Combining form
Diaphragm
What is phren/o?
Incision, cut into
What is -tomy?
without, absence of
What is a-?
It carries blood away from the heart
What is an artery?
Where two bones meet.
What is a joint?
Saliva
What is -itis?
above, excessive
What is hyper-?
It carries blood back to the heart
What is a vein?
A disease that decreases bone mass.
What is osteoporosis?
Bladder, sac
What is vesic/o?
Pain
What is -algia?
Painful, difficult, abnormal
What is dys-?
The middle layer of the heart‘s wall
What is myocardium?
A fibrous connective tissue that attaches muscle to bone.
What is a tendon?
Heart
What is cardi/o?
Surgical removal
What is -ectomy?
Hidden
What is crypt-?
Irregular heartbeat
What is an arrhythmia?
A degeneration of cartilage in joints causing swelling, stiffness, and pain.
What is rheumatoid arthritis (RA)?
Stomach
What is gastr/o?
Tumor
What is -oma?
above
the instrument used to hear heart and lung sounds
What is a stethoscope?
An abnormal lateral curvature, accompanied by twisting of the vertebral column?
What is scoliosis?