Week 1 Vocab
This is the prefix for self
or
What is auto?
The front side of the body
What is Anterior or ventral?
This combing forum refers to the skull
What is Crani/o
These are the three main building blocks of medical terms
What are the Root, the suffix, and the combining vowel?
This is the control center of the cell
What is the nucleus?
The prefix for within.
What is endo-?
Identify the prefix in the work metabolism
What is meta-?
This is a medical term for fat tissue?
What is adipose?
This is a small part attached to the beginning of a term that can have an important influence on the meaning, but not all medical terms have it
What is a prefix?
What is the mitochondria?
Hyper-
What is excessive, above, or more than normal?
Superior
What is above another structure?
Cervical
What is the part of the vertebral column that makes up the neck?
This letter of the alphabet is typical to see as a combining vowel in medical terminolgy.
What is "o"?
A cluster of these make up tissues.
What are cells?
The suffix of an instrument to visually examine
What is -scope?
This term means that something is away from the trunk or away from the start of the structure
What is Distal?
This surgical procedure that allows a surgeon to examine the abdomen or pelvis without a large incision
What is Laparoscopy?
cardi/o is an example of this type of medical term
What is a combining forum?
These are the four different types of tissue
The suffix of the process of cutting or an incision
What is -tomy?
This is the term used when someone is laying on their belly or face down?
What is Prone?
The part of the vertebral column between the thorax and the sacrum
What is lumbar?
Most medical terms are derived from these three language roots
What are Greek, Roman, & Latin?
This system is responsible for the intake of nutrients for the body.
What is the digestive system?