Prefixes
This prefix means "slow."
What is brady-?
This suffix means "blood condition."
What is "-emia?"
This test will estimate the number of white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets.
What is a CBC or Complete Blood Count?
These abdominopelvic regions are located along the lower back, lateral to the umbilicus.
What are the right and left lumbar regions?
These two prefixes mean "without."
What are "a-" and "an-?"
This suffix means "vomiting."
What is "-emesis?"
This test utilizes a radioactive tracer to determine the level of metabolic activity of the body's cells.
What is PET or positron emission tomography?
This muscle separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominopelvic cavity.
What is the diaphragm?
This prefix means "self."
What is "auto-?"
This suffix means "softening."
What is "-malacia?"
In this type of biopsy, only a small piece of the lesion is removed for analysis.
What is an incisional biopsy?
This abdominopelvic quadrant contains the spleen.
What is the left upper quadrant?
This prefix means "good, normal, or true."
What is "eu-?"
This suffix means "forming an opening."
What is "-stomy?"
In this surgical procedure, effects from a previous surgery are corrected or previously implanted devices are replaced or adjusted.
What is a revision?
The term plantar refers to this part of the body.
What is the sole of the foot?
This prefix means "under, below, or deficient."
What is "hypo-?"
These suffixes mean "specialist."
What are "-ician" and "ist?"
In this procedure, diseased tissue is destroyed specifically by an electrically activated instrument.
What is electrocauterization?
Blood and bone are examples of this type of tissue.
What is connective tissue?