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Cardiovascular system
Skeletal system
100

Diaphragm 

What is phren/o? 

100

Incision, cut into

What is -tomy?

100

without, absence of

What is a-?

100

It carries blood away from the heart

What is an artery?

100

Where two bones meet.

What is a joint?

200

Saliva

What is ptyal/o?
200
Inflammation

What is -itis?

200

above, excessive

What is hyper-?

200

It carries blood back to the heart

What is a vein?

200

A disease that decreases bone mass.

What is osteoporosis?

300

Bladder, sac

What is vesic/o?

300

Pain

What is -algia?

300

Painful, difficult, abnormal

What is dys-? 

300

The middle layer of the heart‘s wall

What is myocardium?

300

A fibrous connective tissue that attaches muscle to bone.

What is a tendon?

400

Heart

What is cardi/o?

400

Surgical removal

What is -ectomy?

400

Hidden

What is crypt-?

400

Irregular heartbeat

What is an arrhythmia?

400

A degeneration of cartilage in joints causing swelling, stiffness, and pain.

What is rheumatoid arthritis (RA)?

500

Stomach

What is gastr/o?

500

Tumor

What is -oma?

500

above

What is supra-?
500

the instrument used to hear heart and lung sounds

What is a stethoscope? 

500

An abnormal lateral curvature, accompanied by twisting of the vertebral column?

What is scoliosis?

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