Prefixes-
-Suffixes and Body Cavities
Planes, and Other Terms
Body Systems
Dealing with Treatment and Pathology
100

a filled sac or pouch

What is a cyst?

100

The suffix meaning enlargement

What is -megaly?

100

divides the body into the left and right positions

What is the sagittal plane?

100

pertains to a covering for the body

What is the integumentary system?

100

The ___ of a disease marks the beginning of the disease.

What is onset?
200

the prefix meaning "fever" or "on fire"

What is pyr?

200

the suffix meaning "fissure" or "splitting"

What is schisis?

200

plane that cuts the body horizontally

What is the transverse plane?

200

carries nutrients apart from waste in the body

What is the digestive system?
200

During the ___ of a disease, symptoms are either acute or chronic.

What is course?

300

the prefix meaning "pus"

What is py?

300

the suffix meaning "breaking"

What is -clasia or -clasis
300

plane that cuts the body into the "front" and "back" halves of the body

What is the coronal plane, or the frontal plane?

300

pertains to the bony framework of the body

What is the skeletal system?

300

During ___, two drugs work to increase the effect at a targeted site.

What is synergism?

400

the prefix meaning "hard"

What is scler?

400

region of the abdominopelvic cavity has a name meaning “above the stomach”

What is the epigastric region?

400

a muscle that separates both ventral cavities and helps with breathing

What is the diaphragm?

400

is made up of bundles of tissue fibers [that help the body function and move]

What is the muscular system?

400

During ___, one drug boosts the side effects of another drug.

What is potentiation?

500

the prefix meaning "bad" or "poor"

What is mal?

500

a cavity in the back of a body that is protected by the bones of the skull and vertebrae

What is the dorsal cavity?

500

When a person is labeled as fully recuperated, she is in the ___ stage of disease.

What is outcome?

500

gets its name from the Latin word for “clear water”

What is the lymphatic system?

500

During ___, one drug [negatively] affects the action of another drug.

What is antagonism?