Prefixes, Suffixes, & Combining Forms
Anatomy
Suffix review
What's the word
Misc
100
The prefix for half
What is hemi?
100
The structure extends from the soft palate and directs food into the throat.
What is the uvula?
100
Pepsia
What is digestion
100
Cholecycstitis
what is inflammation of the gallbladder?
100
esophagogram
What is radiographic image of the esophagus?
200
The combining form for stomach
What is gastr/o
200
What organ secretes insulin?
What is the pancreas?
200
centesis
What is surgical puncture to aspirate fluid?
200
glossorrhaphy
what is suture of the tongue?
200
The abdominal and pelvic cavities are lined by this
What is the peritoneum?
300
The combining form enter/o
What is intestines (usually small intestines)
300
The first section of the large intestine
What is the cecum?
300
ectomy
What is excision, surgical removal?
300
stone in the salivary gland
what is sialolith?
300
malabsorption syndrome caused by an immune reaction to gluten
What is celiac disease?
400
This is the combining form for fat
What is steat/o?
400
The three portions of the small intestines in order from top to bottom
What is the duodenum, jejunum, and the ileum?
400
Creation of an artificial opening?
What is stomy
400
tumor of the liver
What is hepatoma?
400
abnormal growing together of two peritoneal surfaces that normally are separated.
What are adhesions?
500
The two meanings for chol/e
What are gall and bile?
500
The ring of muscles that guards the opening between the stomach and the duodenum
What is the pyloric sphincter?
500
Instrument used for visual examination
What is scope?
500
surgical repair of the uvula, palate, and pharynx
What is uvulopalatopharyngoplasty?
500
prolapse of one part of the intestine inside the part next to it.
what is intussusception?