The Heart
Respiratory System
Medical Root Words
Medical Affixes
Doctors
100

One who studies the heart

cardiologist

100

The medical name for the airway?

Trachea

100

the root word for nervous system

neuro

100

A suffix meaning "the study of"

-ology

100

A doctor for the heart

Cardiologist

200

The study of the heart

Cardiology

200

The organs that take in oxygen and give off carbon dioxide.

The lungs

200

the root word for heart

cardi

200

A suffix meaning "one who studies"

-ologist

200

A doctor for the skin

dermatologist

300

Inflammation of heart muscle

myocarditis

300

tiny air sacs in the lungs

alveoli

300

The root word for muscle

myo

300

A suffix meaning inflammation

-itis

300

A doctor for the eyes

ophthalmologist or optometrist

400

heart rate that is too low

bradycardia

400

Branches that carry air into the lungs

Bronchi

400

The root word for bone

osteo

400

A prefix meaning "low or below"

hypo-

400

A doctor for hearing

Audiologist

500

The chambers of the human heart

two atria and two ventricles

500

A muscle that sits under the lungs and helps you inhale and exhale air

diaphragm

500

The root word for skin

dermato

500

A suffix meaning pain

-algia 

500

A doctor for the brain and nervous system

A neurologist