Word Roots
Medical Conditions
Abbreviations
Procedures
Anatomy
100

What root(s) means vein?

ven/o or phleb/o

100

This term means painful urination

dysuria

100

CBC stands for...

complete blood count

100
This procedure means chest puncture

thoracentesis

100

Body plane 1 divides the body horizontall. 1 is known as what body plane?

transverse plane

200

What root(s) means kidney?

ren/o or nephr/o

200

This condition means inflammation of the thyroid

thyroiditis

200

COPD stands for...

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

200

This procedure means incision into the trachea

tracheotomy

200

Body plane 2 divides the body into front and back sections. Body plane 2 is known as the ...

coronal or frontal plane

300

What root(s) means mouth?

or/o or stomat/o

300

This condition means excessive potassium in the blood

hyperkalemia

300

NSR stands for 

normal sinus rhythm

300

This procedure looks inside the abdomen

laparoscopy

300

Body plane 3 divides the body into left and right sections. Body plane 3 is known as the ... 

sagittal plane

400

What root(s) means sugar?

glyc/o, gluc/o, glucos/o

400

This term means any disease of the retina

retinopathy

400

GERD stands for ...

gastroesophageal reflux disease

400

This procedure looks at the sigmoid colon 

sigmoidoscopy

400

Number 2 is known as the...

right ventricle 

500

What root means stone?

lith/o

500

This disease causes many fluid-filled cysts in the kidneys 

polycystic kidney disease

500

The medical abbreviations OD, OS, and OU relate to which part of the human body?

eyes (double if you can tell me which eyes it refers to, triple if you can tell me the latin of each one)

500

This surgery removes part of a lobe

lobectomy

500

Number 3 is known as the ...

left atria/atrium

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