Heart and Brain
Muscles and Skeleton
Prefixes
Suffixes
Root Words
100

the study of the heart is called....

cardiology

100

my/o and myos/o mean the same thing. What do they mean?

muscle

100

What does hyper- mean?

excessive, above normal

100

What does -itis mean?

inflammation 

100

What does cardi/o mean?

heart

200

the study of the brain is called....

neurology

200

What does oste/o mean?

bone

200

What does hypo- mean?

below normal, deficient

200

What does -emia mean?

blood condition

200

What does arthr/o mean?

joint

300

What is the definition of bradycardia?

an abnormally slow heart rate

300

What are the three types of muscle?

skeletal muscle, smooth muscle, and cardiac muscle

300

What does endo- mean?

within, inner

300

What does -otomy mean?

cutting into, incision 

300

What does carcin/o mean?

cancer

400

What medical root word means brain?

encephal/o

400

Which term does not pertain to the skeletal system?

A. Myel/o

B. Sponyl/o

C. -trophy

D. osseo-

C. -trophy, which means nourishment; growth

400

What does dys- mean?

abnormal, difficult, painful

400

What does -rrhage mean?

bursting forth

400

What does encephal/o mean?

brain

500

Guess the disease! (think of medical terms)

heart-muscle-disease 

cardiomyopathy

500

Guess the disease! (think of medical terms)

fiber-muscle-pain

fibromyalgia

500

What does macro- mean?

large, great

500

What does -rrhea mean?

flow, discharge

500

What does ot/o mean?

ear

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