Combining Forms
Cardi/o
What is heart?
-itis
What is inflammation?
The outermost layer of skin
Contract without the involvement of nerve supply?
What is automaticity?
Lowering of a body part
What is depression?
Muscles that are stimulated through conscious control
What is voluntary?
Dermat/o
-oma
What is tumor or mass?
"True skin"
What is dermis?
The ability to resume resting length when stretching force is removed
What is elasticity?
Raising of a body part
What is elevation?
Muscles that cannot be controlled by conscious control
What is involuntary?
Myocardi/o
-logy
What is study of?
The layer of skin that connects the skin to the surface muscles
What is subcutaneous/hypodermis?
The ability to receive and respond to a nerve impulse by contracting?
What is excitability?
Movement of body part away from midline
What is abduction?
Semilunar, white area at the proximal end of the nail
What is lunula?
Son/o
What is sound?
-osis
What is abnormal condition?
Cells that produce dark brown/black pigments
What is melanocytes?
The ability to shorten
What is contractility?
Turning the palm of hand downward
What is pronation?
The major muscle of the forehead
What is frontalis?
What is death?
-graphy
What is process of recording?
Protectively lines any body cavity that opens to the outside world
What is mucous membranes?
The ability to be stretched
What is extensibility?
Turning the palm of hand upward
What is supination?
Substance that gives skin its shape, strength, and elasticity
What is collagen?