Combining forms, Suffixes, and Prefixes
Combining form for aorta
Aort/o
One of the most dangerous skin cancers?
Melanoma
4 glands embedded within the Thyroid gland
Parathyroid glands
Overproduction of Thyroid hormones
Hyperthyroidism or Graves disease
Term for red blood cell
Erythrocyte
Combining form for sleep
Somn/o
Results from the body's inability to produce insulin due to autoimmune destruction of pancreatic beta cells
Type 1 diabetes
The outer portion of the Kidney parenchyma
Cortex
Which vessels travel away from the heart?
Arteries
Term for inflammation of the bladder
Cystitis
Combining form for plaque/fatty substance
Ather/o
Prostate cancer might impede upon what other body structure?
The urethra
Which organ produces bile?
Liver
What helps facilitate blood clotting?
Platelets/Thrombocytes
Term for blood within the urine
Hematuria
Suffix for breathing
-pnea
Addison's disease is due to a dysfunction of what gland?
Adrenal glands
Bonus for 100: Which part of the Adrenal gland?
Deoxygenated blood returns from the body systems to the?
Right atrium
An endocrine gland located in the epithalamus of the diencephalon that produces the hormone melatonin.
Pineal gland
Term for inflammation of the ear
Otitis
Suffix for vision condition
-opia
Inflamed tissue causes a swelling of the mucous membrane within the lungs
Bronchitis
The visceral pericardium is what?
The inner layer of the pericardium lining the outside of the heart
Which valve is in between the left atrium and the left ventricle?
Mitral valve
Term for plaque build up within the walls of an artery?
Atherosclerosis