Prefixes/Suffixes/Root Words
Root word for stomach
What is Gastr?
Transports oxygen into the blood
What is hemoglobin?
Process of micturition occurs here
kidney
Away from the body
What is Abduction?
A substance that causes cancer
What is carcinogen?
Suffix for incision
What is -otomy?
High blood pressure
What is hypertension?
Proper term for chewing
What is mastication?
At or near the rear surface of the body
What is dorsal?
Slow heart rate
What is bradycardia?
Root word for brain
What is encephal?
Loss of kidney function
What is renal failure?
Movement of food throughout the body
What is peristalsis?
Toward the head
A type of cancer characterized by a progressive increase in the number of abnormal leukocytes
What is Leukemia?
Root word for vessel
What is angi?
The study of the blood
What is hematology?
Movement of food back up from the stomach
What is regurgitation?
Lying face up
What is supine?
A progressive degenerative disease of the liver
What is cirrhosis?
-algia
What is pain?
The number of bones in the adult human body
What is 206?
Process of removing waste and excess water from the body
What is excretion?
Away from or farthest from the trunk
What is Distal?
Another name for heart attack
Myocardial infarction