Definitions
Word root giving general meaning and a vowel
What is a combining form?
Group of cells that allows conductivity of electrical impulses in the body
What is nervous tissue?
Before
What is ante-?
Urine
What is ur/o?
Condition of the blood
What is -emia?
Connects word parts and makes easier to pronounce
What is a combining vowel?
No striation, found inside internal organs like the stomach
What is smooth muscle?
Outside, outward
What is ex/o-
Pus
What is py/o?
Instrument for viewing
What is -scopy?
Divides the body into half from top of head to feet from side to side
What is the frontal or coronal plane?
Found in the myocardium
What is cardiac muscle tissue?
Across
What is trans-?
Foot or child
What is ped/o?
Physician
What is -iatrist?
Divides the body into two parts from top to body vertically
What is a sagittal plane?
Straight
What is orth/o?
Between
What is inter-?
Clot
What is thromb/o?
Puncture to withdraw fluid
What is -centesis?
Divides the body into two parts going from side to side and parallel with the ground
What is a transverse plane?
Eye
What is ocul/o ?
False
What is pseud/o?
Breathing
What is spir/o?
Specialist
What is -ician?