Terms
Hodge Podge
Prefixes
Suffixes
Combining Forms
100
Anatomy Physiology is the study of functions of the structures of the body.
What is the study of the structures of the body?
100
Cystic fibrosis, Down syndrome, Hemophilia, Huntington's disease, Muscular dystrophy, Phenylketonuria, Tay-Sachs disease
What is one example of a genetic disorder?
100
end- or endo-
What is the prefix for in, within, or inside?
100
-ologist
What suffix means specialist?
100
cyt/o
What is the combining form for cell?
200
Etiology
What is study of causes of disease?
200
Transverse Plane
What horizontal plan divides the body into superior and inferior portions; and can be at the waist or at any other level across the body?
200
a-
What means without?
200
-sclerosis
What is abnormal hardening?
200
adip/o
What is the combining form for fat?
300
Cell membrane- surrounds and protects the contents of the cell Cytoplasm - material within the cell membrane-not part of the nucleus Nucleus - structure within the cell
Name 3 parts of the structure of a cell.
300
Umbilical region or Umbilicus
What is commonly known as the belly button or navel?
300
pan-
What prefix means entire?
300
-ology
What is the study of?
300
aden/o
What is the combining form for gland?
400
Indirect Contact - infected by contact with a contaminated surface Bloodborne transmission - contact with blood or body fluids Airborne transmission - contact with contaminated respiratory droplets Food-borne and waterborne -fecal-oral transmission Vector-borne - bite of a vector (tick, dogs, rats, bats) Communicable disease - contact with a contagious disease
Name 2 ways diseases are transmitted?
400
Epithelial, connective, muscle, nerve
What are the four main types of tissue?
400
hyper-
What means excessive?
400
-stasis or -static
What is the suffix for control, maintenance of a constant level?
400
poster/o
What means behind, towards the back?
500
Nosocomial Infection
What is a disease acquired in a hospital or clinical setting?
500
HYPOCHONDRIAC
What means below the ribs; and also describes an individual with an abnormal concern about his or her health?
500
Exo-
What prefix means out of, outside, or away from?
500
-trophy
What means development?
500
cephal/o
What is the combining form for head?