Cardiac System
Cardio- and Corono- both refer to this important body part.
What is the heart?
"Alveol/o-" means this.
What is "Alveoli"? (Air Sacs)
This statement is true or false.
"Cost/o-" refers to a body part located in your chest.
What is True? (Rib)
"Psych/o-" seems like an offensive term but it really refers to this.
What is the "mind"?
"Nephr/o-, Ren/o-" are both terms to describe this organ.
What is the kidney?
This term sounds like liver but is actually referring to your blood.
what is "hemat/o"?
The correct term and spelling for the diaphragm.
What is "diaphragmat/o-"?
These two terms refer to your muscles.
What is "Muscul/o-, My/o-"?
"My/o-" means muscle but "Myel/o-" means this.
What is the "spinal cord, bone marrow"?
The term "Lact/o-" goes with either term "Mamm/o-" or Mast/o-" because (fill in blank).
What is "Lact/o" means milk and "mamm/o- or mast/o-" means breast, therefore, it is relating to breast milk? Ex: Lactating.
The term phlebitis means this.
What is the inflammation of a vein?
(Official definition is inflammation of the walls of the vein)
This membrane wraps around the outside of your lungs and lines the inside of your chest cavity.
What is Pleura? (Medical term Pleuro-)
Define "Osteoporosis".
What is a bone condition?
(bones become weak or brittle)
This statement is true or false.
"Gli/o-" cells are good and found in the organ within the "cephal/o-".
What is True?
Three ways to describe the Uterus in medical terms.
What is "uter/o-, metr/o-, hyster/o"?
"Thrombo-" refers to this dangerous problem within the body.
What is a blood clot?
Replace these medical terms with the corresponding body parts.
The oxi-/oxo- travels through the Bronchi/o- or bronch/o- that leads to the Trache/o- before entering the Pneum/o -or pulmon/o- that lays within the Thorac/o-.
What is "The oxygen travels through the broncus that leads to the trachea (aka windpipe) before entering the lung that lays within the chest."?
In the hospital describing the "movement" of a patient is easy with this medical term.
What is "kinesi/o-"?
The difference between "cerebell/o-" and "cerebr/o-".
What is cerebellum (back part of the brain) and cerebrum (front part of the brain)?
Four ways to describe the testis in medical terms.
What is "orchi/o-, orch/o-, test/o-, testicul/o-"?
If "Vas/o-" means "vessel" then this means "blood vessel".
What is "Vascul/o"?
The medical term "pharyngo-" means this.
What is pharynx or throat?
Medical term describing "Bursa" a small, fluid-filled sac that acts as a cushion between a bone and other moving parts.
What is "burs/o-"?
Break this down.
Peripheral Neuropathy
What is the peripheral nerves (outside of the brain and spinal cord) are damaged.
The term used to describe the pausing/stopping of menstruation that all healthy middle aged women experience.
What is menopause?