Medical Terminology
An abnormal condition existing at birth.
What is a congenital anomaly?
The appendix is attached to which portion of the colon?
What is the Cecum?
This pear‑shaped organ in females is where a fertilized egg implants and develops into a baby.
What is the uterus?
This is the total number of bones in an average adult human skeleton.
What is 206?
This “master gland” in the brain controls many other endocrine glands.
What is the pituitary gland?
The suffix that refers to death.
What is -necrosis?
This muscular tube uses peristalsis to push food from the throat into the stomach.
What is the esophagus?
This organ in females is the site of fertilization and transports the egg to the uterus.
What are the fallopian tubes?
This is the longest and strongest bone in your body, located in your thigh.
What is the femur?
This gland, located in the neck, produces T₃ and T₄ to regulate metabolism.
What is the thyroid gland?
The surgical procedure known as a bilateral salpingo‑oophorectomy removes these structures.
“What are the ovaries and fallopian tubes?”
This organ absorbs water from undigested food and forms feces.
What is the large intestine (or colon)?
This suffix meaning “inflammation” is used in terms like salpingitis or oophoritis.
What is -itis?
This bone, found in the middle ear, is the smallest bone in the human body.
What is the stapes (or stirrup)?
This hormone, secreted by the adrenal medulla, triggers the “fight-or-flight” response.
What is adrenaline (epinephrine)?
The medical term that describes a weakness or wasting away of a muscle due to lack of use.
What is atrophy?
This accessory organ produces bile, which helps break down fats in the small intestine.
What is the liver?
This suffix meaning “removal” or “excision” appears in oophorectomy or salpingectomy.
What is -ectomy?
Adults have 206 bones, but babies are born with around this many.
What is 270 (or approximately 300)?
This hormone, released by the pineal gland, helps regulate sleep-wake cycles.
What is melatonin?
The medical condition caused by excessive bilirubin in the blood and characterized by the yellowish discoloration of the skin, the mucous membranes, and the white of the eyes?
What is jaundice?
After bile is produced, it’s stored and concentrated in this organ before release.
What is the gallbladder?
This Latin-based combining form, found in hysterectomy and hysteroscopy, refers to the uterus.
What is hyster/o?
This bone is known as the collarbone and connects the arm to the body.
What is the clavicle?
This gland atop the kidneys produces cortisol and adrenaline in response to stress.
What is the adrenal gland?