8th Grade Prefixes and Roots Test

a VASOconstrictor will make ___________constrict or become smaller?

• veins/arteries

• pupils

• lungs

• white blood cells

thrombo is the root term meaning

• veins

• blood clot

• artery

• windpipe

auto is the root term for

• between

• around

• self

• lungs

ECG or ELECTRO-CARDIO-gram checks this..........

• the amount of air in your lungs

• the amount of oxygen in your blood

• the electrical activity of your heart

• your blood pressure

ARTERIO is the root meaning

• blood vessel

• lung

• heart

• artery

HEMOglobin is a protein that carries oxygen in your ____________

• blood

• muscles

• bones

• organs

LEUKOemia is a lack of _______blood cells

• red

• white

• large

• plasma

PATHOlogy is the study of

• the eyes

• the lungs

• diseases

• the brain

IV stands for INTRAvenous which means this

• outside of a vein

• around a vein

• removing a vein

• within a vein

BRADYcardia is when the heart is beating too

• fast

• slow

• hard

• much