Prefix
Root
Suffix
Define
Directional Terms
100

What prefix means small?

What is Micro

100

What is the root word for head?

What is cephal/o

100

What does -gram mean?

What is record of

100

What does lethargic mean?

What is not alert or active

100

In the direction of the tail

What is Caudal

200

What part of this word means many, much? Polydactyl

What is Poly-

200
Give me the medical term for heart
What is Cardi/o
200

Plasty-

What is surgical repair

200

What is respiration, pulse and temperature?

What is vital signs

200

A dog lying on its side is in _____________recumbency

What is Lateral

300

What is the meaning for hyper?

What is excessive, too much

300

What part of this word means ear? Otoscope

What is ot/o

300
What part of this word means surgical removal, all or part? Cystectomy
What is -ectomy
300

Define palpate

What is to examine by touching and feeling the area

300

Divides the body into left and right sides

What is median plane

400

What prefix means under?

What is sub

400

Thermo means?

What is heat

400

What means specialist?

What is -ologist

400

What is placing embryos into the uterus of a female in order to establish pregnancy?

What is embryo transfer

400

The joint angle increases

What is extension

500

What does anti mean?

What is against

500
What root word means skin?
What is Dermat/o, derm/o
500

cut into, incision into

What is -otomy

500

What is the difference between IM, IV, and Sub Q?

What is IM-injection into the muscle, IV-injection into the vein, Sub Q-injection into tissue layer between vein and muscle

500

The neck is ______ to the shoulders

What is Cranial

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