Medical Terminology chapter 1 (2023)

Medical Terminology chapter 1 (2023) -itis - ANS-inflammation hepat- - ANS-of the liver ilium - ANS-part of the hip bone ileum - ANS-part of the small intestine urethra - ANS-tube leading from the urinary bladder to the outside of the body ureter - ANS-one of two tubes each leading from a single kidney and inserting into the urinary bladder cephalgia - ANS-headache ophthalmologist - ANS-eye doctor root - ANS-foundation of the word hemat- - ANS-blood suffix - ANS-word ending -logy - ANS-process of study combination vowel - ANS-usually "o," links the root to the suffix or the root to another root; has no meaning of its own; it joins one word part to another How do you read the meaning of the medical term? - ANS-start from the suffix and then go back to the beginning of the term hematology - ANS-process of study of blood electr- - ANS-electricity cardi- - ANS-heart -gram - ANS-record electrocardiogram - ANS-record of the electricity in the heart gastr- - ANS-stomach -itis - ANS-inflammation gastritis - ANS-inflammation of the stomach gastr- - ANS-stomach enter- - ANS-intestines -logy - ANS-process of study gastroenterology - A