach
thrombosis - Answers abnormal condition of having a blood clot
bi- - Answers two (number)
sub- - Answers under (position)
inter- - Answers between (direction)
pre- - Answers before (time)
a- or an- - Answers without, not (negation)
hyper- - Answers excessive or above
hypo- - Answers deficient of below
epi- - Answers above or upon
en- or endo- - Answers inside, within
in- - Answers in, into
ex- - Answers out, away from
