Endocrine
The root cortic/o refers to this part of an organ.
What is the outer surface?
Tonsillectomy is this procedure.
What is the surgical removal of the tonsils?
The root meaning the upper chambers of the heart.
What is the arti/o?
Pulmon- means this.
What is lung?
The roots dent/p and odont/o mean this.
What is teeth?
The suffix in hypoglycemia means this.
What is blood condition?
This is the root for the organ which filters the old red blood cells our of the blood.
What is splen/o?
The prefix in angiogram means this.
What is blood vessel?
Pulmonary embolism means this has occurred in the lung.
What is a clot?
These two roots refer to bile, the substance made in the liver that digests food.
What are bil/i and chol/e?
The root aden/o means this.
What is gland?
The roots phleb/o means this.
What are veins?
The two word term that literally means to choke chest.
What is angina pectoris?
The term which in Latin means "to go in a circle".
What is circulation?
Gastrodynia means this.
What is stomach pain?
The term polyphagia means this.
What is excessive hunger?
The term leukocyte means this.
What is white blood cell?
Cyanosis means this.
What is blue skin?
The roots steth/o, thorac/o, and pector/o mean this.
What is chest?
Hematemesis refers to vomiting of this.
What is blood?
Thyrocele is a tumor in this body organ.
What is thyroid?
The suffix in hemolysis means that the cells have done this.
What is ruptured or broken down?
The test that measures the electrical activity of the heart.
What is an electrocardiogram?
A phrenospasm is a spasm in this body area.
What is the diaphragm?
The prefix eu- in eupepsia indicates this.
What is good digestion?