Word Parts & Basics
This word part provides the general meaning of a medical term.
What is the root word?
This is the shaft of a long bone.
What is the diaphysis?
This is the medical term for fainting.
What is syncope?
This surgical procedure involves the removal of the gallbladder.
What is a cholecystectomy?
Correct the spelling of the combining form for cancer: Carcen/o.
What is carcin/o?
This combining form is used specifically to mean "female."
What is gynec/o?
This vessel carries deoxygenated blood specifically to the lungs.
What is the pulmonary artery?
This term describes a pounding or racing heartbeat.
What are palpitations?
This tube is placed within a blood vessel to keep it open.
What is a stent?
Correct the spelling of the term for inflammation of a vein: Phleboitis.
What is phlebitis?
The abbreviation "TID" stands for this frequency of administration.
What is "three times a day?"
Urine production takes place in these microscopic units within the kidneys.
What are nephrons?
This condition occurs when there is an accumulation of CSF in the brain's ventricles.
What is hydrocephalus?
This type of medication is used to treat nausea.
What is an antiemetic?
Correct the spelling of the word for "pertaining to the chest": Thorasic.
What is thoracic?
This position is used specifically for examinations of the rectal area.
What is Sim's position?
This part of a neuron conducts electrical impulses toward its destination.
What is the axon?
This term refers to a paralysis that affects only one side of the body.
What is hemiplegia?
This type of medication removes fluid from the body.
What is a diuretic?
Correct the term for a "scanty" menstrual flow: Bradymenorrhea.
What is oligomenorrhea?
These are the three types of muscle found in the human body.
What are skeletal, smooth, and cardiac?
This hormone is produced by the anterior pituitary to stimulate the thyroid.
What is thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH)?
This is the term for a torn or jagged wound on the skin's surface.
What is a laceration?
This is the term for the surgical fixation of the testes.
What is an orchiopexy?
Correct the term for the "first menstrual period": Primimenorrhea.
What is menarche?