HOSPITAL ROOM
PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES
HUMAN SYSTEMS
OPERATING ROOM
100

A patient confined to bed will have to use this to defecate....

Bedpan

100

You can use this prefix for extremities

Acr/o
100

To which system does the gallbladder belong?

Digestive

100

These are worn by surgeons and nurses in the operation room

Operation gowns

200

Meals are brought to the bed on this.....

Tray

200

You can use this suffix to refer to the study of something

Ology

200

What are the 3 functions of the skin?

Barrier, Temperature and Sense

200

This equipment monitors heart activity

Electrocardiograph

300

Two of these on the bed are straightened regularly and washed every few days

Sheets

300

You can use this suffix to refer to the incision of

Otomy

300

To which system does de wrist belong?

Skeletal system

300

Provides instruments for the surgeon and assist when necessary during an operation

Scrub nurse

400

A patient with a broken leg will need to of these to get aound

Crutch

400

You can use this prefix to refer to white

Leuk/o

400

We have 2 of them and it help us to Breath, inside of them they have a three

Lungs

400

This equipment keeps the patien breathing during surgery

Respirator

500

A mechanical device for lifting and moving patients

Hoist

500

You can use this prefix to refer red

Eryt/r
500

It is in charge of the TSH, T3 and T4 hormones

Thyroid

500

The patien and stretcher in the operating room are covered in sterile....

Drapes

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