Diagnostic Services
The root word for artery is ___
Arteri/o
Glands are found all throughout your body. The root word meaning glad is ...
Aden/o
Cyst/o refers to __
bladder
Your head holds your brain. Which two medical root words mean brain and head?
Cephal/o and Cerebr/o
You have a headache in primitive times. This headache will most likely be treated by ...
trepanation
You got a shot in your arm and hear the doctors refer to your arm as ___
Brachi or Brachio
Arthritis is found in ___
joints
Surgery is being done on your intestines and your doctors use the root word ___ to describe it.
Enter/o
Electrical activity is most commonly found in your brain...whats the root word for electrical activity?
Electr/o
Ectomy refers to ___
surgical removal
Erythr/o means...
red
You have hypothermia, and the paramedics refer to your cold temperature as...
Cry/o
The root word for liver is...
Hepat/o
Neur/o = ___
nerve
___ were often used in bloodletting
leeches
(Hema)tology is the study of ___
blood
(Derma)tologists study the...
skin
You have a kidney stone. Your doctors use the root word ___ to discuss it.
Lith/o
You go to the eye doctor . Whats the root word for eye?
Ophthalm/o
Who discovered the conscious and unconscious mind?
Sigmund Freud
The larynx connects your throat to your respiratory system. The medical root word for the larynx is...
Laryngo
You have braces and you go to see your (ortho)dontist. Orth/o means...
straight
Root word meaning kidney is __
Nephr/o
A disease enters your body...a disease is also called a __?
path/o
Who was the first person to study and record the anatomy of the human body?
Andreas Vesalius