Root Words & Combining Forms
This combining form means "tissue".
What is Hist/o?
This standard reference position requires standing erect, facing forward, arms at sides, palms facing forward, and feet parallel.
What is the Anatomical Position?
This dorsal cavity subdivision is surrounded by the skull and protects the brain.
What is the Cranial cavity?
Name the 4 primary tissue types of the human body.
What are Epithelial, Connective, Muscle, and Nerve tissue?
This term describes a disease or illness that occurs without any known cause.
What is an Idiopathic disorder?
This combining form means "head".
What is Cephal/o?
This vertical body plane divides the body into equal left and right halves.
What is the Midsagittal plane?
This ventral cavity is located along the front of the chest and protects the heart and lungs.
What is the Thoracic cavity?
These ductless glands secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream.
What are Endocrine glands?
This type of infection is specifically acquired within a hospital setting.
What is a Nosocomial infection?
This combining form means "tail" or "lower body".
What is Caud/o?
This horizontal plane divides the body into upper and lower portions.
What is the Transverse plane?
This space within the thoracic cavity lies between the lungs and contains the heart, esophagus, and trachea.
What is the Mediastinum?
This term describes an abnormal increase in the number of normal cells in a tissue.
What is Hyperplasia?
This type of disease outbreak occurs suddenly and widespread within a specific population, but does not cross international borders.
What is an Epidemic?
This combining form means "gland".
What is Aden/o?
These two directional terms are used specifically when referring to limbs relative to their point of attachment.
What are Proximal and Distal?
This inner layer of the peritoneum directly surrounds the internal organs within the abdominal cavity.
What is the Visceral peritoneum?
The genetic variation known as Down Syndrome is caused by having a third copy of this chromosome.
What is Chromosome 21?
This specialist studies disease patterns, tracking, and outbreaks within populations.
What is an Epidemiologist?
This combining form means "internal organs".
What is Viscer/o?
Name the 3 abdominal regions located in the uppermost row (left, middle, and right).
What are the Right Hypochondriac, Epigastric, and Left Hypochondriac regions?
This term describes the condition caused by inflammation of the multilayered membrane lining the abdominal cavity.
What is Peritonitis?
This term refers to the loss of structural differentiation in cells, a common characteristic of tumor cells.
What is Anaplasia?
Differentiate between a functional disorder and an organic disorder.
What is a condition where symptoms are present without physical cause vs. symptoms caused by observable structural changes?