Prefixes and Suffixes
Meaning suture or suturing
What is -rrhaphy?
The respiratory system is divided into two
What are the upper and lower respiratory tracts?
Another name for the digestive system
What is the gastrointestinal (GI) tract?
Chemicals secreted into the bloodstream that move to specific target cells and instruct the cells to do something
What are hormones?
The skeletal system is broken down into two
What are the axial and appendicular skeletons?
Means thirst
What is -dipsia?
The pharynx consists of three segments
What are the nasopharynx, oropharynx, and laryngopharynx?
The 3 salivary glands that aid in saliva production
What are the submandibular, sublingual, and parotid glands?
Hormones produced by the ovaries
What are estrogen and progesterone?
The vertebrae in the spine are broken down into three sections
What are cervical, thoracic, and lumbar?
Refers to digestion
What is -pepsia?
A condition where the nasal septum is displaced to the side, causing the two nares to be uneven
What is a deviated septum?
The urge to urinate
What is the micturition reflex?
Secreted by the corpus luteum when the ovum is fertilized
What is the human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) hormone?
Refers to how much movement a joint allows
What is ROM?
Meaning behind or back
What is re- and retro- ?
A surgical puncture of the chest wall to remove fluid from the interpleural space
What is a thoracentesis?
Inflammation and infection caused by bacterial growth in the urinary tract
What is a urinary tract infection (UTI)?
Part of both the reproductive and endocrine systems
What are the ovaries and the testes?
Three muscles that make up the hamstring group
What are the biceps femoris, semitendinosus, and semimembranosus?
Means production or formation
What is -poiesis ?
Chronic retention of CO2, causing symptoms of mental cloudiness and lethargy
What is hypercapnia?
The valve between the small intestine and the large intestine
What is the ileocecal valve?
Hormones created by the anterior portion of the pituitary gland (master gland)
What are the growth hormone (GH), thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), prolactin, and adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACHT)?
The three muscles that make up the quadriceps femoris
What are the rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, and vastus medialis?