Medical Terminology Year 2

What does oma mean?

• condition

• tumor

• part of

• inside

Cardi/o

• activity
• respiratory
• heart
• bone

Arthr/o

• Bone
• Tissue
• Electricity
• Joint

-itis

• Condition
• Specialist
• Inflammation
• Study of

Most medical terminology words have a _______, ________ and __________. (In the correct order)

• Suffix, root, prefix
• Prefix, root, suffix
• Root, suffix, prefix
• Root, prefix, suffix

Carditis means 

• Inflammation of the heart
• Disease of the heart
• Study of the heart
• Heart tumor

In the word melanoma the -oma means what?

• Disease
• Tumor
• Eyes
• Removal of

The epidermis is which layer of skin?

• Inner
• Middle
• Outer
• A mole

Which of these word roots means movement?

• Kines

• Medi

• chondr

• arthr

Suffixes:

• Usually indicates a number, time, position, direction, color, or sense of negation.
• Usually indicates a procedure, condition, or part of speech.
• Frequently indicates a body part.