Word Roots
This word root means heart.
What is cardi?
This suffix means inflammation.
What is -itis?
Build a medical term meaning inflammation of the stomach.
What is gastritis?
Break down and define tachycardia.
What is fast heart rate?
The smallest living unit of the body.
What is a cell?
This word root means stomach.
What is gastr?
This prefix means slow.
What is brady-?
Build a term meaning study of the heart.
What is cardiology?
Break down and define hypoglycemia.
What is low blood sugar?
A group of similar cells working together.
What is tissue?
This word root means liver.
What is hepat?
This prefix means fast.
What is tachy-?
Build a term meaning disease of the nerve.
What is neuropathy?
Break down and define pericarditis.
What is inflammation around the heart?
A structure made of tissues performing a specific function.
What is an organ?
This word root means kidney.
What is nephr?
This suffix means study of.
What is -logy?
Build a term meaning enlargement of the liver.
What is hepatomegaly?
Break down and define neurology.
What is study of the nervous system/nerves?
A group of organs working together.
What is an organ system?
This word root means nerve.
What is neur?
This prefix means above normal or excessive.
What is hyper-?
Build a term meaning abnormal condition of kidney stones.
What is nephrolithiasis?
Break down and define hepatitis.
What is inflammation of the liver?
Put these in order from simplest to most complex: organ, cell, tissue, organ system.
What is cell → tissue → organ → organ system?