Word Rules & Parts
Added to the beginning of a medical term to change the meaning of the term
What is a prefix?
Prefix in the word photoreceptor
Directional term meaning toward the side, away from the midline
What is lateral?
The anatomical term for hearing
What is audition?
Inflammation of the external ear canal
What is otitis externa?
The portion of the word you start with to identify the word's meaning
What is a suffix?
Suffix in the word biopsy
What is -opsy?
The body plan that divides into top and bottom
What is the transverse plane?
This sense becomes associated with long-term memory and emotion
What is olfaction?
What is macular degeneration?
Foundational meaning of a word
What is a word root?
Prefix that means movement
What is Kin/o-, Kine-, Kinesi/o-?
Fluid found in the cranial and spinal body cavities
What is cerebrospinal fluid?
The thin membrane on the inner surface of each eyelid that extends over the sclera and connects the eyelid the eyeball
What is the palpebral conjunctiva?
Ringing, roaring, or buzzing in the ears
What is tinnitus?
When combining two combining forms, you _______ the combining form vowel
What is keep?
Suffix that means inflammation
What is -ites, -itis?
Membrane that surrounds the lungs and reduces friction between the lungs and body wall
What is the pleura?
The raised bumps that contain the structures for gustatory transduction
What are papillae?
Eye rotation due to mismatched eye coordination
What is strabismus?
When combining a combining form with a suffix that begins with a vowel, you _______ the combining form vowel
What is drop?
What is between?
Membrane that lines the cavities of freely moving joints
What is the synovial membrane?
The viscous fluid located in the posterior cavity of the eye
What is vitreous humor?
Involuntary, repetitive movements of one or both eyes
What is nystagmus?