Prefix
Suffixes + Procedures
Anatomy
Muscular System
Skeletal System
100

What pair of foundational prefixes denotes opposites regarding pressure or normal baseline levels, representing "above/excessive" and "under/deficient"?

What are Hyper- and Hypo-?

100

The suffixes -algia and -dynia pertain to what common symptom found in the medical world?

What is pain?

100

Which plane divides the body vertically into the right and left half? 

What is the sagittal plane (or midsagittal plane)?

100

What does the prefix/root my/o refer to?

What is muscle?

100

In the skeletal system what does the prefix/root “myel/o-” refer to?

What is the spinal cord (or bone marrow)?

200

What do the prefixes eu- and mal- mean?

What are "good, well, or normal" (eu-) and "bad or abnormal" (mal-)?

200

Which of the following suffixes refers to a surgical procedure rather than recording, measuring, or examining?: -gram, -graph, -graphy, -centesis, -meter, -opsy?  

What is -centesis (surgical puncture to remove fluid)?  

200

What two words describe position in a limb that is close to a point of attachment and far from a point of attachment?

What are proximal (nearer to attachment) and distal (farther from attachment)?

200

Provide an example of each way to classify a muscle (does not have to be an actual muscle): 1. Divisions — Number of Origins or Heads, 2. Size

What are: 1. Biceps, Triceps, or Quadriceps (divisions by heads) and 2. Maximus, Minimus, Major, Minor, Longus, Brevis, or Magnus (size classifications)?  

200

Provide one of the three prefixes/roots that mean vertebra/spine.

What is either spondyl/o or vertebr/o (or rach/i/o)?

300

Looking at descriptions: what are the prefixes for “cold” and “colour”?

What are cry/o- (cold) and chrom- or chromato- (color)?

300

What is the difference between -pexy and -desis?

What is -pexy (surgical fixation) versus -desis (surgical binding)?

300

What are the parietal and visceral layers of the body?

What are the parietal layer (pertaining to the wall of a body cavity) and the visceral layer (pertaining to an organ within a body cavity)?

300

What is a sarcomere?

What is a force-producing unit in a striated muscle tissue?

300

What do the suffixes -clasia, -clasis, -clast refer to? 1 meaning for all.

 What is "break"?

400

Differentiate between: inter, intra, infra.

What are inter- (between), intra- (within), and infra- (beneath)?

400

What do these similar sounding suffixes mean: -ectomy, -otomy, -ostomy?

What are cut out/removal (-ectomy), incision (-otomy), and a surgically created opening (-ostomy)

400

Which of the following is NOT a body cavity? A. Cranial, B. Pleural, C. Mediastinum, D. Pericardial

What is C. Mediastinum (it is a central region or space within the thoracic cavity, not a standalone body cavity itself)?  

400

What does the prefix/root desm/o- refer to?

What is a ligament?

400

Which of the following does not refer to a bone: ili/o, ischi/o, radi/o, pub/o, carp/o?

What is burs/o?

500

 What do each of these location prefixes mean: Ab-, Ad-, De-, and Dia-?

What are away from (ab-, de-), towards (ad-), and across/through (dia-)

500

Name at least 4 of the 9 suffixes that mean pertaining to  

-ic, -al, -ary, -ous, -ar, -eal, -tic, -ity, -ial.

500

Name 4 anatomical terms(any valid directional terms from the notes) from the ones we have covered excluding distal and proximal

What are terms like anterior, posterior, superior, inferior, medial, lateral, superficial, or deep?

500

Differentiate between rhabdomy/o and leiomy/o.

What is rhabdomy/o (referring to skeletal or striated muscle) versus leiomy/o (referring to smooth or visceral muscle)?

500

Scoli/o, kyph/o, lord/o are all different ways to describe the way of the spine. What do they each mean?

What are scoli/o (twisted/crooked/lateral curvature), kyph/o (humped/increased convexity), and lord/o (increased concavity/inward curve)?  

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