The Basics
Anemia
What is a deficiency of healthy red blood cells?
an- (without)
-em- (blood)
-ia (condition)
arthro/o
What is joint?
What is the abbreviation for blood pressure?
Lymph/o
What is lymph?
Pulmon/o
What is a lung?
Neur/o
What is nerve?
Thyr/o
What is thyroid gland?
stomach
Path/o
What is disease?
Oste/o
What is bone?
Bradycardia
What is the condition of a slow heart beat?
brady- (slow)
-card- (heart)
-ia (condition)
Name a lymphatic organ.
What are the adenoids, tonsils, thymus, spleen, intestine (Peyer's Patch), or bone marrow?
Any of the above is an acceptable answer.
-pnea
What is breathing?
Cerebr/o
What is the cerebrum?
Endocrinology
What is the study of the secretion of hormones within the body?
endo- (in; within)
-crin- (secrete)
-ology (study of)
hepat/o
liver
Polyuria
What is a condition of an excessive amount of urine?
poly- (extreme, excessive)
-ur- (urine)
-ia (condition)
Osteoporosis
What is an abnormal condition of the porous (soft/spongy) bone?
oste/o (bone)
-por- (opening; passageway; porous)
-osis (process; abnormal condition)
angi/o
What is a vessel (blood)?
Lymphadenopathy
What is a disease of the lymph gland?
lymph- (lymph)
aden/o (gland)
-pathy (disease)
Dsypnea
What is breathing that is painful/difficult?
dsy- (painful; difficult)
-pnea (breathing)
Neuroplasty
What is the surgical repair of a nerve?
neur/o (nerve)
-plasty (surgical repair)
Name two different glands and at least one hormone they secrete.
What is the...
Pituitary: Growth hormone (GH), thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), prolactin, adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH)
Thyroid: Thyroxine (T3), Triiodothyronine (T4)
Pancreas: Insulin, glucagon
Adrenal glands: Adrenaline, cortisol
Ovaries: (Female) Estrogen, progesterone
Testes: (Male) Testosterone
Pineal gland: Melatonin
Hypothalamus: Corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH), growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHrh), oxytocin
Parathyroid glands: Parathyroid hormone (PTH)
colitis
What is inflammation of the large intestine/colon?
col/o (large intestine; colon)
-itis (inflammation)
Etiology
What is the study of cause or causation of a disease?
eti- (cause of a disease or condition)
-ology (the study of)
Tendonitis
What is the inflammation of the tendon?
tendon/o (tendon)
-itis (inflammation)
Angioplasty
What is a disease of the blood vessel?
angi/o (blood vessel)
-pathy (disease)
Splenomegaly
What is an enlargement of the spleen?
splen/o (spleen)
-megaly (enlargement)
Bronchoscope
What is the use of an instrument to view the bronchus/bronchial tube?
bronch/o (bronchus; bronchiole tube)
-scope (an instrument used to view)
Myelitis
What is inflammation of bone marrow and/or spinal cord?
myel- (bone marrow/spinal cord)
-itis (inflammation)
Adrenalectomy
What is the surgical removal of the adrenal gland?
adrenal- (adrenal gland)
-ectomy (surgical removal)
hepatopathy
What is a disease of the liver?
hepat/o (liver)
-pathy (disease)
Idiopathic
What is pertaining to a disease that is of unknown cause?
idi- (unknown; individual; distinct)
-path- (disease)
-ic (pertaining to)
Spondylitis
What is inflammation of the vertebra or backbone?
Spondyl/o (vertebra; backbone)
-itis (inflammation)
Cardiomyopathy
What is a disease of the heart muscle?
cardi/o (heart)
-my- (muscle)
-pathy (disease)
Immunodeficiency
What is a weakened immune system?
immun/o (immune)
-deficiency (weakened; deficient)
Hypoxia
What is a condition of below normal oxygen?
hyp/o- (below; below normal; deficient)
-ox- (oxygen)
-ia (condition)
Encephalopathy
What is a disease within the head/brain?
en- (in; within)
cephal/o (head)
OR encephal- (brain)
-pathy (disease)
Pancreatomy
What is an incision to the pancreas?
pancrea- (pancreas)
-otomy (surgical incision)
dysphagia
What is eating or swallowing that is painful or difficult?
dys- (painful; difficulty)
-phagia (eating; swallowing)