ROOT WORDS
onych/o
What is nails?
intra-
What is within?
-algia
What is pain?
produces insulin
What is the pancreas?
Moving a body part towards the midline of the body
What is adduction?
lingu/o
What is tongue?
sub-
What is under?
-otomy
What is cutting into?
this organ has 4 chambers
What is the heart?
This plane divides the body into top (superior) and bottom (caudal)
What is transverse?
arthr/o
What is joint?
di-
What is two?
-plasty
What is surgical repair?
This organ(s) has 5 lobes total
What are the lungs?
refers to the middle or near the middle of the body
What is medial?
toxic/o
What is poison?
para-
What is beside?
-sclerosis
What is hardening?
What is the skin?
straightening of a limb
What is extension?
leuk/o
What is white?
endo-
What is within?
-ous
What is pertaining to?
where most of digestion and absorption of food take place
What are the small intestines?
more towards the head, or above other structures
What is "superior" or "cephalic"?