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Root Words
Abbreviations
Specialists
Procedures
Body Cavities/ Planes
100
This root refers to the heart
What is Cardi/o
100
This abbreviation is for Chest X-ray
What is CXR
100
This is a heart doctor
What is a cardiologist
100
This is an image that can show detailed views of structures using Magnetic Resonance
What is an MRI
100
This cavity houses the brain
What is cranial cavity
200
This root refers to the blood
What is hem/o or hemat/o
200
This abbreviation is for an Ultrasound
What is US
200
This is a medical assistant who draws blood
What is a phlebotomist
200
This is a procedure to view the inside of a joint
What is arthroscopy
200
This cavity houses the stomach, liver, pancreas, intestines, bladder
What is the abdominal or abdomino/pelvic cavity
300
This word refers to the word vein
What is phleb/o
300
This abbreviation is for a common blood test, measuring red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets
What is a CBC
300
This is a doctor that studies the brain
What is a Neurologist
300
This is an xray procedure done by having the patient swallow a contrast medium to visualize the digestive tract
What is barium studies or barium swallow
300
This cavity houses the lungs, pleura and heart, esophagus
What is the thoracic cavity
400
This word refers to the brain
What is encephal/o or cephal/o
400
This is the abbreviation for an X-ray technology using computed images and tomography
What is CT
400
This is a doctor that performs autopsies
What is a Pathologist
400
This is a procedure done to measure the amount of oxygen or carbon dioxide in the blood, when a patient is hypoxic (has low O2) or is very sick
What is an arterial blood gas
400
This body direction means to go downwards or the same as Inferiorly
What is the Caudal direction
500
This word refers to the lymph node
What is lymphaden/o
500
This is the abbreviation for a gynecologic procedure where the cervix is opened and the endometrial lining of the uterus is scraped.
What is Dilation and Curettage
500
This is a doctor who specializes in hormone imbalances and deals with patients who have high blood glucose levels
What is an Endocrinologist.
500
This is a procedure where electrodes are placed to the outside of the skull to measure electrical impulses of the brain
What is electroencephalography
500
This cavity houses the kidneys and is located in front of the vertebrae but dorsal to the abdominal cavity
What is the retroperitoneum