Prefixes
Combining Form
Suffixes
Body Systems
Positioning & Movements
100

The prefix meaning "slow"

What is "brady-" ?

100

The combining form meaning "life"

What is "bi/o" ? 

100

The suffix meaning "pain"

What is "-algia" ? 

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What is "-dynia" ? 

100

The body system involving the heart, arteries, capillaries, and veins 

What is the "cardiovascular system" ? 

100

The body position that describes lying horizontally and facing upward

What is "supine" ? 

200

The prefix meaning "excessive"

What is "hyper-" ?

200

The combining form meaning "cancer"

What is "carcin/o" ? 

200

The suffix meaning "record or picture"

What is "-gram" ? 

200

The body system involving the sebaceous and sweat glands

What is the "integumentary system" ?

200

The body position that describes lying horizontally and facing downward

What is "prone" ? 

300

The prefix meaning "between"

What is "inter-" ?

300

The combining form meaning "small intestine"

What is "enter/o" ? 

300

The suffix meaning "abnormal softening" 

What is "-malacia" ?

300

The four types of bones

What are "long bones, short bones, flat bones, and irregular bones" ? 

300

Located nearer to the point of attatchment to the body

What is "proximal" ? 

400

The prefix meaning "false"

What is "pseudo-" ?

400

The combining form meaning "bent backward" 

What is "lord/o" ? 

400

The suffix meaning "surgical fixation"

What is "-pexy" ? 

400
The three parts of the small intestine / small bowel

What are the "duodenum, jejunum, and the ileum" ? 

400

Tip or summit of an organ

What is "apex" ? 

500

The prefix meaning "first"

What is "primi-" ?

500

The combining form meaning "a specific area" 

What is "topic/o" ? 

500

The suffix meaning "surgical crushing"

What is "-tripsy" ? 

500

The three parts of respiration

What are "ventilation, external respiration, and internal respiration" ? 

500

Further away from the surface of the body

What is "deep" ? 

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