Midterm and Final Review

• Eu


  Good, normal, easy
• Dys-


  Bad difficult, painful
• Inter-


  Between
• Intra-


  Within
• Gastr/o


  Stomach
• -ectomy


  Surgical removal
• -plasty


  Surgical repair
• -centesis


  Surgical puncture to remove gas or fluid
• Pan-


  all
• -stomy


  Surgically created opening between the inside and outside of the body
• Panleukopenia


  Deficiency of all types of white blood cells
• The term mucus is a noun meaning the slime like substance that is composed of glandular secretion, salts and cells.
• What word means abnormal softening?

  -malacia
• What suffix means bursting forth?

  -rrhagia
• The term meaning pertaining to the joint between the radius and ulna and the metacarpal bones is what?

  Carpal
• What is the term for a mass of collection of blood?

  Hematoma
• The term cardiomyopathy has a suffix meaning?


  Disease
• What means separation or breakdown?

  -lysis
• A condition meaning abnormal hardening of the arteries is known as arteriosclerosis.
• The combining form myel/o can refer to?

  Spinal cord or bone marrow
• What is the correct spelling of the term that refers to the cranial portion of the pelvic bone?

  Ilium
• Proximal


  Near the beginning of a structure
• The term that means away from the midline

  Lateral
• Superficial


  Near the surface
• The term that means towards the tail

  Caudal
• The term that refers to the membrane lining the walls of the abdominal and pelvic cavities, which also covers some organs in these areas

  Peritoneum
• Path/o


  Disease
• The term which defines the plane that divides the body into equal right and left halves.

  Midsagittal plane
• Abduction


  Take away from the midline
• Rostral


  Toward the muzzle or nose
• Pathophysiology


  The study of how disease affects body function
• What is the term that specifically denotes a defect present a birth?

  Congenital
• The suffix -plasm means

  Formation or increase in number of cells and tissues
• Which type of tissue covers internal and external body surfaces?

  Epithelial
• What is the combining form for muscle?

  My/o
• What are the combining forms for ovaries?


  ovari/o and oophor/o
• What is the combining form for eyes?

  Ophthalm/o
• What best describes dermato and cutaneo?

  They are both combining forms that mean skin.
• The term pharyng/o refers to what ?

  An organ in the respiratory system
• What are terms with prefixes that denote numbers?

  Bilateral and unilateral