WORD BUILDING PRACTICE
Use the above word parts in your notes to build word that would mean the following:
1.
Pertaining to the chest
thoracic
2.
Enlarged joint
arthromegally
3.
Inflamed stomach
gastritis
4.
To remove the skull (cranium)
craniectomy
5.
White cell
leukocyte
6.
Specialist in the study of the heart
cardiologist
7.
Removal of part (pertaining to) the low back
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8.
Treatment using heat
thermotherapy
9.
Flow from the nose
rhinorrhea
10. Tumor of the heart
cardioma
11. The study of life
biology
12. Pertaining to before surgery
presurgical
13. Black tumor
melanoma
14. Below the stomach
hypogastric
15. Treatment using cold
cryotherapy
16. Enlarged heart
cardiomegally
17. Pertaining to the belly button
umbilical
18. Pertaining to the fight against life (bacteria)
anitbiotic
19. Red blood cell
erythrocyte
20. Condition of being blue
cyanotic
21. Without yellow discharge
axanthrorrhea
22. Head ache (pain in the head)
chephalodynia
23. Pertaining to the groin
inguinal
24. A cell upon the nose
epirhinocyte
25. Inflammation of a joint
arthritis
26. Pertaining to the abdomen
abdominal
27. Condition of a fused joint
synarthrosis
28. Pain in the pelvis
pelvodynia
29. Yellow tumor
xanthroma
30. Opposite side of the body (use one word from directions)
contralateral
31. Pertaining to the tail
caudal
32. Muscle pain
myalgia
33. Pertaining to the neck
cervical
34. Advantage for life (pertaining to)
probiotic
35. Upon the stomach
epigastric
36. Pertaining to the head
cephalic
37. Pertaining to after surgery
postsurgical
38. Pertaining to the spine
spinal
Use the directional terms from your notes to finish each statement.
1.
The nose is medial to the ears.
2.
The hand is distal to the shoulder.
3.
The heart is superior to the stomach.
4.
The mouth is inferior OR medial to the eyes.
5.
The ovary is inferior to the kidney.
6.
The lungs are lateral OR posterior to the heart.
7.
The knee is proximal to the ankle.
8.
The “pects” (pectoralis major) are anterior to the spine.
9.
The “gluts” (glueus maximus) are posterior to the bladder.
10. The hamstrings are posterior to the quadriceps.
11. The abdominal cavity is inferior to the cranial cavity.
12. The shoulder is superior to the knee.
13. The thumb is lateral to the pinky.
14. The navel is anterior to the vertebrae.
15. The elbow is proximal to the wrist.
16. The hip is lateral to midline.
17. The heart is medial to the shoulder.
18. The toes are distal to the ankle.
19. The scalp is superior to the tongue.
20. The scapula (shoulder blade) is posterior to the heart.
21. The skin is superficial to the bone.
22. The brain is deep to the skull.