Units 1-3

To define a medical word, first we identify the _____.

• prefix

• root

• suffix

The first part of a medical word is called the _____.

• prefix

• root

• suffix

The word osteoarthritis has the combining form

• oste

• oste/o

• arthr

In dysphasia the prefix joins the _____

• prefix

• root

• suffix

What is the meaning of the suffixes -algia or -dynia

• difficult

• blood

• pain

What is the meaning of the prefix -peri?

• inside

• outside

• around

In the word hematology we join_____

• root and suffix

• root and prefix

• root and root

The study of the structure or parts of the body is called_____.

• Medical Terms

• Physiology

• Anatomy

The study of how a body part functions is called _____.

• Anatomy

• Medicine

• Physiology

The tissue that supports and shape the body is called _____.

• epithelial

• connective

• muscle