quiz bank med term chpt 2

• The suffix -malacia means


  softening
• The suffix -penia means


  decrease, deficiency
• The suffix -trophy means


  development, nourishment
• Which suffix means suture


  -rrhaphy
• The suffix -edema means


  swelling
• Which suffix means binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)?


  -desis
• Which suffix means separation; destruction; loosening?


  -lysis
• The suffix -megaly means


  enlargement
• The suffix -cele means


  hernia, swelling
• Which suffix means crushing?


  -tripsy
• Which suffix means pain?


  -algia
• Which suffix means surgical puncture?


  -centesis
• The suffix -ism means


  condition
• The suffix -iatry means


  medicine, treatment
• What is the plural form of fornix?


  Fornices
• To change words ending in y from a singular form to a plural form, you


  drop the y and add ies
• The word leukemia is a(n)


  noun
• What is the adjective form of axilla?


  axillary
• What is the plural form of radius?


  Radii
• What is the plural form of nucleus?


  Nuclei
• Which word is an adjective? coronary, bile, lung, tooth, kidney


  coronary
• Which word is a diminutive word? nucleus, atom, micron, venule, microtic


  venule
• The plural form of calcaneum is


  calcanea
• To build the plural form of words ending in is, you


  drop the -is and add es
• Which word is an adjective? pneumonia, alcoholism, psychologist, psychiatry, acoustic


  acoustic
• What is the plural form of bacterium?


  bacteria
• What is the adjective form of heart?


  cardiac
• The word mucous is a(n)


  adjective
• What is the plural form of lumen?


  lumina
• What is the plural form of bursa?


  Bursae
• Which word is a noun? cutaneous, acoustic, hypodermic, pulmonary, rectum


  rectum
• Which ending is a noun ending?-ia
• Brady- means slow. The word that means slow speaking is


  bradylalia
• Oste/o means bone. The word that means surgical fracture of a bone is


  oste/o/clasis
• Neur/o means nerve or nerve cells. The word that means tumor of nerve cells is


  neur/oma
• Hepat/o means liver. The word that means enlargement of the liver is


  hepat/o/megaly
• Phleb/o means vein. The word that means narrowing of a vein is


  phlebostenosis
• Arteri/o means artery. The word that means rupture of an artery is


  arteriorrhexis
• Pelv/i means pelvis. The word that means instrument for measuring the pelvis is


  pelvimeter
• Arthr/o means joint. The word that means visual examination of a joint is


  arthroscopy