Procedures
Studies
Suffixes
Prefixes
Anatomy
100

Removing a piece of the skull

What is craniotomy?

100

The study of the heart

What is cardiology?

100

Viewing, observing, or examination through an instrument

What is "scopy"?

100

Slow

What is "brady"?

100

Away from the point of attachment

What is "distal"?

200

Removing the spleen

What is splenectomy?

200

The study of the GI system

What is gastroenterology?

200

Inflammation

What is "itis"?

200

Bladder

What is "cyst"?

200

Closer to the point of attachment

What is "proximal"?

300

To create an opening in the trachea

What is a "tracheostomy"?

300

The study of the renal system

What is nephrology?

300

Disorder

What is "pathy"?

300

Colon

What is "Col"?

300

Closer to the skin

What is "superficial"?

400

The surgical puncture of the heart sac to remove blood or fluid

What is "pericardiocentesis"?

400

The study, assessment, and treatment of mental illness

What is "psychiatry"?

400

Not 1 bronchus, but 2...

What are "bronchi"?

400

Bile

What is "chole"?

400

Another word from anterior

What is "caudal"?

500

Removing plaque from the carotid artery

What is a carotid endarterectomy?

500
The study of human movement (mechanics, anatomy, and physiology)

What is kinesiology?

500

Not 1 apex, but 2...

What are "apices"?

500

Meninges

What is "meningi/o"?

500

Another word for "posterior"

What is "dorsal"?

M
e
n
u