Major Body System

“Roots, Suffixes & Major Systems of the Body”

Mary Reed

Grantham University

Exercise 2-1 Definitions: Give the meaning of the following combining.

1. arthr/o: joint

2. ot/o: ear

3. cyst/o: bladder;sac

4. rect/o: rectum

5. encephala/o: brain

6. gastr/o: stomach

7. bronchi/o, bronch/o: bronchus

8. angi/o: vessel

9. hemat/o: blood

10. steat/o: fat

11. oste/o: bone

12. cardi/o: heart

13. nephr/o: kidney

14. cyt/o: cell

15. blephar/o: eyelid

16. cili/o: hair

17. rhin/o: nose

18. splen/o: spleen

19. arteri/o: artery

20. path/o: disease

21. neur/o: nerve

22. abdomin/o: abdomen

23. tonsil/o: tonsils

24. myel/o: bone marrow; spinal cord

25. bi/o: life

26. trache/o: trachea; windpipe

27. ophthalm/o: eye

28. hepat/o: liver

29. viscer/o: internal organs

30. cephal/o: head

Exercise 3-1: Defining Suffixes

1. –algia: pain

2. –dynia: pain

3. –emesis: vomiting

4. –osis: abnormal condition

5. –cele: hernia (protrusion or displacement of an organ through a structure that normally contains it)

6. –malacia: softening

7. –oma: tumor; mass

8. –penia: decrease, deficiency

9. –emia: blood condition

10. –ptosis: downward displacement; dropping; prolapse; sagging

11. –rrhage: bursting forth

12. –rrhexis: rupture

13. –stenosis: narrowing; stricture

14. –ectomy: excision; surgical removal

15. –gram: record; writing

16. –graph: instrument used to record

17. –opsy: to view

18. –plastry: surgical reconstruction; surgical repair

19. –scope: instrument used to visually examine(a body cavity or organ)

20. –tome: instrument used to cut

Reference

Essentials of Medical Terminology 3rd edition, chapters 1-3