Combining form
Ovari/o
What is Ovaries?
Lack of voluntary control (wobbliness)
What is Ataxia?
Sheet of fibrous connective tissue. Covers, supports and separates muscle
What is Facia?
Hematopoietic
Hemat/o - blood
poietic - pertaining to formation
Injury that does not break the skin
What is Contusion?
Cost/o
What is Ribs?
Sudden, involuntary contraction of muscles caused by brain disturbances
What is Seizures?
A three-layered membrane that surrounds the CNS
What is Meninges?
Tachypnea
tachy - abnormally fast
pnea - breathing
Erosion of skin or mucous membrane
What is Ulcer?
Chondr/o
What is Cartilage?
A condition where the heart beats with an irregular/abnormal rhythm
What is Arrhythmia?
Glands that produce gametes
What is Gonads?
Kineseology
Kenesi/o - movement
ology - study of
Formation of bone from fibrous tissue
What is Ossification?
Laryng/o
What is Larynx?
An accumulation of fluid in the abdominal cavity
What is Ascites?
Vessels that carry blood away from the heart
What is Arteries?
Osteoarthritis
Oste/o - bone
Arth/r - joint
itis - inflammation
Moving from one place to another (walking, running)
What is Ambulation?
Encephal/o
What is Brain?
Obstruction of the blood vessel by a blood clot that has become dislodged from another site in the circulation
What is Thromboembolism?
The muscle that separates the thoracic and peritoneal cavities
What is Diaphragm?
Encephalomyelitis
Encephal/o - brain
myel/i - spinal cord
itis - inflammation
Point at which nerve endings come in contact with the muscle cell
What is Neuromuscular Junction?