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This word part is found at the end of a medical term.
What is a suffix?
This plane divides the body into right and left portions.
What is the sagittal plane?
This is the outermost layer of the skin.
What is the epidermis?
This combining form means bone.
What is oste/o?
This combining form means muscle.
What is my/o?
This word part usually provides the main meaning of a medical term.
What is a word root?
The heart and lungs are located in this major body cavity.
What is the thoracic cavity?
These cells produce the pigment responsible for skin color.
What are melanocytes?
This combining form means joint.
What is arthr/o?
This type of muscle is voluntary and attaches to bones.
What is skeletal muscle?
In hypoglycemia, this prefix means below, deficient, or low.
The wrist is _____ to the elbow.
What is distal?
These glands produce an oily substance that lubricates the skin and hair.
What are sebaceous glands?
These structures connect one bone to another bone.
What are ligaments?
These structures connect muscles to bones.
What are tendons?
The suffix -itis indicates this condition.
What is inflammation?
This directional term means toward the midline of the body.
What is medial?
These glands produce perspiration and help regulate body temperature.
What are sudoriferous glands/sweat glands?
This condition causes bones to become less dense and increases the risk of fractures.
What is osteoporosis?
Moving a body part away from the body's midline is called this.
What is abduction?
In tachycardia, identify what tachy- tells you about the heart rate.
What is fast/rapid?
A patient is lying face down during a procedure. This body position is called this.
What is prone?
This layer beneath the skin contains adipose tissue that cushions and insulates the body.
What is the subcutaneous layer/hypodermis?
Inflammation of a joint is known by this medical term.
What is arthritis?
The medical term myalgia describes this symptom.
What is muscle pain?