SPD 101
Root Words
Suffixes
Prefixes
A & P
100

A type of surgical procedure that involves small incisions and has improved recovery times. 

What are minimally invasive procedures?

100

Heart

What is Cardio?

100

Removal

What is Ectomy?
100

Electric

What is Electro?

100

The basic unit of life

What is the cell?

200

A set of tasks and expectations relative to a specific job title.

What is a job description?

200

Skull

What is Cranio?

200

Surgical Fixation

What is Pexy?

200

Without 

What is A or An?

200

Blood is considered this type of tissue due to its ability to travel around the body through every organ

What is connective tissue?

300

The general consideration that everything should be considered contaminated unless otherwise notified.

What is Standard Precautions?

300

Kidney

What is Nephro?

300

Surgical Repair

What is Plasty?

300

Above normal

What is Hyper?

300

The Eyes, Ears, Nose, Tongue and Skin are all sensory organs in this body system.

What is the Nervous System?

400

A system of healthcare providers that deliver coordinated care to a specific community.

What is an integrated delivery network?

400

Uterus

What is Hyster?

400

Flow

What is Rrhage?

400

Below (physically) 

What is Sub?

400

This organ system communicates with target organs through the use of chemical messengers known as hormones.

What is the Endocrine System?

500

When items move in SPD they follow a path from dirty, to clean, to sterile.

What is One Way Work Flow?

500

Gland

What is Adeno?

500

To Suture

What is Rrhaphy?

500

Disease

What is Path?

500

This waste transport system operates within the Circulatory System to remove toxins and potential infections from the blood stream

What is the Lymphatic system?