level: Level 1
Questions and Answers List
level questions: Level 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| angi/o | vessel (blood) |
| aort/o | aorta; largest artery |
| arteri/o | artery |
| atri/o | atria; atrium |
| ather/o | plaque; fatty buildup |
| bol/o | cast; throw |
| cardi/o | heart |
| coagul/o | coagulation; clotting |
| constrict/o | narrowing |
| coron/o | heart |
| cyan/o | blue |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dilat/o | to enlarge/ expand |
| electr/o | electricity |
| erythr/o | red |
| hem/a, hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
| leuk/o | white |
| lymph/o, lymphat/o | lymph |
| lumin/o | light |
| my/o | muscle |
| phleb/o | vein |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| rhythm/o | rhythm; heartbeat |
| sept/o | wall; partition |
| son/o | sound |
| sphygm/o | pulse |
| steth/o | chest |
| systol/o | contraction |
| tens/o | stretched; strained |
| thromb/o | clot |
| tom/o | to cut |
| vas/o | vessel; duct |
| vascul/o | blood vessel |
| veni/i, ven/o | vein |
| ventricul/o | ventricle |
| venul/o | venule (small vein) |
| a-, an- | not; without |
| anti- | against |
| brady- | slow |
| dia- | through; complete |
| echo- | reflected sound |
| em- | in |
| endo- | in; within |
| epi- | on; over; upon |
| hyper- | above; above normal; excessive |
| hypo- | below; below normal; deficient |
| mega- | large |
| per- | through |
| peri- | around; surrounding |
| poly- | many; much |
| tachy- | fast |
| trans- | across |
| -ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -ic, -ous | pertaining to |
| -ant | substance that promotes |
| -ation | process; condition |
| -crit | to separate |
| -e | noun suffix with no meaning |
| -ectomy | surgical removal; excision |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -emic | pertaining to blood condition |
| -gram | record; image |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ia | condtion |
| -in, -ine | chemical compound; substance |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ive | substance that promotes |
| -lytic | pertaining to breakdown or destruction |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter | measurement |
| -oma | tumor; mass |
| -or | one who (or something that) takes action or does something |
| -osis | process; abnormal condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -pheresis | removal |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -schlerosis | hardening; thickening |
| -stenosis | narrowing; tightening |
| -stomy | surgical opening |
| -tension | pressure |
| -tomy | process of cutting; incision |
| -trophy | condition of growth or development |
| -um, -us | structure; tissue; thing |
| -version | to turn |