Word Parts
What is the main part of a medical term that gives it meaning?
Word Root
What does the root "cardi" mean?
Heart
What is the term for inflammation of the liver?
Hepatitis
What terms means "front of the body"?
What position is a patient lying on their back?
supine
What word part comes before the root?
Prefix
What does "nephr" mean?
Kidney
What is the term for the study of the heart?
Cardiology
What term means "back of the body"?
Posterior
What position is a patient lying face down?
What word part come after the root?
Suffix
What does the suffix "-itis" mean?
Inflammation
What is the term for inflammation of joints?
Polyarthritis
What terms means "towards the head"?
Superior
What position has the patient sitting with head elevated?
Fowler's
What is the purpose of combining vowel?
To join word parts and make terms easier to pronounce
What does the suffix "-ectomy" mean?
Surgical removal
What is the term for surgical removal of the breasts?
Mastectomy
What plane divides plane divides the body into left and right?
Sagittal
What position is lying on the side?
Lateral
What is combining form?
Word root + combining vowel
What does the prefix "poly-" mean?
Many
What is the term for study of the kidney?
Nephrology
What plane divides the body into upper and lower parts?
Transverse
What position has feet in stirrups and knees bent?
Lithotomy