Prefixes & Positions
This prefix means "slow", as in a heart rate below 60bpm
What is brady-
A common medical suffix is seen in the word Appendicitis, which means the appendix is...
Two root words refer to veins, one is "ven/o" and the other is...
What is phleb/o
The combining form for neur/o means nerves, while cephal/o refers to this anatomical region
What is the head
The combining form for oste/o means bone, while arthr/o means this site where two bones meet
What is a joint
This prefix means "below" or "deficient"
What is hypo-
The first suffix is a physical record or picture, while the second suffix is the process or machine that records it.
What are -gram (record or picture) and -graphy (process of recording)
These two combining forms both refer to lungs or air
What are pneum/o and pulmon/o
Encephal/o refers to the brain inside the head, while crani/o refers to this bony protective structure
What is the skull or cranium
These are the two combining forms meaning "muscle"
What are my/o and myos/o
Name the prefixes for "upon/above" and "under/beneath"
What are epi- and sub-
Differentiate the following surgical suffixes: -otomy, -ostomy, and -ectomy
What are "cutting into/incision" (-otomy), "surgical creation of an opening" (-ostomy), and "surgical removal" (-ectomy)
This root refers to the chest or thorax, while this suffix means breathing
The combining form myel/o refers to which two anatomical structures
What are the spinal cord or bone marrow
Differentiate between "ten/o or tendin/o" and "chondr/o"
What are tendons (ten/o and tendin/o) and cartilage (chondr/o)
These two prefixes sound similar, but one means "between" and the other means "within/inside"
What are inter- and intra-
Name the suffixes for pain, disease/condition, and abnormal enlargement.
What are -algia, -pathy, and -megaly
A chart note states "administer O2 STAT", which means
State what the abbreviations stand for: CNS and PNS
What are the central and peripheral nervous systems
Name the combining forms for the rib and spine bones
What are cost/o (rib) and vertebr/o (spine)
A surgical patient is is told they are "NPO" until after their procedure. What instructions were they given?
What is "nothing by mouth"
Decode the 6 core chart abbreviations: Dx, Hx, Tx, Rx, STAT, and PRN
What are diagnosis, history, treatment, prescription, immediately, and as needed
Differentiate between the following cardiac pathologies: -sclerosis and -stenosis
What is "hardening" (-sclerosis) and "narrowing/stricture" (-stenosis)
The suffix -phagia means eating or swallowing, but what does the similar suffix -phasia stand for?
What is speech or language
Build the medical term for the surgical repair of a joint
What is an arthroplasty