Respiratory
Pulm/o
What is the root word for lungs?
Hyper-
What is the prefix for rapid or fast?
Gastr/o
What is the root word for stomach?
High blood pressure
The treating physician says the patient has hypertension, what does this mean?
Around or surrounding
What does the prefix -peri mean?
Thorac/o
What is the root word for chest?
Hypo-
What is the prefix for slow?
Removal of part or all of the stomach
What is a gastrectomy?
Cardiovascular
Which body system transports blood, oxygen, and nutrients throughout the body?
Pancreatitis
What is the name for inflammation of the pancreas?
Alveoli
What are the small sacs at the bottom of the bronchioles called?
Sub
What medical term means below?
A removal of part or all of the colon
A patient is scheduled for a colectomy, what is occuring?
Tachycardia
What would be the medical term for rapid heart rate?
Bone
Oste/o refers to?
A visual examination of your bronchus and bronchioles
What would you expect to happen during a bronchoscopy?
-itis
What suffix means inflammation?
Excessive vomiting
What is hyperemesis?
Inflammation in the tissue surrounding the heart
What is the meaning of pericarditis?
Painful urination
If a patient is complainting of dysuria he is complaining of?
Pneumothorax
What is the medical term for air in the chest?
To create a surgical opening
What does the suffix -stomy mean?
Pancreas & Pancreat/o
What organ produces insulin and what is the root word for that organ?
Cardiomegaly
What is the medical term for an enlarged heart?
Spleen/o
What is the root word of the GI organ responsible for immune health and fluid regulation that is also an accessory organ?