Digestive System
Yellowing of the skin caused by too much of this substance in the bloodstream.
What is bilirubin?
According to medical terminology rules, you begin analyzing a term by starting here.
What is the suffix?
Inflammation of the urethra is called this.
What is urethritis?
The two upper chambers of the heart.
What are the atria?
A condition with rapid onset and short duration is called this.
What is acute?
This term means “stones in the gallbladder.”
What is cholecystolithiasis?
What elements are found in the term “colostomy”?
What are a combining form and a suffix?
This term means excessive urination at night.
What is nocturia?
This heart structure contains oxygenated blood: right atrium, left ventricle, or venae cavae?
What is the left ventricle?
These blood cells help with clotting.
What are thrombocytes/platelets?
Hepat/o/megaly means this.
What is enlargement of the liver?
A term meaning “pertaining to the stomach.”
What is gastric?
A stone blocking the ureter is called this diagnosis.
What is ureterolithiasis?
This is the muscular layer of the heart.
What is the myocardium?
How many elements in Cyt/osis? And what type of element is it?
List the four functions of the digestive system in the correct order.
What are ingestion, digestion, absorption, and elimination?
What rule(s) explains why the “o” is kept in gastroenterology.
What is keeping the combining vowel between two roots
Keep the combining vowel before a suffix that doesn't start with a vowel
The functional unit of the kidney is located here.
What is the renal cortex?
Angina typically presents with this symptom.
Chest pain and heaviness
This body plane divides the body into superior and inferior halves.
What is the transverse plane?
This structure in the small intestine increases surface area for nutrient absorption.
What are villi?
Which pair of root means the same thing as vesic/o?
What is cyst/o?
The best test for suspected glycosuria.
What is a urinalysis?
Arteries differ from veins in that they do this.
What is carry blood away from the heart?
If a patient complains of nausea, this is classified as a sign or symptom?
What is a symptom?