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The Human Body
Prefixes
Suffixes
Root Words
What's That Mean?
100
This organ system contains the heart, blood, and blood vessels
What is the cardiovascular system?
100
Anti-
What Prefix means against?
100
-Megaly
What suffix means enlargement?
100
Life
What does the root word bi mean?
100
One-sided paralysis
What is hemiplegia?
200
This tissue is essential for keeping the body upright and allowing it to move
What is muscle tissue?
200
Post-
What Prefix means after?
200
-Ectomy
What suffix means removal of?
200
Bone
What does the root word osteo mean?
200
Surgical repair of a nerve
What is neuroplasty?
300
This is known as the "command center" of a cell
What is the nucleus?
300
Peri-
What Prefix means around?
300
-Pathy
What suffix mean disease condition?
300
Cold
What does the root word cry mean?
300
Inflammation and swelling inside the mouth
What does stomatitis mean?
400
This is when the patient is positioned on the stomach
What is the prone position?
400
Dis-
What Prefix means split?
400
-Emia
What suffix mean blood condition?
400
Intestines
What does the root word enter mean?
400
Any condition of unusual black pigment in body tissues/organs
What is melanosis?
500
This system contains leukocytes, tonsils, adenoids, thymus, and the spleen
What is the immune system?
500
Melan-
What Prefix means black?
500
-Dynia
What suffix mean pain?
500
Pus
What does the root word py mean?
500
Incision of the membrane around the heart
What is pericardiotomy?